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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: creativity

  • Sample Popsicle Catapult for STEM Class

    Half of my 4th and 5th grade STEM students (those not working in a center in our “Maker Studio”) are 2 days into a 4 day unit on creating popsicle catapults, which my district STEM mentor and peer teacher (Amy Loeffelholz – @AmyLoeffelholz) taught during our 2 day STEM Seeds PD Camp in June 2014. Students…

  • 1st Day of STEM Makers Studio: Success!

    Today was a big day in my grade 4-5 STEM class: It was our first time to start the “Maker Studio” rotation. Maker Studio is a concept I developed this past summer attending Maker Faire Kansas City and the awesome “Create, Make and Learn” week-long #MakerEd #STEM summer institute in Vermont coordinated by Lucie deLaBruere (@techsavvygirl). Last…

  • Mini-Maker Faire Coming to Manhattan, Kansas September 20, 2014

       by  Wesley Fryer  Do you, your students, and members of your family know about the MAKER movement? According to the English WikiPedia: The maker culture is a contemporary culture or subculture representing a technology-based extension of DIY culture. Typical interests enjoyed by the maker culture include engineering-oriented pursuits such as electronics, robotics, 3-D printing, and…

  • Podcast416: Reflections on Create, Make & Learn 2014

    This podcast from the road is an audio reflection by Shelly and Wesley Fryer about their experiences at the 2014 Create, Make & Learn Professional Development Institute in Burlington, Vermont. Shelly and Wes discuss how CML14 was setup differently from typical conferences and PD events, letting participants self-select workshops and sessions which best matched their…

  • Podcast415: Igniting Create, Make & Learn and iPad Media Camp

    This audio podcast is a recording of two “Ignite” presentations by Wesley Fryer in July 2014. Ignite presentations are five minutes long, with presenters using 15 slides shown for 15 seconds each. The first Ignite in this podcast is Wes’ opening Ignite presentation on July 15, 2014, at the Create, Make and Learn (CML) Institute…

  • Maker Faire Kansas City 2014 Highlights

    This weekend in lieu of ISTE in Atlanta, our family attended the 2014 Maker Faire in Kansas City. Wow what an experience! Here are a few of the highlights, including some photos, videos, and audio recordings I captured as a storychaser during the action-packed day.    by  Wesley Fryer  The first highlight was getting to meet…

  • Inspired by iPadPalooza 2014 Visual Notetaking

    Today was my first experience at an iPadPalooza in Austin and it was FANTASTIC. I hope my wife and I can both attend next year’s conference, which is scheduled for June 23-25, 2015. I shared two sessions on Coding with Hopscotch and Visual Notetaking, and was able to attend some super sessions by Dean Shareski…

  • Coding with Hopscotch and Visual Notes with iPads

    Thursday I’m sharing two presentations at iPadPalooza in Austin, Texas. Here are the titles, descriptions, and slides for these breakout sessions. Both are hands-on workshops, however, so most of the time we’ll be exploring and playing with the apps Hopscotch and Brushes! Coding Fun with Hopscotch for iPad Hopscotch is a free iPad app which…

  • Learning about Digital Videography from Jim Sill

    This week I was fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from Jim Sill (@mistersill) at the EdTechTeam’s Texas Summit featuring Google for Education in Richardson, Texas. Jim shared several breakout sessions at the conference. The one I attended was on “Telling Stories with the Youtube Editor.” Jim also shared a fantastic closing keynote at…

  • Amazing Perspective in GoPro Videos

    This week at the Google Summit in Richardson, Texas, Jim Sill shared part of this video from GoPro in his closing keynote. I have seen the GoPro camera and been a little more aware of it because how our church videographers have used one in the past few months to create some pretty stunning perspective…