Category: digitalstorytelling
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Archive of Dec 6th videoconference from Pearl Harbor
The following is a message sent out to teachers who registered to participate in our videoconferences and webcasts from Pearl Harbor this week. Thanks for your interest in participating in our videoconferences and webcasts from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, this week. We have created a Google Group to facilitate the sharing of news and announcements related…
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Pearl Harbor Videoconferencing VoiceThread
I recorded a short VoiceThread this evening discussing the successful videoconference we had today from Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, featuring several survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Both of those survivors were also aboard the USS Oklahoma, which is being dedicated tomorrow on December 7th, just around the…
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VoiceThread from Ford Island
I have posted a new VoiceThread including narrated images taken today on December 3, 2007, on Ford Island in the center of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Visit our project blog on okwwii.wetpaint.com for information about how you can view as well as participate in our live videoconferences and webcasts this coming Thursday and Friday from Ford…
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Olympus WS-110 voice recorder rocks!
I am spending time this week collaboratively creating new educator workshop curriculum for the Celebrate Oklahoma Voices project. As our centennial year draws to a close, we are transitioning the project from the “Oklahoma Digital Centennial Project” to “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices.” As I noted over Thanksgiving, statehood for Oklahoma was not a reason for all…
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Mobile Digital Storytelling
I have written a new article for the winter edition of the TechEdge, the journal of the Texas Computer Education Association. Normally I publish these articles on my “Tools for the TEKS” website, but since my version of Dreamweaver no longer works with my upgraded operating system I have to delay linking this article from…
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Ideas for student research and digital stories in 2008: Controversial topics
One of the main things which distinguishes digital stories like those created by Marco Torres and his students, or by Mabry Middle School students the past 7 years in their digital storytelling contests led by the vision of of Dr. Tim Tyson, is TOPIC SELECTION. Most of these topics are compelling because they are real,…
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In the carpool with Kevin
Friday morning after Thanksgiving day Kevin Honeycutt and I spent some time “in the carpool” via Skype discussing educational technology tools for which I am thankful and other topics. Kevin’s description of the skypecast conversation is: In this carpool, Wesley Fryer shares some of the tech tools he is thankful for. Besides being back in…
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Oklahoma centennial photos, videos, and reflections
Last Friday was the official centennial day in Oklahoma, commemorating 100 years of statehood. It was a work day for me, but the rest of my family was able to enjoy the parade and other celebrations in Guthrie, which was the first state capitol in Oklahoma. An entire website was created (guthriecentennial.com) to facilitate and…
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Technology Shopping Cart Podcast01: Digital Storytelling
Educational innovation thrives on the food of creative ideas. Welcome to the “Technology Shopping Cart,” a collaborative educational podcasting effort by Karen Montgomery, Vicki Allen, and Wesley Fryer. We are aspiring to create at least two podcasts per month, approximately 20-30 minutes in length each, and are launching this project in late November 2007. This…