A complete listing of the Picks of the Week from 2020 WELSTech episodes
Looking Back at 2020 (Episode 645)
Picks of the Week Archive
2018 | 2019 | 2020| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
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Audio/Video
Books/Recommended Reading
Communication
Distance Ministry
- 5 Ways to Pastor Your Chat Room
Education
- Art with Flo will have you drawing happy little rocket animations using Procreate!
- Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens
- CSTA Resources for Virtual Teaching
- Digital Learning Day is February 27 and Google’s Applied Digital Skills has you covered
- Educate from anywhere: How to use Trello as a Teacher
- Epic! digital library for kids
- Google Teacher Podcast
- Google (and more) tutorials for
- InPact child exercise resources from the University of Michigan
- MakerCamp.com
- NPR Student Podcast Challenge
- PDF Expert + Apple Pencil
- Rivet – Android (and iOS & Amazon) app
- Seesaw training
- What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios
- Why teachers are buzzing about Bitmoji classrooms
- How To
- Virtual MakerSpaces from Tracy Zalud via STEM Teachers Group on Facebook
- Choice Eliminator for Google Forms
- Google Gmail Labels & Filters
- Google Keep
- Google Teacher Podcast
- Google (and more) tutorials for
- Our 12 Favorite Chrome Extensions from LifeHacker
- Enhancer for YouTube
- Link to Text Fragment
- Smile Always
Hardware
- 16 Ways to Repurpose Your Old Gadgets
- Amazon Alexa Auto
- Amazon Echo Ear Buds
- Anker Braided Cables
- Or try Five Below cables
- Creative Pebble Desktop Speakers
- Fitbit Inspire – Defend against the Covid 19 (pounds)
- Jabra USB Speakerphones
- Logitech MX Master 25 Mouse
- Macbook Air M1
- MNML Case
- New Bee Headset Stand
- Powerbeats Pro wireless earbuds
- Sallie’s new monitor – HP 27f 27
- camelcamelcamel
- How to Get Google to Let You Know When the Price Drops
- TACKLife T8 800A Car Jump Starter
- Zoom H1n Recorder
Images
Journaling
- Sermon note taking – Sallie’s examples
Mobile
- 6 iPhone hacks to make you more productive
- Rivet – Android (and iOS & Amazon) app
- Streaks for iOS
- Widgetsmith for iOS 14
- Hands on: Widgetsmith from 9To5Mac
Networking
Outreach
- Follow the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS) on Facebook
- A Beginning Guide to Conducting Great Nonprofit Storytelling Interview: 6 Tips for Success
Pandemic Life
- 5 Quick Team Building Activities To Do Via Conference Calls
- Instacart
Presentations
- SlidesMania – Check out their Education templates!
Security
Stewardship
Utilities
- 10 Ways to Lock Your Windows 10 PC
- AutoHotKey
- GitMind
- Easily hide Windows desktop icons
- Right-click on the desktop
- Select View
- Click on Show desktop icons
- Repeat the steps to toggle on their display
- Google Gmail Labels & Filters
- Google Keep
- Hands free Alexa on iPhone and Android Alexa App
- Quick Assist for Windows 10
- Screencastify Submit
- Snagit 2021
- Windows 10 Clipboard History
- Windows 10 PowerToys