093 – Back to School with Technology

This week on the WELSTech podcast we explore student and teacher prep for the new tech-driven school year.

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The discussion:

Back to School with Technology Preparing to learn in a Web 2.0 world – This isn’t your grandmother’s back to school season, and with the advent of technology, parents, students and teachers need to prepare for the new school year in all new ways. Listen as Martin and Sallie share ideas to help you get ready for technology in the new school year.

For Students
- Back to School 2009 from cnet
- 25 Freebies for Students from Education Portal
- 15 Must Have Web Apps for Students from The 2.0 Life
- Office at School for Students from Microsoft
For Parents
- Office at School for Parents from Microsoft
For Teachers
- Back to School Templates from Microsoft Office Online
- Office at School for Teachers from Microsoft
- Back to School with Office Clip Art and Media from Microsoft
- Free Academic Year Calendar Templates for Excel from Vertex42
- Google Docs Education Templates from Google

The interview:

(12:43) Joining Martin and Sallie this week is Joe Du Fore who teaches at Fox Valley Lutheran High School and also serves as Educational Technology Director. Joe shares his thoughts on the use of technology at the high school level and tech tips for students and parents as they prepare to go back to school.

News In Technology:

(32:30) Goggle Chrome has bookmark syncing

Picks of the week:

(35:57) Acer K-12 Seed Netbook Program
Safari Books Online

Community feedback:

(41:12) Allan Bunt from Good Shepherd in Wisconsin Rapids, WI shared a link to Jodix for creating MP3 audio from video files
#WELSTech tweets this week include…
- Jason Schmidt from Gethsemane in Omaha, NE shared links to Geocaching for Educators and MailChimp webinars
- Ryan Rosenthal from Faith in Fond du Lac thought the Learn 360 webinars were very useful
Phillip Wels from St. Paul’s in New Ulm, MN asked about considerations for offering facebook training in his congregation

Coming up on WELSTech:

(49:16) Episode 094 – Gail Potratz joins us for a discussion of one-to-one computing in the classroom. (Release date 08/26/09)

The featured artist:

(50:20) This week we close with the music of WELS instrumentalist In His Time (www.adagioconcepts.com) – O God, Your Hand The Heavens Made from their CD titled ”In His Time”