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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: digitalstorytelling

  • Feedback Wanted: ISTE13 Ignite – Open Doors for Students

    Yesterday at the start of day 2 of our iPad Media Camp I demonstrated an “Ignite” style presentation for participants. Ignite presentations are similar to the Pecha Kucha model, except only 15 slides are used and each is shown for just 15 seconds. (Pecha Kucha’s have 20 slides for 20 seconds each.) I recorded the…

  • Using Student Videos on YouTube to Demonstrate Proper School Procedures

    (cross-posted from the Yukon Public Schools’ Learning Showcase website) Jennie Wilmes, the K-3 librarian at Shedeck Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, has been working with teachers this semester on a new “digital way” to help students learn proper procedures at school. Using some very talented student actors, Mrs. Wilmes created and published six short videos…

  • Share Words and Pictures of Encouragement and Love with #moorehugs

    If you and your students are creating or thinking about creating artwork, poems, recorded messages, essays, or digital video projects to express encouragement, love and support to the families affected by the deadly tornadoes yesterday in Moore, Oklahoma, consider sharing them on social media websites with the hashtag #moorehugs. By using a hashtag on Twitter,…

  • Developing Communication Skills With YouTube & iPad Videos

    Ginger Gregory is the Gifted Resource Teacher at Lakeview Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, and currently has 117 videos on her classroom YouTube channel. Ginger has used the six iPads in her classroom and her free, district-provided YouTube channel (since the Yukon school district participates in the Google Apps for Education program) to help her…

  • 3rd Graders Research Animals with 4 iPads, AudioBoo and PebbleGo

    (cross-posted from the Yukon Public Schools Learning Showcase website) This spring semester, 3rd grade students at Shedeck Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, worked with their librarian, Jeannie Wilmes, to conduct “blended research” about different kinds of animals. Their research was “blended” because students used both library books as well as electronic resources like the PebbleGo…

  • Encouraging 5th Grade Writing with Benny the Mastiff & KidBlog in Piedmont, Oklahoma

    Pam Tarlton is a 5th grade writing teacher at Piedmont Intermediate School in Piedmont, Oklahoma. With the support of her principal, Shawn Blankenship, Pam introduced interactive writing to her students this year using the free website, KidBlog. Pam told the story of how her 150 pound mastiff dog, Benny, played an important role in helping…

  • Create YouTube Channel with Custom URL (April 2013)

    (Cross-posted from Yukon Public Schools Instructional FAQs) Following recent changes in Google+ and YouTube, the steps and menu options for creating a professional YouTube channel have changed slightly. The following steps outline how (as of April 2013) you can create a “custom channel URL or name” for a YouTube channel you associate with your school…

  • Document Field Trip Learning with AudioBoo

    (Cross-posted from PlayingWithMedia.com) As a free audio service with free smartphone apps for both iPhone and Android, AudioBoo is an ideal platform to use on a student field trip to document experiences with both audio and images. This morning I accompanied my 3rd grade daughter’s class to the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City, as…

  • Steeply Discounted Digital Storytelling Workshops: June 5-6 & June 19-20 (Oklahoma City)

    Registration is now open for TWO special digital storytelling workshops in Oklahoma City offered by Storychasers. Both workshops will be held at the Canadian Valley Technology Center in Yukon. Registration is available via Eventbrite using the links below.

  • iPad Media Camp: June & July 2013 in Oklahoma & Kansas

    This summer you’re invited to join Dr. Wesley Fryer for three days of hands-on, engaging professional development in iPad Media Camp. If you are interested in Common Core aligned professional development, digital literacy, student engagement and improving student achievement, iPad Media Camp is the summer workshop for you. This innovative, three day experience is designed…