WELSTech is back, and we’re all about design this week. We get tips and tools from WELS in-house graphic designer, talk identity/logo guidelines, and feature videos on the topic. There’s also chatter about three tech giants including news from Apple, magic for Google Drive, and new Microsoft hardware.

The interview and discussion:

Visual Communication – Briana Lambrecht, Creative Services Coordinator for Communication Services, talks with Martin and Sallie about graphic design, WELS communication resources, and favorite (sometimes FREE) tools to get creative!

• Digital Display and PowerPoint Graphics
• Ministry Media Kits
• Adobe Creative Cloud – InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
• For learning …
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • YouTube free tutorials (a few of Bri’s favorites are featured in the Video of the Week)
  • Additional Adobe resources
    • Adobe Color
    • Adobe Stock
    • Adobe Fonts
• For images …
  • iStock.com
  • Shutterstock.com
  • Lightstock.com – High quality, meaningful Christian-based images
  • Pexels.com
  • Pixabay.com
  • Canva.com
• For graphics …
  • Graphicriver.com
  • Creativemarket.com
  • Freepik.com
  • Creationswap.com – Christian resources

News in tech:

Thoughts on Apple’s News+, Card,  Arcade, and TV+ event — something for everyone

WELS now:

• Request a mission speaker
• Congrats to Alissa K. & Joel J., winners of the WELS Education, Technology, and Leadership Summit giveaways!
  • Register now for early bird pricing

Picks of the week:

• Create new Google Drive files with .new shortcut URLs
• Microsoft Surface Laptop 2

Ministry resource:

WELS Identity Guidelines

Community feedback:

• The Notable Podcast
• Bread for Beggars – Instagram
• Tech Tools for WELS Teachers on Facebook
  • Use PicFont.com to create curved text
  • Google Slides Interactive Notebooks
  • Carmen Sandiego meets Google Earth – The Crown Jewel Capers
• Join Groups.io replacements for Google+ Communities
  • WELS Google Schools
    • Gmail adds scheduled emails and improves Smart Compose for its 15th birthday
  • WELS Office 365 Schools

Featured videos:

Check out these design tutorial YouTube channels recommended by Briana:

• Spoon Graphics – Sample video: How to Cut Anything Out in Photoshop

• Foldfactory – Sample video: Print Something Special

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 595 – Jason Schmidt joins the conversation as we continue our edtech book discussion of Faithfully Connected, looking at chapters 6 and 7 – Digital Law and Digital Rights & Responsibilities. Release date: Thursday, April 11.

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