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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Month: November 2006

  • Dan Schmidt keynote: Beyond4Walls

    These are my notes from Dan Schmidt’s keynote at the Beyond4Walls conference on 3 November 2006 Democratiziation of media – our kids can literally now compete head to head with CNN – web 2.0 is all about participation in media – convergences is changing everything Trends 1- iPod / digital music revolution (sound files so…

  • K12Online06 feeds and agenda complete

    I was traveling and presenting on Thursday and Friday last week, so I was a bit delayed in completing my final convener duties for K12Online06. The conference agenda now includes links to all 41 presentations of the conference, and both the podcast feed for week1 and the podcast feed for week2 are now complete with…

  • YouTube, Internet Games and Electoral Politics

    While many (if not most) schools in the United States persist in banning viral video sites like YouTube on their networks for all users (kindergarten through 12th grade,) these websites are increasingly playing a higher-visibility role in everyday life and even electoral politics. The need for every citizen to practice effective information literacy skills has…

  • When Night Falls slots available

    The 10 pm GMT timeslot (4 pm US Central time this Saturday) for the “When Night Falls” 24 hour skypecast is still available for someone to moderate as a volunteer. Also, I am willing to give up (and my wife would really prefer if I did) my 4:00 am GMT timeslot, which is 10 pm…

  • Recording skypecasts

    In preparation for the upcoming 24 hour skypecast event “When Night Falls” for K12Online06 this weekend, I recorded two screencasts this evening for session moderators explaining how to record their skypecasts and convert the files to MP3 format. Both are linked from the tools page of the event wiki. The first screencast (WMV format) describes…

  • Oklahoma Gang Threat Assessment

    Oklahoma Gang Threat Assessment: Keeping Our Kids Safe from Gangs and Violent Crime a presentation at the Oklahoma State Superintendent’s Safe and Healthy Schools Conference 11-1-2006 Dr Michael Wilds, project Director, US Dept of Justice Anti-Gang Initiative for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Timonthy Hock Oklahoma City Policy Gang Unit Mike teaches at NSU National…

  • Windows and Mirrors

    Lani Ritter Hall has the following quotation in her email signature file, I really like this: Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. — Sydney…