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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: creativity

  • Designing for Learning: Engaging Students and Teachers from the Arctic to Australia by Aaron Doering

    These are my notes from Aaron Doering’s presentation, “Designing for Learning: Engaging Students and Teachers from the Arctic to Australia” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China,…

  • The Research on Teaching Animation Design Art by Yang Huansong

    These are my notes from Yang Huansong’s presentation, “The Research on Teaching Animation Design Art” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China, which is about an hour…

  • The Digital Generation: Up Close and Personal by Milton Chen

    These are my notes from Milton Chen’s presentation, “The Digital Generation: Up Close and Personal” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China, which is about an hour…

  • ISTE’s Global Digital-Age Learning, Teaching, and Education Leadership Skills by Don Knezek

    These are my notes from the opening speeches and Don Knezek’s opening keynote address at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo, titled “ISTE’s Global Digital-Age Learning, Teaching, and Education Leadership Skills.” This conference is taking place at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of…

  • What would your students do with this projector?

    This projector (used for advertising in the airport in Minneapolis/St Paul) is the most interactive one I’ve encountered to date! Wouldn’t the students in your classroom love this… I’m sure they could think of some creative ways to use this interactive technology! Technorati Tags: interactive, projector

  • Reflections after watching an engaged digital learner

    Cheryl Oakes‘ post, “When was the last time you watched someone teach a digital learner?” tells the story of my 9 year old at the ACTEM conference two weeks ago in Maine, as she learned how to use the program Animation-ish. The program is described as: …an easy-to-use animation software program that inspires creativity and…

  • 1:1 in a High School Science Classroom

    These are my notes and some links from Susan Perkins’s presentation “1:1 in a High School Science Classroom” at ACTEM 09. (I got to this session really late, unfortunately, but I had a good excuse! I met Angus King!) This was a GREAT session. Susan is doing EXACTLY what we hope teacher will do when…

  • Marco Torres at ACTEM 09

    These are my notes from Marco Torres‘ keynote at ACTEM 2009 in Augusta, Maine, on 16 October 2009. MY COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The last time I was able to hear Marco speak and hang out a bit with him was in February 2009. See my post, “Marco Torres Keynote: ITSC 2009…

  • Social Media Change Agents Must First Enlist the Support of Top Leaders

    Josh Bernoff, co-author with Charlene Li of the book “Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies,” has specific recommendations for organizational revolutionaries who want to use social media in transformational ways to change cultures of work and service. In this ten minute interview, Josh discusses the importance of winning over the top leader…

  • Immersion in other cultures enhances creativity

    The 10.5 minute YouTube video, “How to stimulate creativity? Go live abroad” shares some interesting research findings about creativity and those who live for extended periods of time in foreign cultures. “William Maddux, an assistant professor of organisational behavior at INSEAD,” shares these research findings. Maddux found that simply TRAVELING abroad was/is not correlated with…