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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: digitalstorytelling

  • Save the Date! PodStock 2010: July 16-17

    It’s coming and you won’t want to miss it! The 2010 PodStock conference will be held July 16-17, 2010, at the Old Town Hotel in Wichita, Kansas. The 2009 PodStock conference was a GREAT event, made superb by the contributions of lots of creative educators from around the midwest of the USA and beyond. Mark…

  • A perfect soup dumpling ending to our China adventure

    Wednesday night Shelly and I joined friends in Shanghai for a culminating dining experience at Din Tai Feng. If you ever have an opportunity to eat at one of their restaurants in China or elsewhere, don’t miss their soup dumplings. They are AMAZING! (Full panorama: 2758 x 870) (Full panorama: 3770 x 970) These iPhone…

  • Panoramic iPhone images from Hangzhou, China

    Thanks to our introduction by Marco Torres a couple of weeks ago in Maine for ACTEM09, I’m in love with the iPhone application Pano. For more about why I love this program and some other examples, see my October posts, “Easy iPhone Panoramic photos with Pano” and “Beautiful Kansas fall colors and more iPhone panoramic…

  • THINK Global School: Education without Walls by Janice Cheng

    These are my notes from Janice Cheng’s presentation, “THINK Global School: Education without Walls” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China, which is about an hour by…

  • The Place of Story by Joe Lambert

    These are my notes from Joe Lambert’s presentation, “The Place of Story,” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China, which is about an hour by bus southwest…

  • The Research on Teaching Animation Design Art by Yang Huansong

    These are my notes from Yang Huansong’s presentation, “The Research on Teaching Animation Design Art” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China, which is about an hour…

  • Viva Las Vegas with Elvis in Hangzhou, China

    Last night a group of us attending the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo in Hangzhou, China, ventured downtown following our banquet to see the beautiful fountains on West Lake. This approximately ten minute show involves water fountain displays in the lake, highlighted by colored spotlights underneath the water, synchronized with different songs…

  • The Digital Generation: Up Close and Personal by Milton Chen

    These are my notes from Milton Chen’s presentation, “The Digital Generation: Up Close and Personal” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China, which is about an hour…

  • Is your nonprofit leveraging the power of YouTube?

    Now that I’m the executive director of Story Chasers Inc., an Oklahoma nonprofit focused on digital storytelling and our state oral history project, I definitely am more attuned to issues related to nonprofits and effective “story sharing.” Thanks to Beth Kanter, I learned today about Michael Hoffman‘s recent presentation (available via a Slidecast on SlideShare)…

  • Reflections after watching an engaged digital learner

    Cheryl Oakes‘ post, “When was the last time you watched someone teach a digital learner?” tells the story of my 9 year old at the ACTEM conference two weeks ago in Maine, as she learned how to use the program Animation-ish. The program is described as: …an easy-to-use animation software program that inspires creativity and…