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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • Blogging the Conference: EDUCAUSE 2012 Session Notes

    The past three days I’ve been in Denver, blogging sessions from the 2012 EDUCAUSE conference for iThemes. iThemes is a WordPress and web design focused company in Edmond, Oklahoma, and I’ve been blogging on a contract basis for them past few months on the iThemes Education blog. (@ithemesEd on Twitter) This was my first time…

  • 2012 K12Online Conference Starts Today!

    The 2012 K12 Online Conference starts today. If you’re not familiar with it, K12Online is a great, FREE professional development opportunity featuring recorded videos you can view on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. The conference has four strands (two per week) and this week starts with the “Getting Started” and “Visioning New Curriculum” strands. Each…

  • Launching Learning with Kevin Honeycutt: K12Online12 Begins!

    Today is the first day of the 2012 K-12 Online Conference! Kevin Honeycutt is sharing the pre-conference keynote this week, which he’s titled, “Launching Learning.” His 22 minute video is available for online viewing as well as download in iOS-friendly video and mp3 audio formats. Check out all the details on the K-12 Online Conference…

  • Podcast396: Six Iowa Teachers & Librarians Share Their Digital Learning Journeys

    A select group of 19 K-12 teachers and teacher/librarians in the College Community School District in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been participating in a series of professional development workshops to further develop their skills with and understanding of digital literacy. As a culminating activity for a two day workshop on “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” with Wesley Fryer,…

  • Podcast395: Iowa Teachers & Librarians Discuss Mapping Media to the Curriculum (Lessons Learned)

    This audio podcast is a combined series of six, three minute “radio shows” created by teachers and teacher/librarians in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the College Community School District on October 3, 2012. Participants in this two day workshop on “Mapping Media to the Common Core” with Wesley Fryer learned to facilitate lessons with student created-media including…

  • Educational Podcasts from Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference (August 2012)

    This week I had an opportunity to attend and present at the Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana, at the beautiful College of Education at the University of Montana. In addition to taking notes from several sessions, I also recorded and posted session audio to a supplementary podcast channel I’ve maintained for several years,…

  • 30 in 60: 30 Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers

    These are my notes from Mike Agostinelli and Jason Neiffer‘s breakout session, “30 in 60: 30 Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers,” on August 6, 2012, at the Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. All referenced links/websites from this session are on www.workshophandouts.com/30in60blackfoot. An audio podcast version of…

  • Lessons Learned Following Oklahoma School Beating Amplified by Social Media

    Yesterday in Enid Public Schools in Oklahoma, a middle school student was beaten unconscious and sent to the hospital following a playground fight. Enid superintendent Shawn Hime was quoted in this News on 6 article: Hine said the argument turned physical and that a teacher supervising the playground broke up the fight. “Nothing is more…

  • Oklahoma Digital Learning Summit 2012: In Tweets

    The following is a Storify timeline of tweets from this Thursday and Friday during the 2012 Oklahoma Digital Learning Summit hosted by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. [View the story “Oklahoma Digital Learning Summit 2012” on Storify]

  • Required Reading for #beyondthetextbook

    This morning our full day of discussions and presentations for Discovery Education’s forum, “Beyond the Textbook,” start in Washington D.C. In the few minutes I have before we depart for the day’s activities, I want to share a few posts I’ve read in the last couple days by following the #beyondthetextbook hashtag on Twitter. Let’s…