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This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie look back at the first year of the WELSTech podcast and look forward to podcasting in 2009.

Listen now or download Episode 053 (47:53)

The discussion:

• Celebrating one year of WELSTech - Take a trip down memory lane as Martin and Sallie listen to clips from the first ever WELSTech podcast and discuss the goals and expectations which they had for the podcast a year ago, how well they’ve met those goals, and where they hope to see the podcast lead in 2009.
  • Let’s make 2009 a year of collaboration!
    • Join the WELSTech facebook group
    • Contribute to the WELSTech wiki
    • Check out the “Get involved” links below for lots more ways to participate

The tidbits:

• Picks of the week (24:20)
  • Tabbloid turns your favorite RSS feeds into a personal magazine – www.tabbloid.com
    • Sample Tabbloid
    • Found via TipLine – Gates’ Computer Tips, a 2007 Edublog winner
    • Check out the 2008 Edublog winners
  • Joe’s Goals, a free online habit tracker - www.joesgoals.com
• WELS.net feature (32:17)
  • Read through your Bible in 3 years – Pick your flavor!
    • Text-based (e-mail and RSS delivery available) – www.wels.net/jump/bible3
    • Audio-based (listen on your computer or MP3 player) – www.wels.net/jump/bible3podcast
• Community feedback (34:38)
  • John Shoosmith from Redeemer in Yakima, WA is looking for copyright details for posting segments of the NIV Bible on his church web site.
• Coming up on WELSTech (40:30)
  • Episode 054 - Martin shares highlights from his Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Winterim session, “Mind Like Water: The Art of Productivity”

The featured artist:

• We close with music of WELS contemporary praise band, Koine (www.koinemusic.com) – Jesus Priceless Treasure from their CD titled Koine II (43:00)

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This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie are joined by Gail Potratz, our semi-regular classroom technology correspondent, and we hear about Gail’s recent adventure in podcasting at the Wisconsin Lutheran State Teachers’ Conference.

Listen now or download Episode 044 (53:29)

The discussion:

• Podcasting teachers - Gail Potratz, Technology Coordinator for Emanuel in New London, WI, joins Martin and Sallie to share her experience leading a breakout session on podcasting at the Wisconsin Lutheran State Teachers’ Conference last week.  The session goals were to learn about the uses of Audacity, free, open-source audio editing software, as well as share ideas for using technology in the classroom.  We hear ideas from many of the participants as they make their podcasting debut!
  • Gail’s presentation wiki – wlstc.wikispaces.com

The tidbits:

• Picks of the week (30:01)
  • Skype phone – Philips VOIP841
  • Build a personalized home page – Pageflakes.com
  • Transcribe voice mail – PhoneTag.com
• WELS.net feature (42:51)
  • Benefit Plans Office – www.welsbpo.net
• Community feedback (43:47)
  • Following up on last week’s comment from Kevin Smith at Christ in Zumbrota, MN, we heard from Jenifer with ProCare Software who offered to help out with a future podcast episode
  • Perry Lund, an elder and Sunday school teacher from Grace in Oskaloosa, IA, shared info on how he uses his iPhone for ministry
  • Join the conversation on the WELSTech listserve
    • Accelerated reading custom quiz collection
    • Congregation membership data mapped in Google Earth
• Coming up on WELSTech (46:50)
  • Episode 045 - We celebrate National Distance Learning Week and talk with WELS Internet entrepreneur John Simonson about marketing tips for congregational web sites
  • In December – We’ll be discussing Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

The featured artist:

• We close with music of WELS artist, Kevin Loersch – Abide With Me from his CD titled Abide with Me (48:55)

Get involved:

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This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie focus on methods for organizing paper and digital content so that it can easily be retrieved when needed.  They also interview one of the founders of the popular video podcast, GeekBrief.tv.

Listen now or download Episode 036 (57:55)

The discussion:

• Getting Organized – Besides the mounds of paper everyone is required to deal with on a daily basis, pastors and teachers are also known to generate a lot of written, audio and video resources.  Keeping track of all this ”stuff” and, most importantly, being able to retrieve it when needed, are the subjects of Martin and Sallie’s discussion today. 
  • Dealing with paper
    • General filing tips
    • Setting up “43 Folders”
    • Digitize with the Fujitsu ScanSnap
  • Desktop search
    • Windows Vista
    • Google Desktop
    • Spotlight for the Mac
  • Multiple desktops
    • www.360desktop.com
    • Mac Spaces
  • Tagging
    • Windows Vista 
    • Sample tagged archive of a pastor’s work – www.christinsight.com

The interview:

• Lifting the curtain on video podcasting (23:39) - Neal Campbell, the self-described “eccentric dork” behind the camera at the nationally known video podcast, GeekBrief.tv, joins Martin and Sallie to share some of the secrets behind their “Shiny, Happy Tech News” and how churches might get started podcasting or videocasting.
  • www.geekbrief.tv
  • GeekBrief podcasting tips

The tidbits:

• Picks of the week (41:43)
  • Capture and share images and screen videos – www.jingproject.com
    • View the WELSTech site tour created with Jing
  • Sync notes across computers and mobile phones – www.evernote.com 
• WELS.net feature (48:10)
  • Visit WELS Kingdom Workers Mission Information Center to request mission related materials for display in your church or school – www.wels.net/jump/wkw-mic
• Community feedback (50:19)
  • We have 8 new members of the WELSTech wiki, and we are still asking listeners to share their church media experience – welstech.wetpaint.com
  • John Shoosmith from Redeemer in Yakima, WA is looking for free audio sound bites to mix into a new podcast he is developing – Check out www.soundsnap.com

The featured artist:

• We close with music of WELS recording artist Kevin Loersch as he sings a medley of Children of the Heavenly Father and Jesus Loves Me from his CD titled Abide With Me (54:42)

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This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie discuss take-aways from a conference on church media and Martin talks with Matt Frazier about a new church communication tool.

Listen now or download Episode 033 (1:04:14)

The discussion:

• Church Media 101 - Martin recently attended the ECHO: Church Media Conference in Dallas, TX and found a WELSTech listener’s dream suite of topics and tools for ministry in a digital age. Listen as he and Sallie discuss some of his impressions on the conference and a few of the ministry-centric applications he discovered.
  • Host audio and video sermons online – www.sermonplayer.com
  • Church Copyright Administration – www.churchca.com
  • Automated telephone message – www.phonevite.com
  • Read Martin’s blog posts from the conference - www.wels.net/imprint/technology

The interview:

• Church Communications Web 3.0 Style (19:30) - Joining Martin is Matt Frazier, CEO of Pursuant, to discuss web-based communications for congregations using a brand new Web 3.0 tool, Unifyer.
  • www.unifyer.com
  • Visit Matt’s blog – placematt.blogspot.com

The tidbits:

• Picks of the week (46:53)
  • Online timer – www.online-stopwatch.com
  • Online Bible collaboration – www.youversion.com 
• WELS.net feature (53:22)
  • WELS Imprint blog - www.wels.net/imprint
• Of interest (56:00)
  • WELS Event Calendar – www.wels.net/jump/calendar
    • Church Librarians Organization Fall Conference – September 13 – Star of Bethlehem in New Berlin, WI
    • Friends of Seminary Day – October 4 – Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
    • Schedule of fall district pastor conferences
• Community feedback (56:49)
  • Pastor John Maasch from Peace in Bradenton, FL is looking for the 2008-09 lectionary in a format that will import into calendar programs
  • Steve Brown from Messiah in South Windsor, CT shared a link to his worship resources blog, Worship Ideas You Can Use - sjbrown58.wordpress.com

The featured artist:

• We close with music of WELS pianist, Dawn Gehlhar – Nearer My God To Thee from her Inspirations CD (59:54)

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This week Martin and Sallie are joined by guest host Gail Potratz, a WELS teacher from New London, WI. We’ll explore classroom podcasting ideas which allow students to share their faith with a global audience. We also wrap up our interview with Gonzalo Delgadillo on the exciting Internet outreach in which he is involved.

Listen now or download Episode 017 (51:07)

The discussion:

• Classroom Podcasting – Gail Potratz, Technology Coordinator for Emanuel Lutheran Growth and Learning Center in New London, WI, joins the WELSTech conversation to discuss a fun podcasting project the students at Emanuel are producing – Devotions for Kids, by Kids. We are excited to announce that Gail will be joining us each month as a guest host on the WELSTech Podcast to share her ideas about technology as it applies particularly to the classroom ministry.
  • Monthly Emanuel Kids Devotion
  • Garage Band
  • Audacity
  • WebTools4U2Use > Audio & Podcasting
  • Apple > Podcasting in Education Video Series

The interview:

• Internet Outreach – In the second part of our interview with Gonzalo Delgadillo, Director of Spanish Publications for WELS Multi-Language Publications, we hear some exciting stories of real people being reached with God’s saving Word via the Internet. Gonzalo discusses the technology behind the online Bible classes and worship he is conducting.

The tidbits:

• This week’s picks
  • The Fifth Element – ssuite5element.webs.com/thefifthelement.htm
  • Infotech with Mr. Losik – mrlosik.blogspot.com
  • Lynda.com online training – www.lynda.com
• WELS.net feature
  • Streams Radio – streams.wels.net/radio
• Of interest
  • WELSTech Listener Contest
    • Submit your Top 3 Free Software Tools
    • Win a WELS Technology 1 GB thumb drive
    • Entry deadline is May 5
    • Winner announced on May 7 podcast

The featured artist:

• This week we close with the piano music of Dawn Gelhlar – Beautiful Savior with Canon in D from her Inspirations CD

Get involved:

• Add a comment below
• E-mail: welstech@wels.net
• Voice mail: 414-375-2334
• del.icio.us tag: welstech
• Join:
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  • WELSTech on facebook