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Twitter Documentation of Classroom Folio Observations

By Wesley Fryer On May 21, 2019 · Tagged With: folio, instructional, MakerEd, makerspace, pedagogy, socialmedia, stem, twitter · Add Comment

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Learning at the March Oklahoma STEM Consortium Meeting

By Wesley Fryer On March 9, 2018 · Tagged With: MakerEd, oklaed, oklaedstem, oklahoma, steam, stem · Add Comment

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Web-based Video Editing with WeVideo (Including Green Screen)

By Wesley Fryer On August 19, 2017 · Tagged With: edit, edtech, MakerEd, multimedia, steam, stem, video, WeVideo · 1 Comment

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Choose Your Own Adventure YouTube Video: Lessons Learned

By Wesley Fryer On August 2, 2017 · Tagged With: adventure, choose, cml17vt, CYOA, MakerEd, own, vermont, video, WeVideo, your, youtube · Add Comment

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Podcast442: Classroom Passion Projects, Maker Studio & Digital Citizenship with Shelly Fryer

By Wesley Fryer On May 30, 2016 · Tagged With: edtech, MakerEd, passion, projects, stem · Add Comment

This Speed of Creativity podcast features an extended interview with 3rd and 4th grade teacher Shelly Fryer, who shares about her students' classroom passion projects, learning in "Maker Studio," and learning about digital citizenship via the class chat feature of the iPad app News-O-Matic. Shelly has been teaching for over twenty years, and this was her third year to teach at Positive Tomorrows School in Oklahoma City. Positive Tomorrows is a special K-5 school which exclusively serves homeless children and their families. Shelly class has had "1:1 iPads" for the past 2.5 years, and she continues to find multiple ways to integrate iPad use meaningfully into her curriculum through engaging student activities. As Shelly explains in the interview, PT truly is "the school she loves" for so many reasons. The curricular autonomy which she enjoys as a teacher empowers her to differentiate her curriculum to the learning needs and interests of her students, and bring a variety of STEM and Maker Education (MakerEd) learning activities to students as well. Shelly explains in the interview why this year's classroom "passion projects" were likely the best student projects she's ever facilitated as a classroom teacher. From learning to sew a dress, to how to code on an iPad, to learning how to dance, to learning how to play the guitar, her students each selected a topic of interest and then explored that topic for several weeks. Each student shared a culminating presentation with other members of the class, after becoming the local "expert" on their topic of inquiry. In the second part of the interview, Shelly shares how the "Create, Make and Learn" MakerED Institute in Burlington, Vermont, in the summer of 2013 was pivotal in her journey as a Maker and elementary teacher integrating STEM activities into classroom learning. Shelly tells the story of how her students enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to create, make, collaborate and share in her Maker Studio in the closing weeks of the school year. She also describes how she worked to build a kind, respectful, and collaborative classroom culture in which students could safely thrive as learners and problem solvers. Last of all in the interview, Shelly shares how she and her students used the "class chat" feature of the iPad app to have important conversations about digital citizenship, internet safety, and digital ethics. If you listen to this podcast, please share feedback with Shelly by reaching out to her on Twitter (@sfryer). Visit her classroom website at http://classroom.shellyfryer.com and her professional blog on http://www.shellyfryer.com. Check out the podcast shownotes for links to resources and tools Shelly mentioned in the interview, including her presentation for Global Maker Day on May 17, 2016, "iPads in Maker Studio."

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Best Free iPad Apps for Stopmotion Movies

By Wesley Fryer On January 5, 2016 · Tagged With: app, ipad, itunes, MakerEd, makerstudio, stem, stopmotion · Add Comment

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Ordering Supplies for STEMseeds Camp: Jitterbug Robots

By Wesley Fryer On May 20, 2015 · Tagged With: circuit, DIY, electricity, MakerEd, stem · Add Comment

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Opening Reflections on Tinker, Make and Learn

By Wesley Fryer On December 22, 2014 · Tagged With: maker, MakerEd, stem, tmlooe · 2 Comments

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Podcast 419: An Interview with Shelly Fryer About Student Voice & iPad Projects

By Wesley Fryer On November 27, 2014 · Tagged With: classroom, ebook, ebooks, ipad, maker, MakerEd, technology · Add Comment

This podcast is a Thanksgiving interview with Shelly Fryer, a self-contained 3rd and 4th grade teacher in an iPad 1 to 1 classroom in Oklahoma City. Shelly's students recently completed a research project in which they created enhanced eBooks using the Book Creator app for iPad, and published their eBooks as videos to their classroom YouTube channel. In the interview, Shelly discusses how she's learned to use a Google Site as their classroom "home base website" this year for students to access links she selects and directly adds as needed. Their classroom publishing channels, which include KidBlog, YouTube, and Flickr for photos, are also linked from their classroom website (classroom.shellyfryer.com). Shelly explains how her students are using the free iPad app InstaShare to transfer completed videos to her iPad, so she can publish them to their classroom YouTube channel using the free app, YouTube Capture. She also explains how important it's been to build a "Maker Culture" in her classroom during their afternoon "Maker Studio" time. Students have created a wide variety of different projects using recycled materials, including a re-creation of the Macy's Day Thanksgiving parade this week after reading the books “Balloons Over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet and “Milly and the Macy’s Parade” by Shana Corey and Brett Helquist together. She also discusses how she's continuing to use Twitter and her blog for professional development and learning.

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Starting Off Makers Club with Water Bottle Rocket Launches

By Wesley Fryer On September 16, 2014 · Tagged With: bottle, club, launch, lesson, maker, MakerEd, rocket, stem, water · 1 Comment

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Twitter Documentation of Classroom Folio Observations

Learning at the March Oklahoma STEM Consortium Meeting

Web-based Video Editing with WeVideo (Including Green Screen)

Choose Your Own Adventure YouTube Video: Lessons Learned

Podcast442: Classroom Passion Projects, Maker Studio & Digital Citizenship with Shelly Fryer

Best Free iPad Apps for Stopmotion Movies

Ordering Supplies for STEMseeds Camp: Jitterbug Robots

Opening Reflections on Tinker, Make and Learn

Podcast 419: An Interview with Shelly Fryer About Student Voice & iPad Projects

Starting Off Makers Club with Water Bottle Rocket Launches

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