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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • Podcast276: Imagineering the Ideal K-6 Classroom Learning Environment (Part 1)

    In this podcast I share 45 minutes worth of brainstorming on the subject, “Given all the resources, administrative and parental support needed, how would you imagineer the ideal K-6 classroom learning environment?” Imagineering is a term I associate with Walt Disney and Disneyland, where creative and capable individuals come together to both imagine and engineer…

  • Podcast275V: Installing Moodle via Fantastico from CPanel on a Custom Sub-Domain

    This video podcast features a tutorial screencast explaining how to use the free web-based software installation tool Fantastico to install the open source learning management system Moodle onto a custom sub-domain of a website you pay a web host to use. I use the web host Siteground, which permits me to create an unlimited number…

  • Podcast274: StoryChasers Brainstorm #3 from 21 August 2008

    This podcast is a recording from our third online brainstorming session for the StoryChasers project on August 21, 2008. I was joined by Cheryl Lykowski, a 5th grade teacher from Michigan as well as James Sigler, a 3rd grade teacher from Missouri. We will convene a fourth brainstorming session (and hopefully our last one before…

  • Webcasts tonight: Teachers are Talking and Storychasers

    Please join me this evening on EdTechTalk’s “Teachers are Talking” webcast at 7:30 pm eastern / 6:30 pm central time. Our conversation will probably range far and wide, but the following are some focus questions Cheryl Lykowski sent me to prepare for: 1. Tell us about K12 Online. 2. What is the K12 Online unconference?…

  • Railroads and virtual connections

    I love railroads. Had I lived in a bygone era, I feel certain I would have been drawn to work around or on railroads when they were the primary “connecting technology” which brought people together and made geographic places seem far closer. I’ve reflected several times in the past on the similarities between physical railroads…

  • Geography 2.0: A Juicy Way to Mash Up Learning

    WikiMapia is a “wiki meets Google Maps” mash-up intended to be used as a digital geographic encyclopedia reference tool. In its current incarnation, WikiMapia is a little rough around the edges, but keep this site on your list of potential teaching tools. Here’s how WikiMapia works: Key landmarks, such as Rainbow Arch in Utah, the…

  • Education, Learning and Media Megatrends

    Earlier this year, the New Media Consortium and the Educase Learning Initiative released The New Horizon Report, outlining which current and burgeoning technologies they feel will “impact education over the next five years.“ The report includes several “mega trends” in educational technology, including user-generated video (or “grassroots” video), mobile, collaborative web environments, as well as…

  • Podcast273: Technology Shopping Cart Podcast08 – Screencasting for Learning

    Welcome to episode eight of the Technology Shopping Cart podcast where educational innovation thrives on the food of creative ideas! This episode was recorded on August 8, 2008, and shared live over the web using Ustream.tv and Skype. Karen Montgomery and Wesley Fryer discuss reasons to use as well as create screencasts, places to find…

  • QuickStart Guide for Internet Research with Google Notebook

    I’m sharing a morning workshop on Friday for high school teachers in Mustang, Oklahoma, and will provide a brief overview of Google Notebook. In preparation for that workshop, I’ve created a ten page handout titled “A QuickStart Guide for Internet Research with Google Notebook.” Feel free to use and redistribute this as desired, as with…

  • MemoryArchive and wikified history

    I had a wonderful visit over the phone this evening with Derek Baird, who USED to be with Yahoo! for Teachers (before Yahoo cancelled the program – although strangely the website is still up) and I’ve known through our collaborative work for the professional development committee of the K-12 Online Conference. We were visiting about…