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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • Movie trailers for books – Too bad they are not cross-platform compatible or published to permit feedback

    Many thanks to Chris Atkinson not only for contributing to an amazing list of chapter book recommendations for my 8 year old daughter and I to consider (which continues to grow and I have compiled into a new Amazon wish list this evening) but also for linking me to Dr. Mark Geary’s collected Windows PhotoStory…

  • Why are gasoline prices going down?

    I’m sharing a workshop with superintendents and principals this morning, and we’re going to tackle the question “Why are gasoline prices going down?” Please respond to the following poll, and leave your opinion as a comment on this VoiceThread on this topic! Build television sms voting polls at Poll Everywhere Technorati Tags: oil, gas, gasoline,…

  • Concise writing, digital storytelling, timelines and six-word memoirs

    Maria Henderson alerted me tonight to Rachel Fershleiser’s Twitter-inspired book, “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure.” According to the video, “Six-Word Memoirs, the book,” 11,000 submissions via Twitter yielded this book. Amazing. The video is, itself, a great example of Flickr-powered digital storytelling. I would recommend previewing the…

  • Notes and Reflections on Dr. Z’s ISTE Webinar today, blended learning, and web 2.0

    These are my notes from Dr. Leigh E. Zeitz’s ISTE webinar on Dec 3, 2008, titled “Dr. Z’s Creative Cookbook for Collaborative Communication.” MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. This webinar was shared using Adobe Connect. Dr. Z teaches at the University of Northern Iowa. Dr Z’s blog: www.leighzeitz.com Twitter: @zeitz Dr. Z…

  • Explaining Connectivist Learning Opportunities via video

    This Lee LeFever / Commoncraft Show style 5 minute video by Wendy Drexler paints a descriptive picture of how students can learn in a connectivist style, and the role of the teacher in this new learning landscape. Near the close of the video, Wendy uses the following terms to describe the role of the teacher…

  • Lawsuit Fear and Lack of Vision Explain a Lot

    In her post today “PD Cafeteria Style: Picking and Choosing What I Learn (and whom I learn it from),” Nebraska Change Agent Beth Still asks: If it is possible to gain good and useful information in an informal way then why do schools try so hard to discourage teachers from participation in a PLN? [Professional…

  • Share your ideas and stories with our next U.S. President: Barack Obama

    Thanks to a tweeted encouragement from Lisa Linn, I learned about this request from Barack Obama for policy ideas and suggestions as he continues to form his leadership team: MYPOLICY: WHAT DO YOU THINK? The best, most comprehensive plan for change in our country will include your ideas and your feedback. America needs a president…

  • Addressing anonymous MediaWiki spam

    Thanks to Rob Jacklin I learned yesterday that the MediaWiki site I setup for StoryChasers has been under heavy spammer attack by anonymous bots for quite awhile. Nice. This is not an entirely unanticipated situation, of course. Larry Lessig’s personal wiki was the first example of a MediaWiki installation like this I had seen on…

  • Podcast293: Creating and Collaborating: The Keys to 21st Century Literacy (MASSCUE 2008 Keynote)

    This podcast is a recording of the keynote address I shared at the Massachusetts Computer Using Educators educational technology conference in Sturbridge, Massachusetts on November 19, 2008. The official conference program description of this session was: U.S. educators in the early twenty-first century face formidable challenges but are blessed with access to unprecedented tools and…

  • All A Twitter about Twitter by Beth Knittle

    Beth Knittle presented a session this afternoon at the MASSCUE 2008 conference in Sturbridge, MA, titled “All A Twitter about Twitter.” Handouts from the session are available on Beth’s Wiki. I shared a few ideas during the preso as well. We Ustreamed the session, and I also archived the Ustream text chat. Thanks to Ustream…