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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: digitalstorytelling

  • Just In Time Video Tutorials for Final Cut Pro

    While negative stories about destructive uses for online technologies continue to attract attention, I continue to find it amazing what CONSTRUCTIVE things you can teach yourself these days if you’re connected to the Internet and can use Google. I’ve recently used a variety of free, online tutorials to learn more about using Final Cut Pro…

  • Converting and Editing DVD Footage with MPEG Streamclip

    I am wrapping up a major video editing effort for my day job which has afforded me opportunities to learn a great deal more about video editing with Final Cut Studio Pro. I wrote about this last Friday in the post, “My iMovie to Final Cut learning journey continues.” I also referenced learning related to…

  • My iMovie to Final Cut learning journey continues

    It is AMAZING to see what a huge difference high quality video footage can make when creating an instructional curriculum DVD. I’ve been working on importing and editing video which was taken by a professional videographer using an almost brand-new Sony XDCAM camcorder and at least $5000 worth of portable lighting equipment. It was remarkable…

  • It is a promise we make to our children

    Do not think for a moment that the availability of new broadcasting technologies will not continue to have an impact on the politics and policies of our nation, just as it had a dramatic impact on the Presidential election in which we (in the United States) just participated. It will. I’m inspired. 🙂 Technorati Tags:…

  • Share your ideas and stories with our next U.S. President: Barack Obama

    Thanks to a tweeted encouragement from Lisa Linn, I learned about this request from Barack Obama for policy ideas and suggestions as he continues to form his leadership team: MYPOLICY: WHAT DO YOU THINK? The best, most comprehensive plan for change in our country will include your ideas and your feedback. America needs a president…

  • Podcast293: Creating and Collaborating: The Keys to 21st Century Literacy (MASSCUE 2008 Keynote)

    This podcast is a recording of the keynote address I shared at the Massachusetts Computer Using Educators educational technology conference in Sturbridge, Massachusetts on November 19, 2008. The official conference program description of this session was: U.S. educators in the early twenty-first century face formidable challenges but are blessed with access to unprecedented tools and…

  • Addressing concerns about Ning open social networking vulnerability

    I posted the following memo to our Celebrate Oklahoma Voices learning community this afternoon, in response to questions raised by a school district official and a company providing content filtering services for some of our Oklahoma school districts. This is also available as a PDF file. See my November 11, 2008, post “Making the case…

  • My young Oklahomans pledge to return in 2052

    My three children were honored to participate in a ceremony today held at the Oklahoma Heritage Association and Gaylord-Pickens Museum in Oklahoma City, as members of the Oklahoma Centennial Commission and several of our state’s young citizens dedicated a time capsule scheduled to be opened in forty-five years, five years prior to the celebration of…

  • A touching slideshow of our next President and his family

    Thanks to Philadelphia educator H. Songhai I found this touching slideshow of President-elect Barack Obama and his family on election night last week, as they experienced together intense moments of waiting, hoping, and eventually celebrating together the culmination of so many years of hoping and dreaming. I want to view this slideshow set to music,…

  • Webcasting on a Shoestring

    I shared a presentation today at the 2008 Oklahoma Distance Learning Association‘s annual conference in Oklahoma City titled “Webcasting on a Shoestring.” The program description for this session was: Historically it has been quite expensive to produce and host a live radio program that is broadcasted for a global audience. Today, it is possible to…