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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: digitalstorytelling

  • How can I import MPG files into iMovie

    I received a question recently from a friend who is having trouble importing MPG video files into iMovie. Here’s my reply to her. (These instructions apply to Mac/Apple users who have iMovie.) First, be sure you have Flip-4-Mac installed. It is free from Microsoft. Once installed, you should be able to open and view MPG…

  • Simplifying Copyright Guidance for Educators

    I posted the following as a comment to Ann Krembs‘ post “Do you have a simple explanation for copyright?” on Jeff Utech‘s U Tech Tips blog. Ann shared Copyright Central’s six minute video, “Copyright Basics – The Video,” in the post. This video is ok overall, but falls far short of the key message I…

  • PodStock09 Stories

    Here’s the Ustream archive from Kevin Honeycutt‘s closing comments at the 2009 PodStock 2009 conference in Wichita, Kansas. Yes, he did play the iPhone guitar app! Technorati Tags: #podstock09, podstock, stories

  • Podcasts and Intellectual Property by Glenn Wiebe

    These are my notes from the session “Podcasts and Intellectual Property” by Glenn Wiebe at the 2009 PodStock conference. Glenn is a Curriculum Specialist at ESSDACK in Hutchinson, Kansas. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Glenn’s site is “Social Studies Central” and it’s a super resource. He writes the “History Tech” blog. Glenn’s…

  • Get Out of Your FUNK, Cut the JIVE! Make Your Classroom Come Alive!!!

    These are my notes from the presentation “Get Out of Your FUNK, Cut the JIVE! Make Your Classroom Come Alive!!!” Presented by – Kim Herron, Tamara Padfield, Linley Voboril from Inman Elementary School: Inman, Kansas. This was shared at the PodStock 2009 conference in Wichita, Kansas, hosted by ESSDACK. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN…

  • NETA09 Podcasts and A fun Star Wars Remix Video

    This evening I learned about the YouTube video “Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)” by listening to Justin Karkow’s “Digital Storytelling Frame by Frame” presentation on the 2009 Nebraska Educational Technology Association Podcast channel. As a big Star Wars fan, I found this remix quite amusing and fun. Nice use of Final…

  • Visualizing Progress

    The theme for Liz Kolb’s “Picture on the Fly” challenge / contest (which started today) is “progress.” This was my submission: This image fits nicely into a theme of “progress” aligning with the SMART Notebook 10 workshop I’ve been attending this week at CSD in St Louis. I didn’t submit a second photograph, but if…

  • Podcast313: Top 10 Reasons to Be a StoryChaser

    Storychasing is using digital recording devices to create, archive and share digital stories on the web. Story Chasers, Inc. is a new nonprofit, educational organization incorporated in the state of Oklahoma which presents the Celebrate Oklahoma Voices oral history project in partnership with a variety of other Oklahoma organizations. In this podcast, recorded on the…

  • Go Green! Go Electric! (A Film on the Fly! Earth Day Video)

    Today I took two of my children to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to the Miles Automotive Group where we learned about electric vehicles and shot our Film on the Fly / Earth Day cell phone video, “Go Green! Go Electric!” The description for this video which we included on YouTube was: The children have the answer! Tomorrow…

  • Podcast312: Reinventing Education for the 21st Century (Designing School 2.0)

    This podcast is a recording of my opening keynote session at the 2009 eTechOhio conference, held in Columbus, Ohio, on February 2, 2009. This is the audio-only mp3 version, a video podcast version is available on the eTechOhio09 portal in iTunesU Ohio. Check the podcast shownotes for a direct link to iTunes. The official conference…