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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • Digital Footprints Essential in Modern Job Hunt

    This is a great article from last week’s New York Times. Share this with your students (as well as fellow educators) in discussions about social media, digital footprints and Internet safety. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/education/26SOCIAL.html H/T Will Richardson. Sent from my iPad Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous

  • Easily Sync Google Calendars to your iPhone

    Need to sync Google calendars to your iPhone or iPod Touch? After logging into Google, just visit:http://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect H/T to Karen Montgomery for this tip! Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous

  • Volunteer for #k12online10

    The K-12 Online Conference is the best free professional development opportunity for educators worldwide of which I’m aware. The call for 2010 conference volunteers has been posted. photo credit: woodleywonderworks Please read over the post, consider the different committees, and submit the provided Google form to volunteer. The conference starts in mid-October, so there’s only…

  • Remix Viral Media to Create Viral Media

    Nick Pittsinger, a “20-year-old aspiring music producer in Florida” (according to Damon Brown writing for CNN) has used software to slow down Justin Bieber’s single “U SMILE” eight times and republished his remix on Soundcloud as “U SMILE 800% SLOWER.” Pittsinger’s song version was highlighted on Gawker last week, and to date the song has…

  • Podcast355: Cool Tech Tools for the Classroom by Cheryl Freeman

    Cheryl Freeman is a math teacher at Canyon High School, in Canyon, Texas, and presented “Cool Tech Tools for the Classroom” on August 17, 2010 during the district’s annual professional development fall conference. I was not able to attend this session in person, but Debbie Boyer enthusiastically recommended Cheryl as an innovative presenter and Cheryl…

  • Great Lineup of Keynote Speakers for the 2010 K-12 Online Conference #k12online10

    The lineup of SIX keynote speakers for this year’s FREE, K-12 Online Conference has just been announced. This all-star lineup includes Dean Shareski, Colby Ratzlaff, Dolors Reig, Allanah King, Darren Kuropatwa, and David Warlick. Check out the full post on the K-12 Online Conference blog for details, and please share this announcement far and wide!…

  • Inspired by Angela Maiers #blc10 presentation: Writing for Real

    Today I listened to Angela Maiers‘ fantastic BLC 2010 presentation, “Writing for Real,” thanks to Bob and Zoe Sprankle’s podcast version. What an incredible collection of ideas focused on writing, literacy, and learning! According to Angela, there are three basic rules to writing we all need to understand and follow, to cultivate good writers: Writers…

  • Visualizing A Twitter Feed-based Digital Newspaper with Flipboard

    Flipboard is currently one of my favorite iPad applications. It’s free, and represents the best example I’ve seen to date of what a customized “digital newspaper” should look and feel like on a tablet device. My only complaint, at this point, is there does NOT seem to be a way to subscribe to my own…

  • Empowering 21st Century Learners (Canyon ISD, Texas)

    Today and tomorrow, I’m sharing a 2.5 hour presentation entitled, “Empowering 21st Century Learners” with educators in Canyon ISD, Texas, just south of Amarillo. I’ve uploaded and shared my presentation slides on Slideshare. If SlideShare is blocked in your location, you can alternatively download a PDF version directly from my website. Empowering 21st Century Learners…

  • MediaWiki spam cleanup recap and tutorial

    The best way to learn how to use a new technology tool is to find or create a current, authentic purpose for using it. That is my present situation with MediaWiki (the free and open source wiki platform which powers WikiPedia and many other wiki sites worldwide) and our Storychasers’ wiki. In this post, I’ll…