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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: digitalstorytelling

  • Great Educational Ideas from TEDxNYED

    Today during Eric Marcos‘s luncheon keynote at Mobile Learning 2012, he referenced a recent video from Alan November for EdWeek in which he highlighted Mathtrain.tv videos created by his students. My Google search brought up Alan’s talk last year at TEDxNYED, and I saw a host of great ‘related videos’ from the same event. Check…

  • Buckling Down Down for Oklahoma Standardized Testing Military Style [VIDEO]

    Administrators, teachers and librarians in Mid-Del Schools at Steed Elementary (just east of Oklahoma City) created the following 14 minute video as a motivational tool for students “buckling down” for standardized testing this week in Oklahoma. The “testing window” opened on Tuesday, April 10th. Mid-Del’s new Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Pam Deering, portrayed the “commanding…

  • A Five Photo Story for this Week

    This was a tough week. Here’s a five photo story which summarizes the highlights. I’m glad it’s over.

  • Save a TeacherTube Video Temporarily to Your Laptop

    (cross-posted from Yukon PS Instructional FAQs, also cross-posted to PlayingWithMedia.com) Sometimes as a teacher you need to download a video from a website for temporary use with your students. There are different reasons this can be important, and there are important copyright considerations to understand depending on the site hosting the video and the context…

  • A Heartwarming Google Search Story of Education at Its Best in Maine

    Google Search Stories are some of the best examples of concise digital storytelling available. Please take two minutes and watch the latest Google Search Story published this month: “Cheryl and Morgan: Learning Independence.” This video will help you connect with many of the things which are MOST important in education and schools: Relationships between students,…

  • Podcast390: Why Play With Media?

    This podcast is a recording of Wesley Fryer’s keynote address on March 16, 2012, at the district professional development day of Yarmouth Public Schools in Yarmouth, Maine. The guiding question for the entire day of learning was: How can we inspire and empower ourselves as learners to create, play and share? The three “subquestions” which framed…

  • Visualizing #beyondthetextbook

    I’ve shared photos from yesterday and today’s forum, “Beyond the Textbook,” in this Flickr set. I posted two collections of notes from the day, “Morning discussions on digital content, textbooks, & learning” and “Synthesizing #beyondthetextbook dialog in groups.” Interesting conversations and links continue to be shared via Twitter with the hashtag, #beyondthetextbook. Here are a…

  • Playing With Media Trailer: Modeling Technology Use as the Superintendent

    (cross-posted to PlayingWithMedia.com) Today to kick off our “Playing with Media” professional development day in Yarmouth Schools in Maine, superintendent Judy Paolucci created a 90 second video trailer on her iPad. With assistance from technology integrator Mike Arsenault, Judy learned how to use the latest version of iMovie on Wednesday and interviewed different students to…

  • Sharing PD Day Expectations: Paper Slide Video Style

    (cross-posted from PlayingWithMedia.com) This morning in Yarmouth, Maine, Cathy Wolinsky and Mike Arsenault created a 106 second video using “Explain Everything” on an iPad to share expectations and directions for teachers for tomorrow’s district-wide professional development day. This video was inspired by Paper Slide Videos, but rather than shooting a “one take” video (Common Craft…

  • A Creative ePub Audio Story Powered by Five Card Flickr Story

    As a part of my breakout session in Minnesota today, “Tell a Story with 5 Photos,” participants and I used Alan Levine’s amazing “Five Card Flickr Story” site to create an enhanced ePub ebook. Instead of writing our creative story which used our selected images, we recorded our voices. I also added the direct links…