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This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie are joined by Gail Potratz, our semi-regular classroom technology correspondent, and we discuss digital devices in the classroom and kick off a new WELSTech contest.

Listen now or download Episode 038 (50:13)

The discussion:

• Digital devices in the classroom – Are computer labs necessary in today’s schools?  Martin, Sallie and Gail share ideas for integrating digital devices into the classroom learning process.
  • Interactive whiteboards
    • SMART Board – www.smarttech.com
    • eBeam – www.e-beam.com
    • Mimio boards - www.mimio.com
  • Computers
    • Gail’s 8th grade home page is a launching pad for all of their online classroom resources 
    • Teacher supervised e-mail for students – www.gaggle.net
    • Sample Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
  • Phone in your comments (414-375-2334) to this question
          
    What digital devices do you use in your classroom or Bible class? 
    • All comments received by October 7, 2008 will be entered in a drawing for a $15 gift certificate to the WELSTech Podcast store - www.cafepress.com/welstech

The tidbits:

• Picks of the week (30:25)
  • Build images for your wiki menu – glogger.mobi
  • NASA Image gallery – www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery
  • HP 2133 Mini-Note PC
• WELS.net feature (40:37)
  • Sunday School Teacher Training – www.wels.net/jump/wnusstraining
• Community feedback (42:08)
  • Cindy Krueger, member of Shepherd of the Hills in Lansing, MI, shared a link to Michigan Library Consortium’s (the other MLC) list of open source software recommendations
  • Anna, a student at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School, asked about uses of technology in church – a religion class assignment

The featured artist:

• We close with the music WELS artist Mike Westendorf (www.mikewestendorf.com) - Prelude to Praise from his CD titled Run Boy Run (45:27)

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