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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Year: 2007

  • Great School 2.0 thoughts from Will, Chris and Steve

    Earlier today I listened to the great WOW2 podcast from January 23, 2007 with from Will Richardson, Steve Hargadon, and Chris Lehmann, and jotted down a few notes. They had a great discussion about redesigning schools and this idea of “school 2.0” that I’ve been thinking and speaking about a bit lately. Of course there…

  • iRiver T10 firmware frustrations

    I rarely get frustrated or upset, but when I have spent at least four hours wrangling unsuccessfully to resolve a problem related to a Windows-based computer, that mood pattern can certainly change. Here’s the situation: I purchased an iRiver T10 today, because for the last 6 months or so I’ve really enjoyed using a borrowed…

  • Here come Star Trek communicators

    When I visited Circuit City today to purchase their last iRiver T10, my eyes were immediately drawn to a new mp3 device on the shelf: the Sony mylo. This is not “merely” an mp3 player, however, any more than the iPhone (when it is released in June) is going to be “just” an iPod. Like…

  • Self-promotional video is instructive on different levels

    In October 2006, the New York Times ran the article “A Student’s Video Résumé Gets Attention (Some of It Unwanted)” which told the story of Yale senior Aleksey Vayner’s self-promotional video which eventually leaked to YouTube. According to the article: Mr. Vayner’s experience shows the not-so-friendly side of the social-networking phenomenon. While sites such as…

  • School without Google?

    I’ve posted some new thoughts to the TechLearning blog in a post titled, “School without Google?” Technorati Tags: digitaldivide, digitalnatives, education, google

  • Google Notebook article

    I’ve written a new article for the TechEdge and published it online. It is titled, “Online Research with Google Notebook.” The summary is: The process of copying and pasting information, source URLs, and photographs for a report or multimedia presentation is often a laborious process. Multi-tasking between a web browser and a word processor when…

  • More than the 3 R’s?

    This sign caught my eye this morning as I was visiting an Oklahoma university: I am not posting this photo and commenting on it to put down or slight this university or department in any way. What I am writing here is not directly critical of them, their faculty or their learning environment. My reflections…

  • Celebrate diversity!

    I love this quotation, which I found on the sidebar of Mike Temple’s blog: You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note. – Doug Floyd Amen. Let’s celebrate diverse voices and perspectives. It’s quite boring to live in an echo chamber or another environment where everyone is expected to look the same, act…

  • Power of digital text

    Dr. Michael Wesch from Kansas State University has posted a great five minute video exploring the power of digital and hyperlinked text to connect ideas and people to YouTube: Use the free YouTube downloader if you want want an offline copy saved to your hard drive that you can share with others when you are…

  • Kudos to Brian Crosby and his 4th graders!

    I’ve written a new post on the Infinite Thinking Machine titled “Inclusion via Skype” that applauds the great work Brian Crosby and his 4th graders in Reno, Nevada are doing with Skype to open doors of learning for a homebound student. Way to go 4th graders and Mr. Crosby! Technorati Tags: education, skype, videoconferencing