Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: distributed-learning

  • New Year’s Discount: $10 Off Playing with Media Video Library Annual Membership

    To ring the new year I’m offering a $10 discount code (“2015newyears“) for an annual membership to my “Playing with Media” video library. I’ve uploaded dozens of videos about a variety of topics relating to multimedia creation and communication which are only available to library members.   As detailed on the about page of PlayingWithMedia.com, topics include:…

  • Join Our Google Hangout Today: 2014 EdTech Year in Review

    It’s almost 2015, so it’s time to review the year of 2014 in educational technology! Please join Eric Langhorst (@ELanghorst), Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and I this afternoon in a 75 minute Google Hangout starting at 4 pm Eastern – 3 pm Central – 2 pm Mountain – 1 pm Pacific on Sunday, December 28th discussing…

  • Play with Sound Using Singing Fingers for iOS

    Singing Fingers (free on the Apple App Store) is one of my favorite iPad apps. It invites whimsical creativity. A few years ago when Gail Lovely (@glovely) put together a panel of folks at ISTE (in Philly, I think) to share favorite iOS apps, Singing Fingers was one of my selections. Today thanks to some video…

  • Opening Reflections on Tinker, Make and Learn

    Shelly Fryer (@sfryer) and I have joined over 1000 other educators this month and upcoming spring semester (for North American learners) in the free online Canvas course, “Tinker, Make and Learn.” I am a fulltime grade 4 and 5 STEM teacher, and Shelly is a self-contained 3rd and 4th grade teacher. Both of us are extremely interested in…

  • STEMseeds is BACK on Saturday – Join us!

    Join Amy Loeffelholz and Wesley Fryer on Saturday morning (Nov 22nd) for a Google Hangout conversation with Arizona science teacher Bethany Ligon, who was featured in the November 1, 2014 Classroom 2.0 Live show, “Technology Integration in Jr. High School.” Bethany has collected a variety of outstanding engineering design project lessons for her students, which she will…

  • Introducing the PlayingWithMedia.com Video Library

    For at least the past year I’ve been wanting to create a space online where I can teach and share video-based lessons about a variety of different media apps, websites, and sharing techniques. I’d considered creating something like “Speed of Creativity University,” but my wife thought that sounded too formal. Two weeks ago at the Write…

  • Igniting Innovation with the 2014 K-12 Online Conference

    This month is a particularly exciting time to be or become a “connected educator!” Monday officially kicked off the FREE 2014 K-12 Online Conference, and I’m honored this year to serve as the pre-conference keynote speaker. If you have not already, please set aside 40 minutes and check out the keynote video which you’ll find…

  • Fall 2014 EdCamp Oklahoma Video Project

    Have you attended an EdCamp in Oklahoma? We’ve had SEVEN EdCamps since 2013 and more are on the way! Tammy Parks (@tparks) and I are sharing a session on October 7th at our state technology conference (OTA / EncycloMedia) about EdCamps in Oklahoma, and would love to share YOUR perspectives via video and in-person if…

  • Minecraft and MinecraftEDU in the Classroom

    I submitted a new professional development program to the CILC this evening for “Minecraft and MinecraftEDU in the Classroom.” The CILC’s website (The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration)  is the primary videoconference-based professional development resource I use to advertise after-school videoconferences I teach for other teachers on a variety of technology integration topics. Since…

  • Join Free @STEMseeds Webinar Saturday Sept 13th at 10:30 am Central

    (cross-posted from STEMseeds.org) Please plan to join elementary STEM teachers Amy Loeffelholz and Wesley Fryer on Saturday, September 13th at 11:30 am Eastern / 10:30 am Central / 9:30 am Mountain / 8:30 am Pacific online (via a Google Hangout) to talk about STEM lesson ideas, Maker Studio lessons, and lots more “back to school” updates as…