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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: digitalstorytelling

  • iPhone video trimming: Fast and functional

    It’s getting close to the end of the second semester of school here in North America, so among other things that means award assemblies. Today was the sixth and seventh grade award assembly at Classen SAS in Oklahoma City Public Schools, and I was able to record a short video of my son receiving his…

  • iPad Sketching Conference Session Highlights

    Rachel Smith’s documentary artistry at Northern Voice was spectacular. With her iPad and Auto-Sketch Pro. Wow. Via Alan Levine. I love this one too! Bring forth thy mysteries, digital storytellers! Follow Rachel Smith at http://ninmah.be/ and learn the backstory! – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad (On which hyperlinking and multi-tasking is possible but still…

  • We need more constructive and positive Storychasers in The Age of Humiliation

    We’ve unfortunately always had people in our communities who are bullies and seem to enjoy hurting other people. What’s changed is that gossip which used to remain local has now gone global, and gossip can now be confirmed with images and video. Bullying which used to be limited by time and place can now take…

  • What I Hope You Learned (A Technology 4 Teachers Pecha Kutcha Presentation)

    Today I shared a seven minute “Pecha Kutcha” presentation with my “Technology 4 Teachers” students on the topic, “What I hope you learned this semester in our class.” I recorded the audio with my Sony UX-71 digital audio recorder and uploaded / synchronized that mp3 file to my slides on SlideShare this evening: What I…

  • Always moderate membership in educational networking sites

    For the past four years, I’ve helped lead and facilitate a statewide oral history project in Oklahoma called “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices.” Since we started using Ning for our learning community and a space to share videos, it’s been VERY important to moderate not only video submissions but also requests to join our community as a…

  • Powerful Stopmotion video on Children’s Rights

    Simple, stick figure drawings accompanied by audio narration can be very powerful when they are used to tell a compelling story. The following video, “Children’s Rights,” was shared by one of my students this semester in “Technology 4 Teachers.” She described it by writing: This educational video basically was a PSA (Public Service Announcement) that…

  • Thanks for making a difference for kids every day

    As an educator, you do not hear these words nearly often enough: “Thank you for your service.” Thanks for the big things and the little things you do each day which make a positive difference in the lives of the children you teach, lead, and love. Our world is a better place because of the…

  • Creativity unleashed with LEGO Stopmotion music videos and movie scene re-enactments

    It’s amazing to see what creative people can do with music, movies, LEGOs, and a LOT of discretionary time. If you want proof, check out some of the LEGO stopmotion videos included in Mashable’s posts “Top 10 LEGO Movie Tributes on YouTube” and “10 Best LEGO Music Videos on YouTube.” The past two summers I’ve…

  • Remembering “Go Green, Go Electric” from Earth Day 2009

    Last year on Earth Day for the Film on the Fly digital storytelling contest, my kids and I created the three minute and fifty second video, “Go Green, Go Electric!” My son (who was 11 at the time) did some the editing for this video using iMovie, and I did the rest. In following the…

  • USA Today for iPad application features beautiful photos of the day

    One of the best things about Apple’s iPad is its stunning resolution. The free USA Today for iPad application includes several “photos of the day” galleries, which really look amazing on the device. I captured the following screensnaps using the built-in iPad screensnap function (press the iPad’s top power button and home button simultaneously, just…