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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • Will Operation Chokehold Bring the AT&T Network to its Knees Friday?

    I do not, as a rule, link to blogs or social media sources who/which use any type of profanity. Frequently profane (but also often witty) blogger Fake Steve Jobs has generated a veritable firestorm of attention this week, however, which warrants a mention and commentary. The following are some mainstream media and other blog headlines,…

  • Microsoft admits stealing 80% of Plurk website code to build Chinese Microblog

    Cheating and stealing isn’t limited to just the classroom. This week Microsoft admitted stealing approximately 80% of the code base of Plurk to create a Chinese microblogging website. Perhaps the personnel department in Redmond (or Shanghai?) needs to include some additional interview questions about things like honesty and integrity? In the company’s official response to…

  • Web-based Video Transcoding – A Beautiful Sight!

    As a co-convener for the K-12 Online Conference, the following is a beautiful sight. Presenters in our 2009 conference are following a new set of procedures to DIRECTLY upload their files to both DotSub and Blip.tv, where their videos are converted / transcoded into Flash versions (on both sites) and into m4v (iPod compatible video)…

  • Alternative Free RSS Reading Tools: feedly (for FireFox) and MobileRSS for iPhone

    I read 99% of my news these days from my subscriptions in Google Reader. For me, the printed newspaper primarily has value in helping get fires going in our living room fireplace. (I actually have to get them from my in-laws, incidentally, who are still devoted newspaper subscribers.) In this post I’ll discuss my impressions…

  • Why are URL shorteners blocked by some content filters, websites, and wifi providers?

    Today I was interested to learn Flickr prohibits the use of some URL shortened links, including tinyurl and bit.ly. This was surprising as well as annoying, since some complicated web links do not display properly in Flickr’s description area when they are inserted with basic HTML link code. That makes a URL shortening service quite…

  • 6 Word Stories About 21st Century Learning and The Power Law #21c6w

    Yesterday, following Maria Henderson’s mention of Rachel Fershleiser’s book “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure” and challenge to apply this model to twenty-first century learning, I tweeted the following: New meme #21c6w tweet a 6 word story that communicates the essence of 21st century learning So far, I…

  • Digital tools to analyze the President’s speech on Afghanistan

    President Obama shared an important speech Tuesday night at WestPoint calling for changes in US policy and troop strength levels in Afghanistan. Use the following Wordle “word cloud” with your students and ask them what they can “see” were major themes in the President’s address. Larger versions are available from Wordle.net and Flickr. Next, follow…

  • Options for removing advertisements from a Ning site

    OPTION 1 If you are using a Ning site for K-12 Education, you can request that advertisements be removed permanently from your site. This post provides details. According to the post, Ning sites eligible for ad removal must be geared toward “students between the ages of 13 and 18 (grades 7 – 12.)” OPTION 2…

  • Learning with Apple: New Content, New Connections, New Communities #ok1to1

    These are my notes from Maria Henderson’s presentation, “Learning with Apple: New Content, New Connections, New Communities.” This session was shared at the Apple 1:1 Informational Event at MetroTech in Oklahoma City on December 1, 2009. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. This is an all-day event, sponsored by Apple Computer, but I…

  • Models of Contemporary Learning by Carolyn Thompson #ok1to1

    These are my notes from Bruce Dixon’s comments between our first and second sessions at the AALF / Oklahoma SDE 1:1 Learning Conference, November 30, 2009, as well as Carolyn Thompson’s session, “Models of Contemporary Learning.” This event is organized by the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, and sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.…