Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

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  • Podcast451: SeeSaw, Enriched Assessment, Creating and Making with iPads

    This podcast features an interview with Shelly Fryer, discussing the use of SeeSaw to create student portfolios, strategies for enriched assessment using iPads, and her recent experiences leading professional development workshops for Oklahoma A+ Schools. She also discusses her recent experiences at EdCampOKC, a regional “unconference” for area educators, her students’ recent eBook projects which…

  • Share eBook Highlights from iBooks

    This morning I taught the lesson for our Sunday School class as a substitute teacher, and in addition to my slides was able to share all my highlighted notes from the lesson’s chapter in our book, “Good to Great in God’s Eyes” by Chip Ingram. (@chipingram) In this post, I’ll share how I used the iBooks…

  • Give the Gift of Digital Security to Your Family

    It’s holiday time and you may still be wondering, “What should I get [fill in a name] for Christmas this year?” In this post, I’ll make the case that instead of purchasing a physical item for others in your family, you should give the gift of DIGITAL SECURITY. Depending on what password manager solution you choose, this gift…

  • Podcast450: Great Classroom iPad Projects and Activities (Nov 2016)

    This podcast features a recording of Wesley Fryer’s breakout session, “Great Classroom iPad Projects and Activities” at the 2016 Interactive Learning Institute (ILI) on November 30, 2016, in Norman, Oklahoma. ILI is sponsored by the K20 Center at the University of Oklahoma, and is an annual event focused on sharing best practices for technology integration in…

  • SmartPhones to Consider Besides the iPhone

    I’d like to share several smartphones BESIDES the iPhone to consider purchasing and using. I have not decided for sure if I’m going to upgrade my iPhone 6S to the iPhone 7 or to a model by a different manufacturer. In this post, I’ll review several REASONS to consider iPhone-alternative smartphones as well as specific…

  • Normalizing Audio in an iPad Paper Slide Video with Auphonic

    Last week Shelly Fryer‘s (@sfryer) 3rd and 4th grade students created an excellent paper slide video to culminate three weeks of classroom study about bats. In this post, I’ll explain how I helped Shelly “normalize” the recorded audio of her students (so even the quietest students are loud enough to be clearly understandable in the…

  • iPad Musical Creativity Apps

    Today at the OTA / EncycloMedia 2016 Conference in Oklahoma City, keynote speaker Shannon M. Miller (@shannonmmiller) shared a wealth of apps, websites, and project ideas in her breakout session, “Igniting Innovation and Creativity in Our Makerspaces With Digital Tools and Apps.” One of the apps she shared is “MusiQuest – Music & Beat Maker.”…

  • Create a Maze Game in PBS Scratch Jr

    Scratch is a wonderful, FREE, block-based coding language and website students around the world have used since 2007 to create over 16 million projects. “Scratch is used in more than 150 different countries and available in more than 40 languages.” Learners of all ages have created a diverse array of animations, games, interactive art projects, music and dance projects, stories, and…

  • Podcast445: Voices from iPadPaloozaOU + the iPad Media Activities & Project Matrix

    This podcast features a series of recordings from the first iPadPaloozaOU conference held in Norman, Oklahoma, on August 26 and 27, 2016. The first segment is a series of audio reflections shared by participants in Shelly Fryer’s Friday breakout session, “The Room 108 Radio Show.” Just like Shelly has her students share in her classroom…

  • Green Screen Videos to Share with Teachers

    Last week I led a 3 day iPad Media Camp at my school in Oklahoma City for K-12 teachers. I introduced participants to green screen videos and a production workflow including: the iPad Camera app the Green Screen app by Do Ink iMovie for iPad “iPad Media Camp 2016 OKC” (CC BY 2.0) by  Wesley Fryer  Before learning tips…