WELSTech

Non-profit use of Pixar's 3D rendering software is going to be free with the next software release. Normal cost is $495. Thanks to Bob Marten's for this lead.

Churchm.ag's review of ByTheBook software called Roll Call. The software is for check in and check out of students at church events.

10 things to keep an eye on in ministry technology.

Martin had mentioned this on a previous podcast when it was news in Wisconsin. The tides seem to be changing with this federal judge in Kentucky.

Besides making page templates for use in site creation, G Sites is great for making site templates. I just did one for a LA ePortfolio I will have all students in grades 5-8 create this year. This gal responded to my G+ post and set a great video that shows how easy the task really is. Clears up confusion about where the template actually goes when you are working in a domain.

Embed code for Flickr Slide shows

Great piece on Chrombook comparison.

You can set Google to notify you when a form has been submitted, but you only get a link to the update spreadsheet in Google Drive. This script takes all of the submitted data, arranges it the way you want in a document and sends a PDF to the email you designate. I left out the final step in his code, which deletes the temporary file. Now, I also have an archived Google doc of each submitted form! Now, we don't have to manually create a separate mail merge after all of the registrations have been received.

Some good ideas for some of our smaller schools where you might be a teacher/basketball coach/IT director/janitor/helpdesk/crossing-guard all in one?

That's what that camera is in that search box for! This might be helpful for determining attribution for an image.

Cool! A new Google image search trick!!