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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: blogs

  • Following the conversations

    I learned this evening from Alan Levine’s “Mindless, Time Wasting, Ego Chasing Vain Pursuit” post about bloginfluence.net. Yes, using this tool is a bit like “Googling” your own name, but I also think in a more positive than vain sense this is a very powerful tool for following the connected conversations in the blogosphere. My…

  • Please submit a proposal for K-12 online!

    As you may already know, the first annual FREE K-12 online conference is coming up at the end of October and beginning of November. Even if you have never presented at a conference before (online or face-to-face,) I encourage you to consider sharing a presentation for K-12 Online. “Presentations” are recorded screencasts, audiocasts, or videos…

  • CUE Opposes DOPA

    I was delighted to learn from Mike Lawrence today that CUE (Computer-Using Educators, Inc. based in California) has formally taken a stand against DOPA: the proposed “Deleting Online Predators Act” that passed the US House of Representatives this summer and still waits for consideration by the US Senate. CUE’s statement on DOPA is: Computer Using…

  • Great profile of Room 208 scholars!

    Apple has published a great profile of the 3rd and 4th grade scholars in Bob Sprankle’s Room 208 classroom at Wells Elementary School in Wells, Maine. The article is “Elementary School Students Become Podcasting Pros.” Way to go students and Mr. Sprankle! 🙂

  • Good perspectives on personal web 2.0 roles

    Is the Internet good or bad? Should we ban it or embrace it? Is there a place for web 2.0 in our schools? These simplistic questions fail to acknowledge the complex and multifaceted aspects of digital literacy and digital content today. A practical question many people may ask themselves regarding the Internet is, “What constructive…

  • Google Blog Search

    The BBC reported yesterday that Google has released a new blog search tool: http://blogsearch.google.com. The tool currently offers two primary sorting options: by “relevance” and by “date.” I don’t think this looks nearly as powerful as Technorati yet, but I’m sure the clever people at Google will continue to improve and tweak the interface and…

  • Irrational fear of blogging

    I was dismayed to read yesterday on Miguel’s blog that the State of Alabama is actively banning all blogging in schools and blocking network access to all blogs. 🙁 Sounds like the chilling effect of DOPA is moving forward, even without the legislation becoming law. According to Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, interviewed by Miguel, the Alabama Supercomputer…

  • To Blog or Not to Blog? You Decide

    The Autumn 2006 issue of “Interactive Educator” is available for free download, as well as available in print form from Smart Technologies (the makers of SmartBoards.) My article begins on page 29 and is titled, “To Blog or Not to Blog? You Decide.” The article addresses pros and cons of both blogging and podcasting. Special…

  • Classroom Blog World Tour

    I introduced some students and teachers at Greenville School today in south-central Oklahoma to the classroom blogosphere using a customized Google Earth KML file I named, the “Classroom Blog World Tour.” (This requires Google Earth.) I let students take turns “driving the mouse” on my laptop, connected to a LCD projector, while they literally “flew”…

  • Great day with b2evolution!

    I had a great day today working with about 20 students, grades 5-8, and their teacher in Greenville School near Marietta, Oklahoma. I helped them get a new class blog started using b2evolution. I settled on b2evolution as the blogging tool because: b2evolution does not require students to have email addresses to setup accounts (they…