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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Year: 2007

  • Over 84,000 site visits in the 2007 K-12 Online Conference

    I’ve posted some screenshots and statistics from the ClustrMap of the 2007 K-12 Online conference to the newly opened K-12 Online Ning site this evening, in a post titled “Participation around the world in 2007!” The header image for the K12Online Ning is aptly subtitled, “The Conference That Never Ends!” Please join the ongoing conversations…

  • Educational research discoveries

    There aren’t many people at Panera at 6:15 am, and the choices for hot egg souffles are outstanding. I am back to dissertation research this morning, locating and reviewing sources for my literature review. Here are a few web-based tools and digital technologies I’m using and learned about today. EndNote Software is the client-side bibliographic…

  • When Night Falls 2007: Plan to Participate!

    Today is the final day of new presentations in the 2007 K-12 Online Conference, but the learning opportunities and connections are really just beginning. All 41 presentations from the 2007 conference will remain available online indefinitely, hosted by the College of William and Mary, joining the 41 presentations from the 2006 conference which also remain…

  • Voicethreads about favorite books!

    I’ve spent the day today at Asher Public School in Asher, Oklahoma, working with all 5th through 12th grade students on digital storytelling using VoiceThread. We created six different VoiceThread digital stories together today as part of the Great Book Stories Project. Five of these are linked from the “Listen and See” page of the…

  • Big brother Google is tracking you

    Did you realize when you are logged in with a free Google account and are searching the web with Google, your every click is being tracked? I learned this tonight thanks to a post by Kern Kelly. Apparently this tracking started in April 2007, or that was the month I started using a Google account…

  • Research finds positive parent behaviors and attitudes related to Internet safety and use

    According to the September 25, 2007 press release from Cable in the Classroom, “New Poll Finds That Parents Are Taking Proactive Steps To Keep Kids Safe And Smart On The Web:” …85 percent of parents and legal guardians of children ages 6 to 18 who go online say they have talked to their child in…

  • Good K12Online07 PD Reflection example

    Janetta Garton has posted a thoughtful reflection about Brian Lamb, Alan Levine, and D’Arcy Norman’s “New Tools” strand keynote address for the 2007 K-12 Online Conference titled, “More Than Cool Tools.” Janetta is modeling “best practices” for her reflection, since she: Posted her reflection to her own blog Followed the suggested reflection rubric developed by…

  • Internet Safety: The mistake of talking down to kids

    Internet safety and the cause of helping learners of all ages (including parents) understand the challenges and dangers (as well as the opportunities) present in our hyper-linked digital landscape continues to be a personal and professional passion for me. This weekend, my wife and I previewed a new video she purchased for use by our…

  • More thinking about mobile, field recording for podcasts

    My post today for TechLearning is titled “Podcasting power in your hand.” I am still trying to fully comprehend the implications of everyone with access to a phone (a cell phone or land line) having access to a viable podcast recording device. I love the fact that Gabcast stores the number of the phone which…

  • When Night Falls Moderators Needed!

    Last year during the first K-12 Online Conference, the culminating “When Night Falls” event was one of the highlights for many participants. Unlike other live events for the conference which last just an hour, “When Night Falls” is a 24 hour event that literally spans the globe and celebrates as the sun sets around our…