Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Month: September 2012

  • Lesson Idea: Analyze Political Fundraising Statistics with Comparative Ratios

    I live in Oklahoma City. This week I’ve done a little research about the candidates we’ll be voting for in advance of our November elections. Publicly reported and aggregated campaign fund statistics from around the United States are available on the website FollowTheMoney.org. I hope the information and examples I provide in this post will…

  • iPhone 5, Steve Jobs Reflections, & Amazing (free) Science Videos

    This evening my mind was blown several times, and video content on our Apple TV was the source. First of all, I watched the full two hour Apple iPhone 5 event video from yesterday. It’s a free video podcast on “Apple Keynotes” in iTunes, and I’ve watched the past several events directly on our home…

  • Encouraging Pre-Service Educators to Share Work Publicly Online

    (cross-posted from PlayingWithMedia.com) In her recent review of my eBook, “Playing with Media, simple ideas for powerful sharing,” Barbara Brown wrote the following paragraph which inspired me to literally jump for joy. Barbara wrote: After reading the book and paying close attention to the ideas about media creation and media sharing, I decided to move…

  • Lessons Learned from WordPress Blog Upgrades

    This evening I spent a few hours updating a long list of different WordPress blogs I maintain and have put online in the past few years. Since I have so many sites online now, I probably should commit regular time each month or so to this upgrade process. Not upgrading your site can leave you…

  • Learn About Your Teacher Through Her QR Code

    (cross-posted from the Yukon Public Schools Learning Showcase) How did parents in your classroom or your child/grandchild’s classroom learn about new teachers this year? At Independence Elementary School in Yukon Public Schools, parents of students learning with Dawn Dukes in the Gifted Program could use a smartphone and a free QR code reader app to scan…

  • iPad Productivity Apps Workshop: Fri September 14th (Oklahoma City)

    If you live in or near Oklahoma City you’re cordially invited to attend my second “iPad Productivity Apps Workshop” on Friday, September 14th from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Check out all the details (and register directly via EventBrite) on this digital mailer I sent out this evening via Mailchimp. More details are also available…

  • Better Than Teacher-Created Video Flipped Classrooms: The Power of Student Made Videos

    Audio podcasts remain a GREAT way to obtain free, regular professional development. Although I’m not as “regular” as I once was as a podcaster, I continue to periodically post podcast audio to both my “Moving at the Speed of Creativity” podcast channel as well as my secondary “Fuel for Educational Change Agents” podcast channel. While…

  • Create Appointment Slots on a Google Calendar

    (Cross-posted from Instructional FAQs for Yukon Public Schools) “Appointment slots” are a feature in Google Calendars which allow calendar owners to let other people “sign up” for specific appointments on different dates and times. This can be handy for resource checkout calendars, like a mobile laptop cart or a computer lab. It can also work…

  • Download Large AudioBooks from Audible Over 3G on an iPhone

    This is a guest blog post by Sherman Nicodemus.  AT&T currently puts limits on the sizes of files iPhone apps can download over a 3G or slower cell phone connection in the United States, prompting users to connect to wifi and try again. It’s possible to circumvent this limitation and download larger files once you’ve…