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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: digitalstorytelling

  • Turn On Comment Moderation on a YouTube Video

    Yesterday during iPad Media Camp in Edmond, Oklahoma, teachers created their own YouTube channels and learned how to shoot, edit and publish videos to YouTube using an iPad. One of the important things we should do as teachers when we publish videos to YouTube is turn ON comment moderation. Yesterday I created a four minute…

  • July PD in OKC: Google Docs, iPad Media Camp & Scratch Camp

    If you live in or near Oklahoma City, you’re invited to join in three different professional development workshops I’ll be leading in July. Next Tuesday, July 10th, I’ll be teaching a full day “Introduction to Google Documents” workshop for Canadian Valley Technology Center based in Yukon, Oklahoma. Angela Mills is coordinating the workshop (Angela.Mills [at]…

  • Storychasing our Philmont Backpacking Trek in June 2012 with Images, Audio & Video

    This month I was greatly blessed by the opportunity to serve as an adult advisor on my son’s first backpacking “high adventure” trek to Philmont Scout Ranch in northeastern New Mexico. We spent 11 days and 10 nights on the trail, and I probably lost somewhere between 5 to 10 pounds on the journey! In…

  • Street Art + Stopmotion = Creative Digital Storytelling

    Goons, the nephew of a participant in this week’s iPad Media Camp in Yukon, Oklahoma, is a Chicago “street artist” who created all the original artwork in the amazing 78 second stopmotion YouTube video, “Clean It Up,” sponsored by Orbit Gum. It currently has over 1 million views. The teacher/relative of Goons shared this video…

  • Playing With Media and the Story of the American West

    Perhaps because I grew up in New England (and still live here) or perhaps because I watched too many episodes of Little House on the Prairie when I was a kid, I have always been fascinated with the American West. And because of that fascination, the story of the westward expansion of the United States…

  • Removing Red Eye with the iPhone App Photo Wizard

    My iPhone4 is definitely the best camera I’ve ever owned and used, but its habit of creating “red eye” in flash photos is a frequent problem. Thankfully, there are several iPhoneography editing apps which can help. In this post I’ll describe the steps for using the Photo Wizard app ($2) to correct red eye. If…

  • Fun with Visual Charades and Narrated Slideshows Based on Fairy Tales

    (Cross-posted to PlayingWithMedia.com) In their recently published article, “Five-Picture Charades: A Flexible Model for Technology Training in Digital Media Tools and Teaching Strategies,” in the journal Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, Curby Alexander and Tom Hammond present a persuasive case for using “visual charades” as a learning activity with students involving media and…

  • Why Is Storytelling Important [VIDEO]

    Yesterday in the pre-conference workshop, “Digital Storytelling for Tribal Cultural Institutions” at the 2012 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Tulsa, Oklahoma, participants created the following 2.5 minute video addressing the question, “Why Is Storytelling Important?” Workshop participants recorded the video using an iPad and iRig microphone. I combined and edited the…

  • Native American Independent Films

    I’m presenting at and attending the International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums this week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Today was the pre-conference workshop day. My session, “Digital Storytelling for Tribal Cultural Institutions,” went well and provided an opportunity for me to start my first eBook using iBooks Author software. This is definitely one of…

  • Educational Technology Podcasts from Kansas City: Storytelling and Visual Literacy Activity Ideas

    Yesterday I shared two breakout sessions in Kansas City, Kansas, at the district-wide “Inspiring Excellence Conference” to wrap up the year. I used a Sony ICD PX312 digital voice recorder (linked on the “Digital Backpack Contents” entry on the Storychasers FAQ page) to create “no-edit” recordings of these sessions, and last night published them to…