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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: design

  • Python for Fun Introductory Programming by Michelle Hutton

    These are my notes from Michelle Hutton’s NECC 2008 session “Python for Fun Introductory Programming” on July 2, 2008. The official description was: Learn a modern, creative, classroom-tested approach to introducing programming with Python. Hook reluctant and inexperienced students from middle school through college. Computer science teachers are facing a problem of decreasing enrollment, especially…

  • Grassroots Creativity: Helping Everyone Become a Creative Thinker by Dr. Mitchel Resnick (MIT Media Lab)

    These are my notes from Dr. Mitchel Resnick’s NECC 2008 presentation on July 2, 2008, entitled “Grassroots Creativity: Helping Everyone Become a Creative Thinker. Dr. Resnick is a professor at the MIT Media Lab. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Success in the future (individual, organizational, based on the ability to think and…

  • One Hour PowerPoint: A Strategy for Improving Presentations by David Jakes and Dean Shareski

    These are my notes from David Jakes and Dean Shareski’s NECC 2008 presentation, “One Hour PowerPoint: A Strategy for Improving Presentations.” http://jakes.editme.com/ Dean Shareski’s blog: http://ideasandthoughts.org/ 10 things you can do tomorrow with your kids to improve your PowerPoint I still see many kids doing pretty bad things with PowerPoint in our schools – we…

  • Designing the 21st Century Global Learning Environment

    These are my notes from Stephanie Sandifer’s closing session at EdubloggerCon 2008 in San Antonio, “Designing the 21st Century Global Learning Environment.” Our work in this session focused on the wiki: eduplan.wikispaces.com. What school is NOT … (let’s brainstorm that) – This idea came from Ginger Lewman, who shared her thinking and work with others…

  • Podcast259: Drupal for Education by John Jones

    This podcast is a recording of a presentation by John Jones on June 12, 2008, titled Drupal for Education. John presented this session at the Trends, Tools, and Tactics for 21st Century Learning conference in Wichita, Kansas, hosted by the Educational Services and Staff Development Association of Central Kansas (ESSDACK). The conference program description of…

  • The Mac Jedi’s Homebrew Mobile Commander

    There are few people alive (or who have ever lived) who combine the passion for education, the digital saavy, and an amazing (and) beautiful geekiness together the way Lance Ford does. Without a doubt, Lance IS the Oklahoma Mac Jedi. I, along with a chorus of others attending the Oklahoma Distance Learning Association (ODLA) spring…

  • NECC 2008 Button Contest: The Learning Revolution

    Scott McLeod has announced an official contest to develop a logo for the phrase, “I’m here for the learning revolution.” Scott’s idea for these buttons in advance of NECC 2008 and this contest was a motivator for my post last week about wanting to write a book with this title. Scott’s center (CASTLE) is paying…

  • 1st Facebook Application

    A personal first for me this evening: I created my first Facebook application! Before you get impressed, understand this was a wizard-based process that I followed, using instructions provided on our Celebrate Oklahoma Voices Ning website. The application shows random videos uploaded by participants in our statewide digital storytelling project. I think “creating” this application…

  • College students: Win $$$ for developing social networking apps

    My April 1st post “Time to get on the mobile learning train!” was not an April Fool’s joke. A mobile learning revolution is underway, and learners at our colleges and universities are (in many areas) on the leading edge of this change. While many in K-12 schools continue to ban all cell phones and balk…

  • Technical troubleshooting and tinkering are essential skills

    Like it or not, technologies are a part of our lives today and show no signs of completely going away. While I resonate with those advocating for more time spent outdoors in unstructured environments, dream of working for hours in my own garden someday, and often have new-Luddite sentiments about a variety of topics relating…