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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: podcasting

  • Better Than Teacher-Created Video Flipped Classrooms: The Power of Student Made Videos

    Audio podcasts remain a GREAT way to obtain free, regular professional development. Although I’m not as “regular” as I once was as a podcaster, I continue to periodically post podcast audio to both my “Moving at the Speed of Creativity” podcast channel as well as my secondary “Fuel for Educational Change Agents” podcast channel. While…

  • Cross-Posting Audio Podcasts & Phonecasts from Cinch to iPadio

    (Cross-posted from PlayingWithMedia.com) From time to time, a useful media sharing website closes its doors to users. That was the case with Gabcast.com, a free phonecasting service used by the instructor whose classes I studied for my dissertation. Cinch.fm has been one of my favorite “no-edit podcasting” as well as phonecasting services, and this past…

  • Educational Technology Podcasts from Kansas City: Storytelling and Visual Literacy Activity Ideas

    Yesterday I shared two breakout sessions in Kansas City, Kansas, at the district-wide “Inspiring Excellence Conference” to wrap up the year. I used a Sony ICD PX312 digital voice recorder (linked on the “Digital Backpack Contents” entry on the Storychasers FAQ page) to create “no-edit” recordings of these sessions, and last night published them to…

  • Remove Background Audio Noise with WavePad

    Yesterday I heard a fantastic presentation in Yarmouth, Maine, by teacher Amy Sanders about her Arab Spring Project. I took notes and shared links during her presentation, and also recorded the presentation with permission using my iPhone and the free iOS app/service Cinch. Unfortunately there was a loud heater fan running in the classroom where…

  • Free K12 Lesson Plans from K20ALT for STEM & More! (Audio Podcast with Adam Zodrow)

    (cross-posted from Oklahoma EduShare) This 11 minute audio podcast is an interview with Adam Zodrow about the amazing lesson plans and free resources available from the K20ALT (Authentic Teaching and Learning) website: http://k20alt.ou.edu. Adam is currently a fulltime librarian in Yukon Public Schools, Oklahoma, but previously worked on staff at the K-20 Center at the…

  • Why is cloud computing significant for college faculty?

    Today at the Heartland eLearning conference, participants in my “No Edit Audio Recording” workshop discussed cloud computing. We recorded our thoughts using the free iOS app Cinch.

  • Normalize Audio Recordings Before Publishing a Podcast

    In this 11 minute screencast, I demonstrate how to use free software tools including Audacity, The Levellator, and Switch to “normalize” an audio recording before publishing it as a podcast. The process of normalization makes the volume levels in a recording more even, so the listening experience is better for podcast subscribers. The Levellator only…

  • Essential Media for Educators

    I’ve created a new page on my blog which I’ve titled, “Essential Media.” This is linked under the drop-down menu for “Resources” at the top, but if you’re viewing my site on a mobile device you may not see that link. I encourage you to visit and bookmkark/save it. At this point, here’s what I’m…

  • Turn Off AudioBoo Comments

    (Cross-posted to Instructional FAQs for Yukon Public Schools and playingwithmedia.com) AudioBoo is a fantastic website and free mobile application to use for recording and sharing student voices. AudioBoo does not, however, currently support “comment moderation.” This means anyone can leave a comment on an audio recording you post to your AudioBoo channel and it will…

  • 5th Graders Develop Problem Solving Skills with Lego WeDo Robotics

    (cross-posted from the Yukon Public Schools Learning Showcase website) Some 5th grade students at Lakeview Elementary School in Yukon Public Schools are developing their problem solving and computational thinking skills using Lego WeDo Robotics kits. On February 13, 2012, fifth graders Cade and Thomas used the graphical, icon-based programming environment of the Lego WeDo Robotic…