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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: creativity

  • Minecraft Halloween Challenge: Lessons Learned

    Yesterday Dr. Glen Emerson (@emerson_glen) and I, along with four other teachers and my Minecraft-guru daughter, Rachel, facilitated an evening “Minecraft Halloween Challenge” for students at our school. We had 61 students sign up and 59 participated, in two different sessions from 4 – 6 pm and 7 – 9 pm. The kids had a…

  • The Podcasting Legacy of Bob Sprankle and The Scholars of Room 208

    Today my friend Bob Sprankle would have been 55 years old. Before Bob’s untimely death in December 2015, I had been working with him to archive some of his websites. Bob was one of the first elementary educators in the world to use audio podcasting with his students, and was recognized by the New York Times…

  • Podcast455: EdTech Struggles and Aspirations

    This podcast is a reflection by Dr. Wesley Fryer on some of the educational technology related challenges as well as aspirations he currently has as a school director of technology, technology integration coach, and after-school “STEAM Studio” co-teacher. These challenges include cultivating a school learning culture supportive of creativity, innovation, whimsy, and cross-curricular connections. They…

  • Creating a Society6 Store of Digital Photography Products

    A few months ago my mom told me about a friend’s daughter, Erica Brooks, who was completing an amazing, around the world year of travel and work with Remote Year (@remoteyear). Erica documented her adventures on the website UnraveledTravels.com. She works in media, design and marketing, and had setup a personal storefront using the website…

  • How Are We Preparing Students for the Artificial Intelligence New Normal?

    This week at school we’ve been brainstorming and discussing qualities we want to see in our graduates as they leave our school and enter the wider world of college and work. Today among many other questions, I was thinking about automation and the ways we need students to develop computational thinking skills so they can…

  • Create and Share InfoPics to Show What You Know

    This year at the ISTE Conference in San Antonio, I led a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) workshop titled, “Visual Communication with iOS InfoPics.” The official description was: We live in a very visual society and culture. In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to become more effective and powerful visual communicators by creating InfoPics…

  • Choose Your Own Adventure YouTube Video: Lessons Learned

    (Here’s the link to the video if you want to watch it first!) This week I’ve had an opportunity to present again at the AMAZING “Create, Make and Learn” Summer Institute in Burlington, Vermont organized by Lucie deLaBruere (@techsavvygirl). My wife, Shelly (@sfryer), is attending again and we are both learning a lot. Monday and Tuesday,…

  • Podcast454: Inspiring Student Creativity with Media #KVATE2017

    This podcast features a recording of Dr. Wesley Fryer’s opening keynote address at the 2017 KVATE (Kaw Valley Academy of Technology and Education) Conference on July 24, 2017, in St. Marys, Kansas. The title of the keynote was, “Inspiring Student Creativity with Media.” In addition to highlighting examples of “WOW work” by students (borrowing a wonderful…

  • Create Image Collages with Google Drawings

    Creating collages of images is a basic digital literacy skill, and I have a new browser-based favorite tool for this media product: Google Drawings! In this post, I’ll share a few recent photo collages I’ve created to use as header images for Twitter profiles, YouTube channels, and WordPress websites. I’ll also describe the workflow I’m using…

  • Podcast452: Classroom Wireless Projection Options, Coding, Toy Hacking, CyberSecurity & More from ATLIS 2017

    This podcast features an extended reflection by Dr. Wesley Fryer on the multitude of educational technology learning nuggets he gleaned from sessions shared at the ATLIS 2017 Conference in Burbank, California, April 23-26, 2017. All of Wes’ shared notes from keynotes, workshops and sessions at ATLIS 2017 are available in a shared Google Drive folder…