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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: disruptive-technology

  • How do you feel about students bringing laptops to class?

    A week ago at Northeastern State University in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, I shared a presentation with faculty titled, “Technology Trends in Higher Education.” During the session, I used a PollEveryWhere survey to ask attendees: How do you feel about students bringing laptops to class? These are the results from our faculty survey on April 9th.…

  • Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid: A Strategic Path by Kent Brooks #heartlandconf10

    These are my notes from Unplugging from Kent Brooks‘ presentation “Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid: A Strategic Path” at the 2010 Heartland eLearning Conference hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The Heartland eLearning conference is on Twitter, has a conference blog, and a…

  • Don’t just blame the kids: Adults face social media challenges too

    When the topics of cell phones, social media websites, and digital technologies come up in conversation, I frequently hear adults bemoan teens and and their inability to exert proper digital discipline with these interactive tools. Today’s Associated Press article, “Courts Cracking Down on Texting Jurors,” highlights the fact that plenty of adults face social media…

  • Lessons Learned Webcasting with Ustream Producer

    This afternoon and evening my daughter and her 4th grade classmates presented a shortened version of “The Wizard of Oz.” I joined the throngs of parents video-recording the afternoon performance, but opted to use Ustream Producer software (free) and my AT&T 3G wireless card to webcast and record the 42 minute performance. Previously, I have…

  • iPad, OER, and Custom Course Web Applications / iApps

    I shared the following as a comment today on Kevin Gaugler’s post, “In which the second edition of the textbook might be an app.” Kevin wrote: Before Apple’s big announcement today, I made a prediction that Apple’s device would disrupt the textbook industry and consequently education, particularly language education, as we know it. Apple has…

  • Access your notes even after your textbook subscription expires

    The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off this week in Las Vegas, and that means lots of tech gadget announcements are headed our way. The month is shaping up to be filled with tech news, with Google officially announcing the Nexus One “G phone” at 10 am Pacific today, and Apple expected to announce…

  • Will Operation Chokehold Bring the AT&T Network to its Knees Friday?

    I do not, as a rule, link to blogs or social media sources who/which use any type of profanity. Frequently profane (but also often witty) blogger Fake Steve Jobs has generated a veritable firestorm of attention this week, however, which warrants a mention and commentary. The following are some mainstream media and other blog headlines,…

  • iPhone LIVE Webcasting to UStream, Tiered iPhone Data Plans, Exaflood Rumors

    I’ve been waiting for this for many months: UStream announced today the availability of a LIVE webcasting / webstreaming application for the iPhone GS and iPhone 3G in the iTunes Store. This is NOT an app which requires a jailbreak. The price? FREE. If you have an iPhone 3G and thought you couldn’t use it…

  • Google Buys Gizmo5: More VoIP calling and videoconferencing power headed our way soon

    Last week Tom Krazit reported for CNET that Google has confirmed its purchase of Gizmo5. This was confirmed on the official Google Voice blog the same day. The old Gizmo Project website (www.gizmoproject.com) now directs to Google (www.google.com/gizmo5) and new memberships have been temporarily suspended. According to Tom’s article: Gizmo5 is a Web-based VoIP client…

  • Debating the propriety of blanket censorship by school IT departments

    I received the following comment today on my August 21, 2009 post, “Questioning the potential value of Skype and videoconferencing in the classroom?” from Ricky. He began his comment by quoting a sentence of my post with which he took issue, and then shared his views: “we need to make sure that networks work FOR…