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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Year: 2007

  • Digital Storytelling: Empowering The Student Writing Process

    My notes from the MACE 2007 presentation by Tonya Witherspoon. Tonya’s wiki site: http://web2point0.wikispaces.com Let kids pick pictures which inspire their words Clay Animation to retell a novel or a story – good b/c the set is very small: a shoe box size – can be done with just a webcam – costumes can be…

  • Marco Antonio Torres: Now What Do We Do with IT

    My notes from Marco’s MACE ’07 keynote. (My thoughts are IN CAPS.) [KNOW THAT MARCO IS MY #1 YODA. THERE IS NO ONE IN EDUCATION AT WHOSE FEET I WOULD RATHER LISTEN AND LEARN.] sfett.com flickschool.com Medium Vs. Message | Technology Vs. Communication Teachers at these conferences are the “YES ands” – other teachers are…

  • Lightspeed Systems: Total Traffic Control

    My notes from a vendor session at MACE 2007 about Lightspeed Systems. Lightspeed has been around for 20 years, solely focused on school districts – in 5000 schools, based in California but are all over the country – beginning: was eRate sold bandwidth manager and firewall appliance – that was around 9 years ago After…

  • Advanced teaching techniques for electronic whiteboard

    These are my notes from a presentation by Bryan Retzlaff at the MACE 2007 conference. This is a vendor session. As usual my own thoughts and commentary are ALL IN CAPS. “This is an advanced interactive whiteboard training session” The combination of multiple technologies coming together in a single device is a current trend with…

  • SLJ MacWorld 2007 coverage

    Lauren Barack’s February 1st article for School Library Journal, “Hangin’ with the Cool Kids,” included several quotations from presenters at the 2nd annual Macworld K–12 Educators Symposium, including yours truly. “Probably the most exciting thing with Apple TV was just playing with the menu and seeing that the third choice, or so, down was podcasts,”…

  • Thinking big as the world grows smaller by Hall Davidson

    Update on 29 July 2016: Viddler (@viddler) is referenced in this post from 10 years ago and has shifted its business model/focus in a different direction. These are my notes from Hall Davidson’s keynote at METC today. (My own commments and reflections are included in ALL CAPS.) I’m recording this to post as a podcast…

  • Skype tomorrow?

    If you will be available Wednesday, Feb 28th between 11 and 11:45 US Central Time and would be interested in skyping into my session on safe digital social networking (briefly) to say hello and tell session participants a bit about what you love best about working in education, please comment here with your skype ID.…

  • The WOW2 skype/chat is now!

    If you’re online now and want to join us, the WOW2 interview and chat is about to start in 15 minutes! (8 – 9 pm US Central time.) Link here to join the EdTechTalk chat room!

  • Technology in the Schools: Policy, Privacy and Practical Issues for Teachers, IT and Others

    My notes from Celynda L. Brasher (an attorney) on “Technology in the Schools: Policy, Privacy and Practical Issues for Teachers, IT and Others” at METC 2007 DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A LAWYER AND THE FOLLOWING NOTES ARE EXPLICITLY POSTED AS NOT BEING LEGAL ADVICE. IF YOU HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS CONSULT A LAWYER. Did teach 7th…

  • Teaching History with 21st Century Technology by Eric Langhorst

    My notes from Eric Langhorst’s METC 2007 presentation, “Teaching History with 21st Century Technology.” Eric is the author and producer of the fantastic Speaking of History podcast. The handout for his session (PDF) as well as his session PowerPoint are available from his blog/podcast website. I’m recording this session to post later as a podcast.…