Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Category: workshops

  • Create and Share InfoPics to Show What You Know

    This year at the ISTE Conference in San Antonio, I led a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) workshop titled, “Visual Communication with iOS InfoPics.” The official description was: We live in a very visual society and culture. In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to become more effective and powerful visual communicators by creating InfoPics…

  • Mobile Media Scavenger Hunts with GooseChase

    Thanks to Peggy George (@pgeorge) sharing GooseChase* (now also available as GooseChaseEDU with discounted educator pricing) my wife and I have helped lead three different mobile media scavenger hunts this summer! All three have been very successful and met with rave reviews from participants! Like “The APPmazing Race” at iPadPalooza each year in Austin, a GooseChase…

  • Pocket Share Jesus (May 2017)

    This weekend was the annual MoRanch Men’s Conference near Hunt, Texas, and I prepared an updated version of the workshop, “Pocket Share Jesus,” which I shared last year. Tonight I recorded a 43 minute narrated slideshow and video demo of the session. Here’s the video and my slides. To make this video, I used my…

  • Give the Gift of Digital Security to Your Family

    It’s holiday time and you may still be wondering, “What should I get [fill in a name] for Christmas this year?” In this post, I’ll make the case that instead of purchasing a physical item for others in your family, you should give the gift of DIGITAL SECURITY. Depending on what password manager solution you choose, this gift…

  • 5th EdCampOKC Coming to Del City High School March 4, 2017

    The 5th annual EdCampOKC (@edcampOKC) FREE professional learning event for PK-16 educators is coming to Del City High School in MidDel Public Schools on Saturday, March 4, 2017! Our organizer team met virtually this evening (with Zoom) to work on plans and committee assignments, and online registration is now LIVE via EventBrite! Please register soon,…

  • Podcast446: Reflections on a PBS Scratch Jr Coding Camp for Kids

    Coding is an important literacy skill we need to introduce to everyone in the 21st century! This podcast features reflections by Shelly Fryer (@sfryer) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) following a PBS Scratch Jr. Coding Camp for Kids in Edmond, Oklahoma, on September 17, 2016. It also includes some recorded audio from Shelly’s lessons during the…

  • Green Screen Videos to Share with Teachers

    Last week I led a 3 day iPad Media Camp at my school in Oklahoma City for K-12 teachers. I introduced participants to green screen videos and a production workflow including: the iPad Camera app the Green Screen app by Do Ink iMovie for iPad “iPad Media Camp 2016 OKC” (CC BY 2.0) by  Wesley Fryer  Before learning tips…

  • Podcast444: Reflections on iPad Media Camp (July 2016)

    Welcome to a recorded podcast from the road with Wesley and Shelly Fryer, reflecting on the past week of iPad Media Camp workshops in Stilwell and Tulsa Oklahoma in July 2016. This is the fourth summer of iPad Media Camp workshops, which are multi-day, hands-on experiences for educators focused on using iPads to create and…

  • Audience Feedback at iPadPalooza 2016

    iPadPalooza 2016 is almost over, and it’s been a fantastic conference. If you’re an educator and use an iPad, this is a “must attend” event. Next year the conference will be earlier in June. This year in addition to a mini-keynote with Shelly on day 1 about “Digital Sharing,” I shared three breakout sessions on “App…

  • Enter to Win 2 FREE Tickets to iPad Media Camp: July 26-28, 2016

    For the fourth summer in a row, this July I’ll again be leading 3 day iPad Media Camp workshops for PK-12 educators and college/university faculty and instructors. The July 26-28, 2016 iPad Media Camp will be held at Casady School in Oklahoma City, where I serve as the Director of Technology. Now through Wednesday, June 29th,…