629 – Put Down The Gradebook

We wrap up another school year on WELSTech with a discussion of teachers’ pandemic summer plans. Rachel Feld joins the conversation and shares an exciting virtual conference announcement from Martin Luther College. Enhance your PC clipboard capabilities with martin’s pick of the week, plus there’s loads of community feedback to learn from.

The discussion:

Unknown summer plans – Martin and Sallie talk education, technology, and the unknown with Professor Rachel Feld, Martin Luther College’s Director of Academic Computing. The end of a very unique school year has arrived! Congrats to everyone for surviving the major shift to distance/online education. Now teachers and administrators have time to rest and assess the past few months before moving into planning for the unknown school year which lies ahead.

• WELS Educators during COVID-19 Facebook group
• Resources from WELS Lutheran Schools

Ministry resources:

• Ditch That Textbook – YouTube
• Google Edu OnAir

WELS now:

• OpenLearning@MLC – Martin Luther College Virtual Teachers’ Conference
  • June 16 & 17
• Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Graduation and Assignment Service
  • May 21 at 10 am
• Register by May 28 for Educational Technology for the Catechism Classroom
  • Led by Pastor Paul Waldschmidt through Grow in Grace

News in tech:

YouVersion Bible Lens is ending May 31

Picks of the week:

• PDF Expert + Apple Pencil
• Educate from anywhere: How to use Trello as a Teacher
  • Quarantine Things to Do board
• Windows 10 Clipboard History

Community feedback:

• Are Churches Behaving Like Malls in the Age of Amazon, Just Hoping People Shop Again?
  • WELS Intersections Facebook discussion
• Recent WELSTech Google Group discussions
  • Audio Quality
  • Digital Connection Cards/Friendship Register
• Survey tools
  • Google Forms
  • Jot Form
• Flat Teacher Adventure Project – free download from That Teaching Spark on Teachers Pay Teachers

Featured video:

Unique Online Learning Assessment Ideas from Ditch That Textbook

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