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Sharing Audio From Videos During a Videoconference

By Wesley Fryer On March 31, 2020 · Tagged With: audio, covid19EDU, macos, software, webcast · Add Comment

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Protecting Yourself and Your Family Online (March 2020)

By Wesley Fryer On March 29, 2020 · Tagged With: covid19EDU, hacking, InternetSafety, safety · Add Comment

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OLTI – The Oklahoma Learning Technology Initiative

By Wesley Fryer On March 25, 2020 · Tagged With: 1to1, covid19EDU, edtech, laptop · Add Comment

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Tips and Strategies for Remote Learning (March 2020)

By Wesley Fryer On March 24, 2020 · Tagged With: covid19EDU · Add Comment

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3 Ways to Become a More Connected Educator During the COVID-19 Crisis

By Wesley Fryer On March 16, 2020 · Tagged With: covid19EDU · Add Comment

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The Coronavirus Pandemic and Media Literacy

By Wesley Fryer On March 8, 2020 · Tagged With: covid19EDU, medialit, medialiteracy · Add Comment

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The Orbital Perspective: Inspired by Chris Hadfield, Ed Robertson, the Wexford Gleeks and Rod Murray

By Wesley Fryer On March 7, 2020 · Tagged With: inspiration, inspirational, nasa, science, space, stem · Add Comment

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Video Tutorial: Virtual Office Hours with Google Hangouts Meet

By Wesley Fryer On March 2, 2020 · Tagged With: covid19EDU · Add Comment

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Podcast471: Let’s Talk About Social Identity and FOMO

By Wesley Fryer On March 2, 2020 · Tagged With: digcit, identity, socialmedia · Add Comment

This podcast is a recording of a digital citizenship presentation for high school students shared by Dr. Wesley Fryer at Casady School in Oklahoma City on February 27, 2020. The goal of this talk was to encourage students to think more deeply and critically about their own identities, how those identities are shaped, and specifically how much power and influence we give other people and social media specifically when it comes to our perceptions of who we are and who we want to be. The Common Sense Media video, "Teen Voices: Who Are You on Social Media?" was shared during this presentation, and the audio from that video is included in this podcast. Please check the podcast shownotes for the link to the original video, as well as other wonderful resources from Common Sense on Digital Citizenship including a robust (and free) curriculum on digital citizenship for teachers and students differentiated by grade level. Also check out more resources we've shared on our school's digital citizenship website, DigCit.us.

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Hashtag Power of #HongKongProtests, Twitter Bots, PsyOps and Media Literacy

By Wesley Fryer On February 23, 2020 · Tagged With: china · Add Comment

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Podcast470: Sharing and Learning About the 2020 U.S. Census – Statistics in Schools

By Wesley Fryer On February 18, 2020 · · Add Comment

Welcome to Episode 470 of the Moving at the Speed of Creativity podcast from February 18, 2020, a show by Dr. Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) focusing on digital creativity, media literacy, digital literacy, digital citizenship, instructional technology integration and engaged learning both inside and outside the classroom. This episode features a special interview with the U.S. Census "Statistics in Schools" Manager Victoria Glazer and Teacher Ambassador Emily McMillen, discussing the 2020 Census in the United States and the variety of FREE resources provided for PK-12 teachers to use with students. Disbursement of millions of dollars for our communities from the U.S. Federal Government depends on the Census! All of us as teachers and members of our communities can help both educate students and families about the importance of participating in the census, but also provide real-world, multi-disciplinary learning opportunities using existing census data via the resources shared on the "Statistics in Schools" website. Visit census.gov/schools for more information, and also refer to the podcast shownotes for more direct links.

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Deep Work and the Race to Minecraft

By Wesley Fryer On February 17, 2020 · Tagged With: computer, edtech, lab, literacy, minecraft, minecraftedu, pedagogy · Add Comment

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Polar Extremes on NOVA – Behold the Reality of Higher Carbon Dioxide Levels

By Wesley Fryer On February 10, 2020 · Tagged With: change, climate, governance, ice, oilindustry, polar, politics, science · Add Comment

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Good Fair Use Copyright Example in School: “Communities” and The Lion Sleeps Tonight

By Wesley Fryer On February 9, 2020 · Tagged With: copyright, intellectualproperty, law, legal, video · Add Comment

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Synchronizing Lecture Audio to Slides for YouTube

By Wesley Fryer On February 2, 2020 · Tagged With: audio, narration, record, sync · Add Comment

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Facilitating Student eBook and Book Publishing with Book Creator and Lulu

By Wesley Fryer On January 31, 2020 · Tagged With: DigitalLiteracy, ebook, ebooks, edtech, literacy, publishing · Add Comment

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Modern Learning in School: The 14 Legs of the Table

By Wesley Fryer On January 23, 2020 · · Add Comment

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Podcast469: Reflections on Immersion Day January 2020

By Wesley Fryer On January 20, 2020 · · Add Comment

Welcome to Episode 469 of the Moving at the Speed of Creativity podcast from January 18, 2020, a show by Dr. Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) focusing on digital creativity, media literacy, digital literacy, digital citizenship, instructional technology integration and engaged learning both inside and outside the classroom. This episode features a conversation with 3rd grade teacher Shelly Fryer (@sfryer) about the second "Immersion Day" at Casady School in Oklahoma City. Immersion Days are half-days for students which focus on a special theme or topic. On January 17, 2020, the theme for the Casady Lower School students (in grades 1 - 4) focused on Inventions, coinciding with Kid Invention Day (KID). A wealth of fantastic resources about the design process and STEM / engineering for young students are available on nationalinventioncurriculum.org as well as other websites. Check out the podcast shownotes for links. Casady 3rd and 4th graders were able to videoconference LIVE to start the day with Payton Robertson in Florida. Peyton is now a senior in high school, and has been an inventor since elementary school with over six patents to his name. He met President Obama in the Oval Office to share one of his inventions after winning a national contest, was a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, and will be continuing his career and learning journey as an inventor next year as he starts college at Stanford University. In the afternoon, 3rd graders talked with Dr. James W. Long, a local guest speaker physician and engineer who co-created a magnetic heart pump, featured in the new Amplify Science curriculum the students are using this year. One of the parents of Shelly's students is a heart surgeon, and invited him to join in the third grade Kids Invention Day learning! In the podcast, Wes also shares some reflections on the "Animate Your Curiosity" lessons which he co-led for middle school students yesterday, using Scratch to create basic animations. Students watched and discussed several animation focused videos (including "Animator vs. Animation" from 2009 which has over 42 million views on YouTube) to find inspiration for their own animation and coding projects. If you haven't checked out "The Science Behind Pixar" (sciencebehindpixar.org) in person or online yet definitely do! Also check out other resources on the "Animation Inspiration" website Wes created for this week's Middle Division Immersion Day. Follow Shelly Fryer on Twitter @sfryer and Wesley Fryer on @wfryer. Wes' Digital Literacy and Media Literacy Curriculum for Middle School Computer Classes is available free on mdtech.casady.org.

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Thoughts on Content Filtering, Parent Education, and School Laptop Initiatives

By Wesley Fryer On January 14, 2020 · Tagged With: edtech, laptop, norman, oklaed, oklahoma · Add Comment

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Share Podcast Excerpts using Audacity, iMovie and Google Slides

By Wesley Fryer On January 5, 2020 · Tagged With: audacity, collage, edit, imovie, media, multimedia, nasa, podcast, podcasting, publish · Add Comment

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Sharing Audio From Videos During a Videoconference

Protecting Yourself and Your Family Online (March 2020)

OLTI – The Oklahoma Learning Technology Initiative

3 Ways to Become a More Connected Educator During the COVID-19 Crisis

The Coronavirus Pandemic and Media Literacy

The Orbital Perspective: Inspired by Chris Hadfield, Ed Robertson, the Wexford Gleeks and Rod Murray

Video Tutorial: Virtual Office Hours with Google Hangouts Meet

Podcast471: Let’s Talk About Social Identity and FOMO

Hashtag Power of #HongKongProtests, Twitter Bots, PsyOps and Media Literacy

Podcast470: Sharing and Learning About the 2020 U.S. Census – Statistics in Schools

Deep Work and the Race to Minecraft

Polar Extremes on NOVA – Behold the Reality of Higher Carbon Dioxide Levels

Good Fair Use Copyright Example in School: “Communities” and The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Synchronizing Lecture Audio to Slides for YouTube

Facilitating Student eBook and Book Publishing with Book Creator and Lulu

Modern Learning in School: The 14 Legs of the Table

Podcast469: Reflections on Immersion Day January 2020

Thoughts on Content Filtering, Parent Education, and School Laptop Initiatives

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