Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

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  • Podcast444: Reflections on iPad Media Camp (July 2016)

    Welcome to a recorded podcast from the road with Wesley and Shelly Fryer, reflecting on the past week of iPad Media Camp workshops in Stilwell and Tulsa Oklahoma in July 2016. This is the fourth summer of iPad Media Camp workshops, which are multi-day, hands-on experiences for educators focused on using iPads to create and…

  • Tweeted Learning from ISTE 2016

    As I did for iPadPalooza in Austin last week, I’ve created a Storify archive of the 500+ tweets and retweets I shared this week from the ISTE Conference in Denver, Colorado. Before I embed the Storify archive, however, I’ll single out a few notable tweets. Tuesday I shared a poster session (and was greatly assisted…

  • Tweeted Learning from iPadPalooza 2016

    The iPadPalooza 2016 conference in Austin last week was a fantastic learning event, and as I found it in 2014, a bit overwhelming. (But in a very good way, like educational technology conferences are prone to be these days.) I’m now in the habit of sharing my learning at educational conferences via Twitter, so this…

  • Enter to Win 2 FREE Tickets to iPad Media Camp: July 26-28, 2016

    For the fourth summer in a row, this July I’ll again be leading 3 day iPad Media Camp workshops for PK-12 educators and college/university faculty and instructors. The July 26-28, 2016 iPad Media Camp will be held at Casady School in Oklahoma City, where I serve as the Director of Technology. Now through Wednesday, June 29th,…

  • Podcast442: Classroom Passion Projects, Maker Studio & Digital Citizenship with Shelly Fryer

    This Speed of Creativity podcast features an extended interview with 3rd and 4th grade teacher Shelly Fryer, who shares about her students’ classroom passion projects, learning in “Maker Studio,” and learning about digital citizenship via the class chat feature of the iPad app News-O-Matic. Shelly has been teaching for over twenty years, and this was…

  • Best Stylus for iPad Drawing and Sketchnoting

    One of our teachers asked for my recommendation of a good iPad stylus to use for drawing and illustration today. Here’s what I shared with her. I’ve used a number of styluses in the past few years and my favorite is definitely the Jot Pro by Adonit. Make sure you get the iPad version. You can…

  • Google Cloud Print Not Working with Brother Printer

    The Brother MFC-J4420DW printer at our house actually IS working with Google Cloud Print now, but I had to make some changes to its setup today and thought I’d write a quick post to share what I learned. We’ve had this printer about 8 months now, and overall it’s been fantastic. We can wirelessly print at home from our…

  • Tour of New Apple TV (March 2016)

    This evening I finished watching yesterday’s Apple Special Event video, in which Apple employees announced various product updates and refreshes. One of the updates I’m most interested in is the update to AppleTV. Among other things, it allows apps to be organized into folders, the same way users can organize apps on iOS devices like…

  • AirPlay Mirroring for Chromebooks with AirParrot

    I learned many things during my visit to Brazil this week for a two day STEM Institute. One of the most exciting topics involved Chromebooks and Apple’s AirPlay technology. Previously I’d thought only Apple devices (MacBook laptops, iPads, iPhones, etc.) could wirelessly stream and “mirror” content to a projector using AirPlay. It turns out, thanks to Air Parrot for…

  • Backyard Astronomy Laser and iPhone App

    This evening I ordered the “Z-Bolt Extreme Temp Green Laser (14° ~122°F – Constant On/Off)” online for $108. I based this purchase primarily off this 2006 review of another Z-Bolt astronomy laser, the recent article for Sky and Telescope, “Some Pointers on Using Laser Pointers,” and some other online reviews which recommended getting a laser which works in…