203 – Gail’s Summer Vacation
This week is WELSTech classroom week as we welcome back Gail Potratz and talk to teacher Kurt Gosdeck about his new school year in a 1-to-1 environment.
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The discussion:
What did you learn – Our WELSTech semi-regular classroom technology correspondent, Gail Potratz from Emanuel in New London, WI, is back to talk with Martin and Sallie about her busy summer of learning.
- Milwaukee Digital Media Conference 2011
- The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
- A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
- Christa McAuliffe Academy
The interview:
(16:35) In the hands of digital natives – Kurt Gosdeck, Director of Technology and 3rd and 4th grade teacher at St. Lucas in Kewaskum, WI, joins Martin and Sallie to talk about his new school year in a 1:1 student netbook environment. Hear how the program was started including the funding of the netbooks, their plans for rolling it out to all students in 3rd to 8th grade, and details of the experience thus far into the school year.
Ministry resources:
(39:47) Christian Computing Magazine
News in tech:
(41:28) Facebook changes
Picks of the week:
Community feedback:
- (52:40) Listener Tom Rosenow from St. John’s in Pigeon, MI shared a link to the Digital Dead Sea Scrolls
- Via the #WELSTech hashtag on Twitter, we learned about
- SpiceWorks.com – Free network monitoring software
- CareCalendar.org – organize help in time of need
Coming up on WELSTech:
(56:22) Episode 204 – J.J. Ramberg, co-founder of GoodSearch.com, joins Martin and Sallie as we talk about all things search. (Release date – 10/05/11)
The featured artist:
(57:43) We close the podcast with the music of L. A. Miller – Flyin’ Free from the CD titled “Night and Day”
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