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This interactive e-book is your guide to how browsers and the web work, how the World Wide Web has evolved, cloud computing,  and what we need to know to navigate the web safely.

This week the WELSTech Podcast is all about Getting Things Done in the church and school office, and Staff Minister Jon Ruddat shares his productivity success story.

This is good for anyone who has an office-- how we can be productive and organized. Loved the technology ideas

I think this article is very relevant to what we are doing with the NEW SLATE proposals. If you are a diigo user feel free to leave comments on the page. Or contribute by using group comments!

Four great articles have come to light lately that point to research being done and what many of us in the Ed Tech community have been saying for a long time might just be on the horizon. That is that this technology stuff can improve education.

Google Apps Presentation used to guide reading comprehension.  Tom's detailed explanation of how he set everything up, and any pitfalls to watch out for are always very useful.

Web Conferencing - Martin and Sallie look at the What, Why (from a ministry perspective) and How of web conferencing as they detail four free tools for desktop sharing. *TeamViewer - iPhone/iPod app *Join.me *Vyew *Mikogo - What does it mean?? E-mail WELSTech your answer! *Skype

shares several (free) tools for web conferencing and screen sharing

STOP what you are doing...and watch this webinar.  

A parent shouldn't have to make such choices and schools should do what is necessary to properly prepare kids, if this means learning constantly and taking chances to properly prepare learners then so be it.

Anne Collier's blog post about the Online Safety & Technology Working Group report that calls for, among other things, increased education in media literacy--seeing students as both consumers and producers--and inclusion of more social media in the schools. A link to the full report can be found in the "related links" section at the end of the post.

I've been thinking a lot about Least Restrictive Environment quite a bit in terms of internet filtering. If we are truly going to prepare students for college, career, and citizenship, we must be preparing them within as authentic a "real life" learning environment as possible.

Couldn't agree with you more. All the worries (inappropriate, controversial, miss informational sites, etc) are exactly what students will face in the "real life" environment. In fact, they already do. They need to experience this in school as well, as this is the place they will begin to establish a set of values and acquire the skills to discern what information is valuable to them. In our efforts to "protect" students, we are robbing them of these needed skills. I would argue that the Viagra adds during the Super Bowl are just as bad. Let's move away from a fear-based model of filtering to a more pro-active model of educating.

Hey Matt, a very interesting take on access! My argument has been that in locked down environments, kids can't develop ethics or appropriate use habits which are critical in life. You have to allow the possibility of misuse to test whether the ethic is in place, so this skill can't be demonstrated and is not developed in some systems. Nothing like developing internal locus of control.... much like intrinsic motivation.

"Courses are free, self-directed, and accessible over the internet." Includes courses from MIT, Utah State, Univ of Michigan, and Weber State.

Wiki and blog for sharing deployment, management, and classroom activities

Website with free online tools for scheduling volunteers, tips for recruiting volunteers and tips for thanking and keeping volunteers

newsletter ideas, use of barcodes, video box to view movies and tv shoes that connects to tv

Comparison of diigo and Delicious

A few interesting items to help provoke thought and discussion at your next District planning session.

Microsoft site with great resources for digital story telling, using Photo Story 3, and Movie Maker. Has story boards and templates

Love this resource Rob. Thanks!

Not only a great (and simple) online photo editor, but now with Grabber add-ons it can now screen capture in Firefox, and directly upload any images to editor with a right click.