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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • Over 17,000 views on YouTube in 24 hours

    This does not qualify as a viral video, perhaps, but I was still blown away to see that my daughter’s 2 minute response to President Obama’s speech yesterday has had over 17,500 views on YouTube in just 24 hours. Whoa! What happened? I’m not 100% certain, but apparently thanks to Twitter and Facebook links it…

  • Using Blogs and CoverItLive to Discuss President Obama’s Speech

    This morning, since my 4th grade daughter’s teacher chose NOT to show President Obama’s speech to her class, I pulled Sarah out of school 30 minutes before the speech began and brought her home so we could watch it together on CSPAN, as well as interact with 5th grade students and teachers in Littleton, Colorado,…

  • President Obama’s Speech to Students: A Great Opportunity for Synchronous, Live Discussions

    Novel, stressful or otherwise challenging situations can often tell us a great deal about individual and organizational attitudes and values. The responses of schools and school leaders to next Tuesday’s Presidential address to U.S. students is a case in point. It is instructive to listen carefully to the reasons school leaders are providing to either…

  • Advocating for balanced approaches to Internet filtering in schools

    I was delighted to read Kathleen Kennedy Manzo’s article for the latest issue of Education Week today, “Filtering Fixes,” which features on-the-mark quotations about how we should be approaching Internet filtering in our schools from Shawn Nutting (of Trussville, Alabama schools) and others. The lead image includes April Chamberlain and Shawn, who are both past…

  • Proposed Fall Conference Sessions

    I’m going to be traveling more than normal this fall for conferences in Oklahoma, Hong Kong and Hangzhou, China, Kansas, Maine, and Illinois. While I’ve shared a large number of keynotes and conference presentations in the past several years, I definitely have some favorite topics to share when I’m invited to make suggestions to conference…

  • Podcast328: Students as Self-Advocates: Why/How Learners Should Craft Their Own Digital Footprints (Ginger Lumen)

    This podcast features a recording of Ginger Lumen’s presentation with her students at the 2009 PodStock conference entitled, “Students as Self-Advocates: Why/How Learners Should Craft Their Own Digital Footprints.” The official conference description of the session was: When you last “Googled” your name, what did you find? All learners should ponder those results when considering…

  • Oklahoma Social Media Publishers: Throw Your Voice on October 3!

    This month I become a member of The Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative, and as a result have met a number of new folks in OKC passionate about social media and digital technologies. (We’ve got a bunch already in our Celebrate Oklahoma Voices learning community!) I’m enthused to pass along the announcement from Derrick Parkhurst that…

  • Recommended resources for a new school librarian

    Angie Shaw is a new school librarian in Gering, Nebraska, and was formerly a 3rd grade teacher. Gering is in the extreme western side of the Nebraska panhandle. I learned about Angie from the post “I Met Myself Today” last week by Beth Still (Nebraska Change Agent.) I left the following message for Angie on…

  • Another digital divide: Understanding Learning Community Power

    Buffy Hamilton’s post, “Teacher, Leave that Social Network Alone?” in response to Dana Boyd’s post, “some thoughts on technophilia” is timely and thought-provoking for me. We’re strategizing now to address a continuing issue with one of the companies providing Internet website content filtering services for a number of Oklahoma schools, which insists on blocking by…

  • Podcast327: Using Digital Technologies and Personal Learning Networks to Enhance Learning by Clif Mims (Podstock09 Keynote)

    This podcast is a recording of Dr. Clif Mim’s outstanding keynote on day 2 of the Podstock 2009 conference held in Wichita, Kansas, on May 2, 2009. The title of Clif’s session was, “Using Digital Technologies and Personal Learning Networks to Enhance Learning.” Clif’s website bio states: Clif Mims is a native of the Mississippi…