Note: As of 1 Oct 2026, this is a FULL STATIC COPY of all 6,390 posts shared on this blog since 2003. Updated content and ideas from Wes Fryer are still available!

Category: web 2.0

  • Delicious Social Bookmarks Going Away – What Shall We Do?

    Apparently it’s not only the season for holiday giving, it’s also the season for favorite web 2.0 services to go offline. It’s as if Scrooge has moved into Silicon Valley! Yesterday was the last day of service (paid or free) for drop.io, and today we learn from TechCruch (via Bud Hunt) that delcious.com is going…

  • 365 Photo Blog: Posterous, WordPress or just Flickr?

    Bob Sprankle has (along with others like Alan Levine) inspired me to start a 365 photo blog in 2011. I’m contemplating options for setting up the blog, and am wondering whether a Posterous blog or a WordPress blog (probably on a subdomain of speedofcreativity.org) would be my best choice? Bob uses WordPress (bobsprankle.com/365) and Alan…

  • Professional Portfolio and Resume Ideas

    This semester for my “Computers in the Classroom” undergraduate course at the University of North Texas, I’ve asked my students to create a professional portfolio using a wiki of their choice. One my students recently asked suggestions of things to add to her wiki which go beyond the basic requirements of our assignment. I posted…

  • Location Change for December OKC Google Tools Workshops

    The location has changed for my upcoming December 14th and 15th Google Tools Workshops in Oklahoma City. These BYOL (bring your own laptop) workshops will be held at the Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative, located downtown across from the Federal Building at 723 N. Hudson Ave. View Larger Map Currently, just 5 seats are still available…

  • Virtual Participation Options for Dec 14 and 15 Google Tools Workshops

    I’m pleased to announce virtual attendance and participation options are now available for the December 14th workshop I’m offering in Oklahoma City on “Google Documents, Spreadsheets, Forms, Presentations and Drawing,” and the December 15th workshop on “Google Maps and Google Earth.” Discounted online registration is available for groups (including more than one person) as well…

  • Seedlings 100th Show Tonight!

    Please join Alice Barr, Bob Sprankle, Cheryl Oakes and the Seedlings fan club TONIGHT at 7:30 pm EST / 6:30 pm CST / 5:30 pm MTN / 4:30 PST for the 100th Seedlings Show! I have learned SO MUCH as a professional educator from Seedlings shows over the past few years. I listen to most…

  • YouTube video by Willow Smith goes viral, leads to recording contract #cmtc10

    Yesterday at the 2010 Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference in Manchester, New Hampshire, my 10 year old daughter and I shared a breakout session titled, “When Student Published Videos Go Viral: Lessons Learned.” In our discussions we focused on four different viral videos which can be considered case studies for student media publishing: Jessi Slaughter (Jessica…

  • Digital Citizenship for our Schools @alicebarr #cmtc10

    These are my notes from Alice Barr’s breakout session, “Digital Citizenship for our Schools” at the the 2010 Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference in Manchester, NH on 30 Nov 2010. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Track conference conversations using the Twitter hash tag #cmtc10. Alice is the Instructional Technology Integrator at Yarmouth High…

  • The 21st Century Teachers’ Toolkit by Alice Barr @alicebarr #cmtc10

    These are my notes from Alice Barr’s breakout session, “The 21st Century Teachers’ Toolkit” at the the 2010 Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference in Manchester, NH on 30 Nov 2010. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Track conference conversations using the Twitter hash tag #cmtc10. Alice is the Instructional Technology Integrator at Yarmouth High…

  • iPad Blogging with Posterous

    The easiest way to blog on an iPad, which I have used to date, is to: – Type notes in Notes (free, comes on the iPad) – Email your notes to post@posterous.com That’s it! It is possible to configure your Posterous website to cross-post to other websites and locations, but that is not required. I…