Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Category: luddite

  • Realize your dreams today, start virtually attending Stanford or MIT

    When I was growing up and especially when I was in high school considering college options, the thought of attending a top-tier school like Stanford, Harvard, or Princeton certainly crossed my mind. Although I had been encouraged by several to pursue an engineering college track (because of the flexible preparation it would provide in equipping…

  • When mainstream media publicity is harmful

    Andy Carvin’s post “An Open Letter About Cyberbullying” is a reasonably toned response to Mathew Honan of Wired Magazine’s recent article “Beware These Six Lamest Social Networks.” Honan takes unnecessary aim at the “Stop Cyberbullying” Ning which Andy helps administer. It’s sad to see a mainstream media source author take a potshot at an excellent…

  • Clarifying perceptions about digital social networking risks

    Thanks to my uncle, Ron Henley, for alerting me to a new report supported by NSBA (the National School Boards Association) and others which supports many of the contentions I’ve been advancing for over a year in presentations about safe digital social networking. According to David Cassel’s August 7th article about the report, “Schoolboards: net…

  • Thoughts on bit literacy and information overload coping strategies

    One of my favorite rhetorical questions to ask during workshops is, “Is anyone here NOT receiving enough email?” I don’t know an adult soul who spends time online (my own children and other kids who don’t yet have email accounts are not counted in that group) who suffers from a LACK of email. Remember “the…

  • Taxonomy versus Folksonomy

    I’ve written a new post on the TechLearning blog titled “Farewell, linear conversations?” Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, luddite, web2.0 If you enjoyed this post and found it useful, subscribe to Wes’ free newsletter. Check out Wes’ video tutorial library, “Playing with Media.” Information about more ways to learn with Dr. Wesley Fryer are available on…

  • Cold day in Colorado

    The winter ice storm in Oklahoma continued today canceling (again) Frontier airline flights from Denver, so I joined my cousin and a Denver friend in a day of unexpected snow skiing at Copper Mountain. Thankfully, we were able to redeem our Frontier ticket stubs for half-price lift tickets (actually buy 1, get 1 free, but…

  • Podcast105: Thinking Critically About Library and School Technologies

    This podcast features a recorded discussion with Dr. Andrew Wertheimer and Jessamyn West at the conclusion of the 2006 Hawaii Library Association’s annual conference. Our topic was the ways in which learners should, perhaps in the spirit of Neil Postman, continually think critically about new technologies touted as the next great trend for libraries and…

  • Reservations about empowerment without accountability

    Joe Makley shared a thoughtful comment last night to my post from December 2005 on “Educational Banner Evangelism.” Joe is questioning advocacy for constructivism and empowering teachers without accountability and at least minimum expectations based on identified standards. He wrote: The point being, we still have standards, and they are more important than ever. It…

  • Reflections on Ewan’s keynote on Professional development

    Well, I am currently riding the red-eye flight from Honolulu to Dallas, and have slept a good bit of the time. I now find myself awake, however, and looking at the clocks it appears it is 5:34 am US Central time, and 1:34 am Hawaii time. We’ve been in the air almost five hours, and…

  • Reflections on librarians, web 2.0 and educational change

    What a great treat it has been to be here in Hawaii at the state librarian’s conference to present, listen, share and learn! I presented three times today, which was a bit exhausting, but it was also a lot of fun. I was able to take in several fantastic sessions given by others too. The…