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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: creativity

  • Podcast137: Inspired by Marco Torres – A MACE 2007 Roundtable Discussion

    This podcast is a recording of a conversation between five of the attendees of the Mid-America Association for Computers in Education (MACE) 2007 conference in Manhattan, Kansas, on March 1, 2007. The keynote speaker for the conference was the inspirational Marco Antonio Torres, who is one of the most amazing and passionate educators you could…

  • Thinking big as the world grows smaller by Hall Davidson

    Update on 29 July 2016: Viddler (@viddler) is referenced in this post from 10 years ago and has shifted its business model/focus in a different direction. These are my notes from Hall Davidson’s keynote at METC today. (My own commments and reflections are included in ALL CAPS.) I’m recording this to post as a podcast…

  • Podcast135: Playing School or Preparing for Life? (by Meg Ormiston)

    This podcast is a recording of a presentation by Meg Ormiston at the METC Conference in St. Louis today. The conference program description of her presentation was: Are we preparing students to be successful in school or successful in life? If livelong learning is the goal, the methods, tools and strategies must change from “text…

  • Teaching History with 21st Century Technology by Eric Langhorst

    My notes from Eric Langhorst’s METC 2007 presentation, “Teaching History with 21st Century Technology.” Eric is the author and producer of the fantastic Speaking of History podcast. The handout for his session (PDF) as well as his session PowerPoint are available from his blog/podcast website. I’m recording this session to post later as a podcast.…

  • Imagination used for good and evil

    The Flash animation intro of the Stopcyberbullying.org website is sobering. The final statement is thought provoking and challenging: Cyberbullying is only limited by the imaginations and bandwidth of kids. I’d change the world “kids” in this statement to “people.” Sadly, some people continue to demonstrate bullying behaviors into adulthood. Technology is a tool, which can…

  • Forward Thinking

    These are my notes from a presentation by Stephen Harvill of Creative Ventures, titled “Forward Thinking: The Art of Peak Performance” from today. There is a big difference between the way fishermen and surfers think – fishermen always talk about the fish they CAUGHT – surfers are only thinking and caring about the NEXT WAVE…

  • Consider the way of the educational coyote

    If you are looking for a challenging and fascinating take on disruptive pedagogical approaches to learning, read Eric Hoefler’s post from yesterday, “Coyote Teaching.” My favorite paragraphs are: Tricksters are understood to be powerful creative forces, and creativity is both necessary and dangerous. It is the trickster figure who brings fire to the people, but…

  • Failure, mistakes and NCLB

    It is a tragedy the message many students receive in our schools today louder than all others is, “We have zero tolerance for mistakes or failure.” The creative process is all about being willing to take risks, fail, and learn from those mistakes as we try again. I am not saying we should celebrate failure,…

  • Passionate Champions, Innovation and Multidisciplinary Teams

    At the recommendation of Tim Wilson, I listened today to a podcast of the ITConversations interview with Curt Carlson, President and CEO of SRI International. The podcast runs 25 minutes. Carlson’s 2006 book (written with William Wilmot) was “Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want,” and in the podcast Carlson discusses several key…

  • Podcast125: The Value of Student Programming and Constructionism (Gary Stager)

    This podcast is a recording of the last half of a presentation by Gary Stager at the TCEA conference in Austin, Texas on February 7, 2007. The title of the session, which Gary co-presented with David Thornburg. I missed the first half of the preso when David presented, but these are most of the comments…