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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: creativity

  • #playingwithmedia Digital Fabrication in the Classroom

    The satisfaction to be derived from success in a great constructive enterprise is one of the most massive that life has to offer. -Bertrand Russell The first time I remember “creating” something for a school assignment was in 3rd grade. Up until this point, what I remember about school involved completing worksheets at my desk,…

  • Grand View THUNDERS UP! #playingwithmedia

    As a 1:1 educator and educational technology integration specialist, when Wes asked me if I’d like to contribute a #playingwithmedia post for his blog I jumped on the opportunity. I work at Grand View, a rural PK-8 district in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Our summer camp is in full swing, and we have students working to…

  • June 2012 Scratch Camp in Edmond, Oklahoma: Lessons Learned

    This past Friday night and Saturday I facilitated the first “Scratch Camp” for the Div Jr., a new educational outreach program of The Div in Edmond, Oklahoma. In this post I’ll share a few lessons learned from this initial “Scratch Camp” experience. If you are or know an incoming 3rd through 8th grader in Oklahoma,…

  • Artistic Creativity by Bunky Echo-Hawk at the Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa #atalm12

    During today’s opening ceremony and keynote by Walter Echo-Hawk at the 2012 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bunky Echo-Hawk drew a fantastic, visual interpretation of the presentation. During my breakout session this morning on “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing,” I created an AudioBoo “no edit podcast…

  • Drawing is an Act of Attention

    I love this quotation from Jonah Lehrer in his book “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” When you draw an object, the mind becomes deeply, intensely attentive,” Glaser says. “And it’s that act of attention that allows you to really grasp something, to become fully conscious of it. That’s what I learned from my mother’s face, that…

  • Creating Innovators in a Common Core World

    These are my notes from Sue Pearce’s presentation, “Creating Innovators in a Common Core World,” at the Ridiculous Innovations Conference for Kansas City Public Schools on May 29, 2012. Sue is the secondary curriculum coordinator for KCPS. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Discuss with a shoulder partner: What did Dr. Martin Luther…

  • Scratch Camp in Edmond, Oklahoma: June 8-9, 2012

    Scratch is a programming language developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Scratch makes it easy for children to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art – and share these creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational…

  • Common Core Guitar Songs, Lady Gaga Remixes & Commercial Underwriters

    I’m guessing the musical enthusiasm for the Common Core State Standards Initiative reflected in the YouTube songs below might make a few folks ill, but they are likely to make at least a few others laugh and smile. Perhaps some will even be inspired. In preparation for our district end-of-year celebration, I’ve contributed a few…

  • Bark Buddy iOS Game Development Begins with GameSalad

    About six months ago my 8 year old daughter announced, “I want to create a game for my iPod Touch called Bark Buddy.” At the time I knew a little bit about game development using Scratch, but not much about true iOS app development. My son and I visited with Rachel about her ideas for…

  • Kids Teaching Kids by Eric Marcos

    These are my notes from Eric J. Marcos‘s luncheon keynote, “Kids Teaching Kids” at the 2012 Mobile Learning Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 12, 2012. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Eric is a 6th grade math teacher who has flipped his classroom in a different way: THe kids are the teachers.…