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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • J.K. Rowling Announces a Magical World of Digital Text: Pottermore

    About a month ago, at the end of June 2011, author J.K. Rowling delighted fans with her announcement that she’s creating a new online environment where the stories and characters of Hogwarts will continue to develop in the years ahead: Pottermore. According to Alison Flood’s June 23rd post for The Guardian: Although the author made…

  • How to Talk to Your Students About Copyright

    Because of the importance and relevance of clear copyright and fair use guidelines for ALL learners “playing with media,” I’ve provided a free, updated version of my chapter on Copyright in the eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing.” Access it on: http://playingwithmedia.com/pages/copyright I hope this chapter helps provide you and your students…

  • How to turn on YouTube video comment moderation

    As I’ve been finalizing the “Video” chapter of my first eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing,” I realized a screencast I recorded back in January on Screenr about turning on YouTube comment moderation wasn’t cross-posted to YouTube. That’s now been remedied. The video tutorial is three minutes, seventeen seconds long. I think…

  • Comparing Free Ways to Privately Share Files with Others Online

    I received a question recently via Twitter concerning file sharing over the Internet. How can a person or organization securely share access to digital files with someone else, for free, so they can access them with a smart phone, laptop and/or desktop computer? Here are a few ideas, please chime in with other suggestions or…

  • Voices of #iste11 – Dr. Leigh Zeitz (Dr Z) on Digital Portfolios

    Equipped as a storychaser with my iPad2, a $60 iRig mic, and the help of friends (as well as some bystanders) willing to be short-term videographers, I’ve recorded a series of interviews this week here in Philadelphia for the 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. This sixth episode is an interview with…

  • Explaining No-Edit Audio Recording Power with an AudioBoo from Pearl Harbor

    Websites like AudioBoo, Cinch, and iPadio which permit “no-edit” audio recording and publishing can be utilized in extremely constructive, powerful and creative ways. I’m finishing up my chapter on Audio tools for my first eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing,” and I’m using an AudioBoo my daughter, Rachel, recorded at the USS…

  • Sharing YouTube Activity Digital Breadcrumbs

    I learned today it’s possible to share “digital breadcrumbs” from your activities on YouTube to various social media sites including Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader. I don’t want to fill my Twitter and Facebook channels with this minutiae, but it seems like a good thing to share on my Google Reader account. I already share…

  • Avoid Controversial Related YouTube Videos When You Embed on a Blog #gct

    I’ve been helping leaders in my son’s Boy Scout Troop transition the troop’s website over to WordPress as a content management system for many months. A few weeks back we made the “big transition” at last from the old site (which remains archived) to the new one, and my son interviewed one of the adult…

  • Playing with Media in Houston, Texas

    Today I’m in Houston, Texas, (Missouri City, to be exact) for the 2011 Fort Bend ISD District Technology Conference. My primary message is: As educators we need to make time for playing with media! The theme of the FBISD conference this year is “Inspiration, Innovation, and Integration.” In addition to the opening keynote, “Leading Schools…

  • A 5 Photo Sushi Story

    Here is a five photo story from Sushi Miyagi in Houston, Texas, tonight. Take time this summer (if you are in the northern hemisphere, “this winter” if down under) for playing with media and creating your own 5 photo stories! See more examples on “Tell a Story in 5 Photos for Educators” on Flickr. Consider…