094 – Old People Talking New Tech
This week on the WELSTech Podcast Gail Potratz joins the discussion on one-to-one computing.
Listen now or download Episode 094 (47:16)
The discussion:
One-to-One Computing - A “trending topic” in education circles today is the concept of equipping students as early as elementary school with their own portable computing device, thus giving them the ability to do normal computing tasks with all-the-time, anywhere access. Gail Potratz, Technology Coordinator at Emanuel in New London, WI joins Martin and Sallie to discuss the challenges and benefits of one-to-one computing as well as the tumbling prices on hardware and software. Even if your school isn’t ready to implement this strategy today, it’s great to consider it in future planning.
- Wikipedia defines one-to-one computing
- Education World articles
- Laptop Learning Community Ning network
- ‘School of One’ Pilot from the New York Times
- I Education Apps Review
- iPod Touch Schoolwide Implementation from the Classroom 2.0 Ning network
- 1 To 1 Learning from The Coalition of Lighthouse Schools
News in Tech:
(21:33) Microsoft releases a beta cloud-based version of the SQL relational database on the Azure platform
Picks of the week:
- (25:05) Account-free, simple form creation – SignAppNow.com
- Eco-friendly portable device charger – POWERSTICK from Ecosol
- Martin’s favorite Firefox add-ons in a bundle – Firefox Collection
Community feedback:
- (35:45) Pastor Aaron Frey from Emanuel in Tawas City, MI tweeted his approval of DropBox for syncing Logos files
- Teacher Jason Schmidt from Gethsemane in Omaha, NE shared info on a free account at abcteach.com for undergraduate education majors
- Adam Miller for our own Technology team suggested we dedicate a future WELSTech episode to technology and the college student, focusing on campus ministry efforts and home congregation connections with the college crowd
Coming up on WELSTech:
(41:42) Tune in for a surprise episode featuring a panel discussion or a look at chapter 10, Failure for Free, from Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody. (Release date 09/02/09)
The featured artist:
(42:31) This week we close with the music of WELS artist, Steven Bautista (www.stephenbautistamusic.com) - Trying to Catch the Wind from his CD titled ”Abandon”
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