Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

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  • Learn About Coding & Minecraft: Saturday April 18 at PLAYDATE OKC (free!)

    Would you like to learn more about free apps students can use at school and at home to learn basic computer programming? (These include HopScotch and Scratch Jr.) Would you like to learn more about Minecraft and MinecraftEDU, including ways these programs can be used by students to create simulations, learn problem solving, and practice…

  • 2nd PLAYDATE PD Event in Oklahoma: Saturday October 4th!

    Please plan to join in our 2nd FREE “PLAYDATE” professional development event in Oklahoma on Saturday, October 4th from 9 am to 2 pm at John Marshall High School in Oklahoma City. PLAYDATE is similar to EdCamp, but the focus is PLAYING with apps and websites you want to explore along with other educators. Free registration…

  • Robotics, Stories, Stopmotion, Enhanced eBooks, Coding & More at PLAYDATE OKC May 10th

    If you live in or near Oklahoma City and are an educator, please make plans to attend our first-ever PLAYDATE professional development event Saturday, May 10th from 6 – 10 pm at John Marshall High School in OKCPS. Yes that’s right: It’s a DATE and we’re meeting AFTER supper from six to ten in the…

  • Archive WordPress with HTTrack

    Archive WordPress with HTTrack

    I’ve been running WordPress websites since 2005, and creating webpages since 1995. Over that time I’ve accumulated a lot of sites including different blogs, professional development sites, projects, podcasts, and communities I’ve been part of. Many of them aren’t active any longer, but some sites still have content I want to preserve. The problem is…

  • Engaging with the Duke Polarization Lab

    Engaging with the Duke Polarization Lab

    This morning I submitted the “Get Involved Form” shared by the Polarization Lab at Duke University. This two minute video (shared in November 2019) from the Duke University Department of Political Science provides a concise overview of the Lab’s focus and mission. The “Mission” page of their website also provides more details. Submitting this interest…

  • Podcast480: Pedagogy Matters with Shelly Fryer

    Welcome to the first of a new podcast interview series I’m titling, “Pedagogy Matters.” This episode, recorded on May 30, 2022, features the pedagogy of my wife, Shelly Fryer, which I would summarize as “A Pedagogy of Computational Thinking: Constructionism, Coding, Robotics, Play, and Student Choice.” Shelly started her journey as a classroom teacher in…

  • Lessons Gleaned from the Life of Joseph Priestley

    Tremendous benefits await those who generously share their ideas with others. Leaders should not shy away from the challenges of developing professional expertise in multiple domains. Regular collaboration and networking over excellent food and drink can prepare the mind as a fertile field for the cultivation of life-changing thoughts. New technologies can present novel opportunities…

  • Presentations on Creativity, 3D Printing, Digital Sharing and More

    Friday I had an opportunity to attend and present at the OMLEA Conference for Middle Level educators and administrators, sponsored by CCOSA and held a the Renaissance Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The best part of the day was having the chance to co-present with two of the teachers from my school, Casady School in Oklahoma…

  • Pushing Free and Paid iPad Apps using Meraki MDM

    Since I became the director of technology for Casady School in Oklahoma City this past July, I’ve learned how to configure our Meraki MDM (Mobile Device Manager) to “push” both free and paid apps onto the iPads in our upper division (high school) library and middle division / lower division (grades 1-8) library. Apple specifies…

  • Podcast431: Encouraging Digital Sharing by Early Majority Teachers

    This podcast from the road by Wesley Fryer focuses primarily on ideas about encouraging “early majority” teachers (using Everett Rogers’  Technology Adoption Curve terminology) to digitally share ideas, lessons, and student work. This includes planning for the November 2016 Digital Sharing Conference, to be held in Oklahoma City and hosted by Casady School. Reflections on conversations…