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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: blogs

  • Teacher Blog Controversy in Pennsylvania Points to Need for Social Media Guidelines

    Don’t post profanity on a blog or any other social media website, especially if you’re a teacher in a public school. That advice shouldn’t sound outlandish to anyone, but it would apparently be news to Natalie Munroe, a currently-suspended teacher in Pennsylvania’s Central Bucks School District. According to yesterday’s Montgomery Media article, “Teacher blog controversy…

  • Why I Upgraded my EduBlogs Account

    This semester, teaching two sections of “Technology 4 Teachers” at the University of Central Oklahoma, I really wanted to use free blogging platforms with my students which they could readily utilize without hesitation when they have their own classrooms. Last semester teaching at the University of North Texas, I used a commercial blog on 21classes.com…

  • Set Up a Moderated Class Blog on Posterous

    In response to a question posted by Kansas teacher Marsha Ratzel, I created an eleven minute screencast this evening describing the steps for creating a moderated class blog (for FREE) on the website Posterous.com. One of the most significant advantages of using a Posterous blog as a class website is that rich media (text, images,…

  • Individual vs Team Blogs for PreService Edu Students (Comparing KidBlog & EduBlogs)

    Every K-12 classroom should have a classroom blog to interactively share student work. Classroom blogs offer a virtual space for teachers as well as students to provide “windows” into the learning which is taking place in the classroom, and are ideal for sharing photos, brief summaries, links, and other updates related to classroom activities. A…

  • Creative Commons licensed images in blog posts

    Q: How can we find and use Creative Commons licensed images in our blog posts for class? A: I created a 4 minute screencast answering this question. The links I referenced are Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-Online Search, Wylio.com, Compfight.com, and TalkWithMedia.com’s Images page. Cross-posted to the T4T Course FAQ and TalkWithMedia.com. Technorati Tags: blog, images,…

  • OKC #wordpress Users Group Meetup Notes: Jan 2011 #okcwp

    These are my notes from the 31 January 2011 WordPress OKC User’s Group Meetup. WordPress is an open source content management system utilized by thousands of websites worldwide, including “Moving at the Speed of Creativity.” MY REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. We are meeting at iThemes tonight, which is an Edmond-based company specializing in WordPress…

  • 10 Ways to Write Better Blog Posts

    Writing on a blog is different in many ways than writing for print. The following are ten suggestions I’ve created which can help bloggers write better posts. Please chime in with your own ideas and suggestions, I’m sure there are lots of things I’m leaving out! For more assistance, refer to Steve Dembo‘s great 2008…

  • Observations about Organizational Blogging and Social Media Use

    The continued explosion of Facebook and other online communication platforms demonstrates both the importance and persistence of social media in today’s communications landscape. Who would have guessed a few years ago that Facebook would surpass Google in total pageviews by the end of 2010? We are faced with more information choices than ever before, and…

  • Photo 365 Projects on Seedlings: Thurs Jan 6th

    Please join my daughter, Sarah, and I, along with Dean Shareski and Charles Farrel, as special guests on the January 6th webcast of Seedlings on EdTechTalk. (That’s tomorrow night!) Seedlings is a wonderful, FREE, weekly audio webcast (with a text backchannel) hosted by Bob Sprankle, Alice Barr and Cheryl Oakes— made possible by the fantastic…

  • Tumblr for my 365 Photo Project in 2011

    For the last few years, I’ve watched with interest as friends as well as online acquaintances have embarked on and continued “365 photo” projects. I’ve held off joining this group of regular, sharing photographers, but this year I’ve decided to join the team. My 365 project will “officially” start on January 1st, but I’m getting…