Much of the news we hear about regarding the banning of technologies or websites has to do with “user created content.” In the 20th century, it wasn’t possible for just anyone to publish for a global audience. Today, however, that act is now possible for anyone with a modicum of literacy and access to an
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1- Go to bed early, get plenty of sleep.2- Exercise and floss daily.3- Schedule unscheduled time in your calendar each week, preferably along with members of your immediate family.4- Watch television sparingly. Use available technology to select and time-shift access to worthwhile video and audio content.5- Go outside often and stay in touch with the
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Which do you think is more valuable, time or money? Increasingly for many of us living in the center of 21st century network economy, the answer is TIME. Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel’s 2001 article, “Do we have your attention? New literacies, digital technologies and the education of adolescents” provides some excellent food for thought.
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This should be required viewing / reading for anyone with a remote interest in politics, economics, education, and 21st century life. Am I leaving anyone out? In his keynote address 2 weeks ago at the Apple Distinguished Educator Summer 2005 Institute, Alan November encouraged all attendees to read Thomas Friedman’s new book, “The World is
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Some misc notes from day 1 of the institute, best stuff is on storytelling and improv! ADE Institute 2005 From now till tomorrow we are going to do intros and have fun! Empire room is setup with G5s Wireless access in all the meeting rooms 150 black badges tomorrow: ADE alums We are authors, advisors,
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I wrote this place-based essay for my summer “Studies in Language Arts” class. An accompanying 7 minute video is also available. Situated on the east side of a bustling West Texas city, Yellowhouse Canyon offers a surprising and contrasting outdoor experience for those who venture into its natural beauty. Part of a natural stream that
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This is going to take awhile, but hopefully be worth it! I started the rather lengthy process this evening/morning of completing redesigning and updating all my Internet webpages– and eventually my blogs. I want to present information in a simple, pleasing, and dynamic format. I’ve started with my primary domain: www.wesfryer.com. I welcome feedback and
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Comments and thoughts on Peggy Noonan’s article “The Legend of Deep Throat: Was Mark Felt really a hero?” I do not remember the events of the Nixon era so my ability to comment thoughtfully on these issues is thereby limited. Yet I find Noonan?s position here quite a stretch. I don?t think anyone should be
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My dear father, Tom Fryer, is retiring from his 2nd career as an investments banker and financial planner after 21 years. In 1984, 3 years after our family had moved to Manhattan, Kansas to stay, Dad retired from the US Air Force after a career of 21 years. Many things can make you feel old
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Great initial presentation here in the final day of the ADE 2005 Summer institute. Good ideas for collaboration and cooperation online. I love the logo they came up with (I just took a rather rough cell phone pic and posted it to Flickr). Great image mix. I wonder if the US Dept of Ed will
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My aren’t my fellow ADE’s creative! This cartoon (http://homepage.mac.com/dherman/ade_comic/Comic.html) was made by my fellow ADEs in the 1:1 group. Our larger group has also started this blog about Apple 1:1 computing (http://1to1learning.blogspot.com). The group I am in with Tina and Howard has created a searchable database of released 1:1 computing research that can support queries
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Notes on iPod use in educatioin from ADE 2005 Summer Institute (Tue 12 Jul 05) A repeat performance of the iPod preso from NECC tonight!- podcasting event at NECC was standing room only- ADE Podcast: 23,000 hits on ADE podcast site in first week- 12 GB per day downloaded through Podcast feed- Hands-on iPod/Podcasting sessions–
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Alan’s initial presentation at the ADE 2005 Summer Institute Alan November keynote12 July 2005 Lessons he learned from teaching on the island prison- taught oceanography and algebra- subtexts are important- if your students are desperate for the information you are teaching, they will pay attention and “get it”- my students always asked me more interesting
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Great session of cool tips by Keith Mitchell of Apple Computer Lots of cool quicktime tips by Keith Mitchell of Apple Computer- not an engineer, just going over practical stuff that he uses day in and day out, compression of video clearpano.com Pangea VR – http://www.pangeasoft.net/pano/plugin/chicnavigatorclickheredesign.com He manages digital content on the Apple Learning Interchange
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A great ADE pullout session from Marco GarageBand- one of the reasons Marco started using media in the classroom was because it was a language to help students soar and fly- weakness in multimedia was in audio- remember “smartsound”, don’t want music for old folks homes or porn- so they have permission from actual artists
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What do we need to improve educational quality and outcomes in the 21st Century? Let’s start with LESS governmental intervention, rather than more. We need educational deregulation. (qualified as I explain below) This summer (in July) I am taking my last class for my doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction through the College of Education at
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HB2 (which started as HB4 and HB2 in the regular session) could change the face of Texas public education in dramatic and fundamental ways. In this post I offer observations and analysis related to the possible instructional technology impacts, specifically: 1) The latest version retains the change of the word “textbook” to “instructional materials.” What
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Can blogs can be even more interesting with photos? I guess we will find out!
I hadn’t really cared much about bluetooth technology until I purchased a new cell phone. Earlier in June I blogged about the sad death of my Treo smartphone and the reasons for switching over to Cingular as a wireless carrier. I enjoyed several weeks of bliss without the connectivity of an electronic leash (personal cell
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