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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • Global Collaboration (including The Arab Spring Project) at Yarmouth High School

    UPDATE 12.12.2012: I cross-posted a normalized version of this presentation to “Fuel for Educational Change Agents” podcast channel. These are my notes from Amy Sanders’ presentation, “Global Collaboration” at the March 16, 2012, professional development day at Yarmouth High School in Yarmouth, Maine. Amy teaches several high school social studies courses, including Arab Studies (last…

  • 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…

  • Twitter – A Powerful Collaboration Tool for Teachers by Eric Langhorst

    These are my notes from Eric Langhorst‘s presentation “Educators Collaborating Through Twitter – Building Your Personal Learning Network with Social Media” at the Enhancing Teaching & Learning Conference (ETL) on March 3, 2012, hosted by the Kansas City Professional Development Council. Eric teaches 8th grade US History in Liberty, Missouri, at South Valley Jr. High…

  • Social Media Consulting Services

    At LONG last (I’ve needed to do this literally for years) I’ve added a new page to my site/blog for “Social Media Consulting Services.” This is linked under the drop-down menu for “ABOUT” at the top, but if you’re viewing my site on a mobile device you may not see that link. I encourage you…

  • 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…

  • Student Storychasers Begin Work at Skyview Elementary in Yukon, Oklahoma

    (cross-posted to Storychasers.org) On February 15, 2012, the Yukon Review newspaper shared the following photograph and caption about the first student Storychasers group starting at Skyview Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma. 3rd grade students are working with their principal, Carla Smith, to write articles about school news and record their articles as a “radio show.”…

  • Online Petition: Oklahoma City Public Schools Must Adopt Balanced Internet Content Filtering Policies

    To acquire and practice literacy skills today, students and educators in Oklahoma City Public Schools require access to Evernote, Google Docs, Gmail, Edmodo, Posterous, Celebrate Oklahoma Voices, and other educationally appropriate, interactive websites. All these websites are currently (as of February 9, 2012) blocked by OKCPS for student access. OKCPS must stop its “draconian” and…

  • Stuff I Want to Share at OTA – Encyclo-Media 2012

    Next Tuesday and Wednesday I’ll be attending, presenting, and learning at the 2012 Oklahoma Technology Association / Encylo-Media Conference in Oklahoma City. It’s been two years since I’ve been able to attend this February conference and I’m really looking forward to the opportunity. For my session handout this year, I decided to create a one…

  • Calculate and Learn about Percentages with Percentage Calculator

    Mateusz Mucha, a web developer in Krakow, Poland, has developed a free, online tool called “Percentage Calculator” you should show to your math students and use with them in class. Use this tool by visiting percentagecalculator.info I tried embedding the actual calculator on my own website, but for some reason that version didn’t work to…

  • Configure KidBlog for Safe, Moderated, Interactive Student Blogging & Commenting

    (cross-posted from playingwithmedia.com) This semester I’m working on a contract basis (thanks to federal grant dollars) as an “innovative instructional coach” in Yukon Public Schools. This morning I helped one of our sixth grade teachers facilitate her first lessons using free, ad-free class blogs hosted by KidBlog.org. In this post, I’ll share some of the…