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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • GTA Boulder Notes: Afternoon Part 3

    These are my notes from the Google Teacher Academy, in our third afternoon session. All resources are linked from http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/Home. Now hearing from Lucy Gray about the new search curriculum which Lucy and other GCE’s have created Resource links Her presentation slides Search tools beyond the search – Just Search It: Developing a Search Mindset…

  • GTA Boulder Notes: Afternoon Part 2

    These are my notes from the Google Teacher Academy, in our second afternoon session. All resources are linked from http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/Home. Now hearing from Jerome Burg – resource links from Jerome – Google Lit Trips were born at the first GTA – Carol Anne McGuire forced me to go public with this! (another ADE) Jerome has…

  • GTA Boulder Notes: Afternoon Part 1

    These are my notes from the Google Teacher Academy, in our first afternoon session. All resources are linked from http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/Home. Trick for the day: Google “even more,” click “I’m feeling lucky” and you’ll get the additional Google products! Now listening to Google Apps, Moodle, & Mahara: “Gahoodle” = Google Apps + Mahara + Moodle –…

  • GTA Boulder Notes: Morning Part 2

    These are my notes from the Google Teacher Academy, in our second morning session. All resources are linked from http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/Home. Now learning from Christine Archer using www.online-stopwatch.com to keep time during this session Google rep here has been working with Google Docs and Sites Dicoverying the Magic of Google Sites Used to be when kids…

  • GTA Boulder Notes: Morning Part 1

    These are my notes from the Google Teacher Academy, in our initial morning session. Lots here! All resources are linked from http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/Home. I don’t have time to link all the resources below but will try and come back / do that later. Welcome by Dana Nguyen, works with Google Apps for Education for Google Christine…

  • Nuggets from the Google Teacher Academy Meetup in Boulder

    I’m in Boulder, Colorado today for the Google Teachers Academy. The fun and learning starts in about an hour and a half, but before I head out I thought I’d quickly share a few links from our meetup last night with educators from around the country as well as a few sites I encountered listening…

  • Digital Citizenship in the Cyber Community (free webcast)

    In January of 2009, I recorded a webcast for the Oklahoma Technical Assistance Center (OTAC) focused on “Digital Citizenship in the Cyber Community.” This video webcast is 51 min 30 sec, and is available as a free download from the OTAC website. The webcast is in Windows Media Format. You will need to complete a…

  • Password common sense not common

    The article “Student Sues Coach Over Facebook Message: Teenager Says Coach Invaded Her Privacy” from Jackson, Mississippi, highlights the importance of password security and student privacy in schools. Several things seem pretty clear here, but apparently were not to the parties involved: – People should never share their password with others. This includes students sharing…

  • Notes from the RTNDF Multimedia Workshop (Oklahoma)

    This morning I shared a presentation titled “Multimedia and Social Web School Publishing Exemplars” with educators gathered at the University of Oklahoma for the Oklahoma RTNDF Multimedia Workshop. Many thanks to Tammy Parks of Howe, Oklahoma, for getting me involved with this GREAT summer learning opportunity for teachers. After my presentation, Dr. Syb (“The Multimedia…

  • Digital media becomes socially interesting as it becomes technologically boring (ubiquitous)

    Thanks to a Creative Leadership Forum blog post today, I learned about and watched Clay Shirkey’s YouTube video, “How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history.” In 17 minutes, Shirley relates his views on what government officials need to understand about social media and the fundamental shifts we are witnessing in our communications landscape. These lessons…