Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: 1:1

  • Mapping Media to the Common Core with iPads (Dec 2013)

    These are slides from my morning presentation, “Mapping Media to the Common Core with iPads” today in Norman, Oklahoma, at the 2013 Interactive Learning Institute hosted by the K-20 Center at the University of Oklahoma. Access all the Mapping Media resources on maps.playingwithmedia.com. My eBook, “Mapping Media to the Common Core: Vol 1” is available…

  • Podcast408: Redefining the Science Classroom by Autumn Laidler

    This podcast is an audio recording of Autumn Laidler’s fantastic presentation, “Redefining the Science Classroom,” on August 16, 2013, at the iPad Academy of Chicago Public Schools. As an elementary teacher in a 1 to 1 iPad classrom, Autumn is a practical advocate for the SAMR model of technology integration and strives to help her students…

  • Left to Their Own Devices

    Have you noticed a pattern of change with electrical plug usage in your kitchen and bedrooms at your house in the past few years? The number of Internet-connected devices in the world is exploding, and this is visible in many households today via an increase in power chargers plugged into available outlets. In the past…

  • Newsweek Going All Digital

    Newsweek Magazine announced this week it is discontinuing its print version at the end of the year. The key statements in the article for me were the following: Tablet-use has grown rapidly among our readers and with it the opportunity to sustain editorial excellence through swift, easy digital distribution—a superb global platform for our award-winning…

  • Podcast392: Lessons Learned from June 2012 iPad Media Camp

    This podcast includes a recording of June 2012 iPad Media Camp participant “takeaways” as well as reflections by facilitator Wesley Fryer about lessons learned from this three day workshop. Refer to podcast shownotes for referenced links and resources. If you are interested in hosting an iPad Media Camp workshop for teachers at your school or…

  • Superb Teachers, What makes you tick?

    I work in a small, rural PK-8 district, Grand View. Grand View consists of and early childhood center, elementary, and middle school all close and comfy with one another on one site just north of Tahlequah city limits in Northeastern Oklahoma. Recently, our superintendent announced that he’d be interviewing applicants for a few different teaching…

  • #Playingwithmedia: a continuation of learning

    Thank you to Wes Fryer for asking me to participate as a guest blogger. This is cross posted at The View From My WIndow. I work at Yarmouth High School as the Instructional Technology Integrator. In March, we had the pleasure of having Wes come present a full day of learning #PlayingWIthMedia to our district…

  • 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…

  • iPad Media Camp July 11-13, 2012: 50% Discounts for ISTE, OTA, ODLA, OK A+, CCOSA, TCEA & MACE

    Several registration discounts are available for iPad Media Camp in Oklahoma City July 11, 12 and 13, 2012. This is a BYOI (bring your own iPad) training event. A 25% early bird discount is available to anyone registering through June 15, 2012. An alternative (not additional) 50% discount is available to current members of: the…

  • iPad Media Camp in Oklahoma City: July 11, 12 & 13, 2012

    I’d like to be the first to personally invite you to iPad Media Camp in Oklahoma City July 11, 12 and 13, 2012! iPad Media Camp is a three day series of hands-on workshops designed to inspire and equip educators to facilitate student media projects using iPads. Read more about each day’s planned learning activities…