Speaking

Keynotes, Presentations and Workshops

I (Wesley Fryer) am available to share keynote addresses, breakout presentations, and workshops at conferences as well as other professional development events. A list of my recent and upcoming presentations is available on wiki.wesfryer.com. I present the 2(+) day workshop "Digital Magic Tricks" based on the Powerful Ingredients for Blended Learning (PI4BL) framework. I also love to present with Kevin Honeycutt, as well as commend Kevin as a presenter / learning leader. To inquire about availability and booking, please contact Karen Montgomery using the following electronic contact form.

Reach Karen by phone at 636-477-8669.

Many of my past keynotes and presentations are available as SlideCasts (audio recordings synchronized to multimedia slides) on SlideShare, as videos and as audio-only podcasts. See the bottom of this page for current breakout session titles and descriptions. (Some of these can also be presented as longer, hands-on workshops.)

"Leading Schools with Digital Vision in a Bubblesheet World" was the keynote at the summer administrative leadership conference for Northeast ISD on June 16, 2010. The audio recordings from this session are available as two different podcasts: part 1 and part 2.

"Storychasing Literacy: Empowering Students as Digital Witnesses" was the opening keynote at the 2010 Midwest Educational Technology Conference (METC) in St Louis, Missouri.

"Reinventing Education for the 21st Century" was the opening keynote at the 2009 eTechOhio Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

"The Landscape of 21st Century Learning: Personalised and Differentiated" was shared as the closing keynote address at the 2009 Learning@School Conference in Rotorua, New Zealand.

"Copyright for Educators" was shared as a breakout session at the 2009 Instructional Technology Strategies Conference (ITSC) in Portland, Oregon.

"Communicating In The Digital Age" was shared as a breakout session at the 2010 Pioneer Library System's annual conference in Moore, Oklahoma.

The following are titles and descriptions for breakout sessions I can share at your conference or event. In many cases I'm also willing and able to develop a customized session based on your event theme or suggested topic.

Share Your Ideas: Platforms for Publishing
As learners and educational leaders it is critical that we share our ideas with others. Publishing our ideas online should not be limited to just "final drafts" of our work, we also should share ideas that occur to us during the day, great videos we see, student work in progress, and more. If you can send email, you can publish rich media with Posterous. In this session we'll learn specifically how to create and use a personal publishing website with your email account. We'll also explore other tools for creating and sharing curriculum under open licensing terms (open educational resources.) It's critical ALL teachers learn to share ideas online and PUBLISH curriculum using rich media. Come learn how.

Geo-Apps: Geographic Curriculum Connections
GeoApps are applications which permit learners to connect concepts to geography. Google Maps is a browser-based Geo-application environment, and Google Earth is a software-based GeoApp. We'll explore both and learn how to use resources created by others as well as make our own.

Talk with Media: Using Copyright-Friendly Images & Audio
Visual images are powerful. In this session we will discuss how and where to find "copyright friendly" sources for both images and audio which can be integrated into multimedia projects. We'll discuss media which is Homegrown/Public Domain, licensed under Creative Commons, and utilized under Fair Use guidelines. We'll also demonstrate options for publishing photos, audio and video.

iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch Apps for Education
A wealth of fantastic educational applications are available for Apple's mobile devices. In this session we'll explore iApps useful for reading ebooks, making ebooks, taking notes, accessing curriculum-specific videos, publishing podcasts, blogging, and more!

When student published videos go viral: Lessons Learned
In Sept 2009, my 9 year old daughter's 2 minute YouTube response to President Obama's speech to US students went viral with over 180,000 views. In May 2010, a 6th grader in my hometown attracted the attention of Ellen with his YouTube remix of a Lady Gaga song. Greyson Chance is now a household name and national star with a record contract. In this session we'll discuss the issues raised by these two situations and lessons to learn.