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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • A Message for my School Board

    After much thought and discussions about ways I may be able to engage in meaningful dialog with my local school board members here in Edmond, Oklahoma about digital literacy and 21st century skills, I recorded a 17.5 minute video today which I posted to Google Video and am burning to DVD to mail tomorrow to…

  • The Magic of Digital: Collaborative Interaction in Teacher Professional Development

    The NECC 2008 presentation “The Magic of Digital: Collaborative Interaction in Teacher Professional Development” was recorded and is available on Ustream.tv. The official description of this session in the conference program was: The electricity often present when educators connect with each other using synchronous and/or asynchronous digital technologies is contagious for learning and transformative for…

  • The Transformational Power of Social Media Technology in Learning: Inspiring Stories from the Classroom and Beyond! (Idit Caperton)

    These are my notes from Idit Caperton’s closing keynote at NECC 2008, “The Transformational Power of Social Media Technology in Learning: Inspiring Stories from the Classroom and Beyond!” MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. THIS WAS A FANTASTIC KEYNOTE AND ONE OF THE BEST I’VE EVER SEEN AT NECC. INSPIRATIONAL, CHALLENGING, RESEARCH-BASED, KID AND LEARNING…

  • Where in the World is… GeoRSS for the Classroom

    These are my notes from the NECC 2008 presentation “Where in the World is… GeoRSS for the Classroom” on July 2, 2008 by Shannon White, University of South Florida with Luis Perez. A website for workshop resources is available: http://georss.pbwiki.com – a PDF of session slides is also available RSS feeds defined – most people…

  • Notes from Jim Carleton And Mali Bickley’s keynote at NECC 2008

    These are my notes from notes from Jim Carleton And Mali Bickley’s keynote at NECC 2008 in San Antonio on 1 July 2008. Jim and Mali were introduced by Lester Hope, and Lester facilitated a television-style interview “show” with them as a NECC keynote. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. According to the…

  • Nuggets from NECC 2008 (1)

    I participated in an extremely positive and energizing panel discussion today at NECC 2008 organized by Pearson Education. Participants included Jo McLeay, Cheryl Oakes, Joyce Valenza, Chris Lehmann, Lucy Gray, Julie Lindsey, and Vicki Davis. Elaine Roberts of Pearson told us we would be able to have an audio copy of our discussion, and I…

  • Leadership, Higher Education, and Web 2.0

    These are a few of my notes from EduBloggerCon San Antonio sessions on school leadership and pre-service teacher education issues for our web 2.0 world on 28 June 2008. MY COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Critical issues for administrators: Asking and answering the questions: – What is learning? – What should Motto of…

  • K12Online08 Keynoters Announced and NECC2008 Ning Group Available

    At long last, Sheryl, Darren, Dean and I are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the 2008 K-12 Online Conference! Stephen Heppell, Alice Barr, Cheryl Oakes, Bob Sprankle, Gardner Campbell, Chris Lehmann, Vicki Davis, and Julie Lindsay will all be keynoting this year. What a fantastic lineup of presenters! If you’re not familiar with…

  • Monitor NECC 2008 Ning discussions with RSS

    Wow! NECC 2008 is still a few days away, but thanks to ongoing discussions on the conference Ning I feel like the conference has already physically started. It HAS virtually started, thanks to the Ning, so perceptually for me and many others it HAS started… Are we living in exciting times or what?! When I…

  • Good News: ISTE revises Recording Code of Conduct for NECC 2008

    Great news! Thanks to comments from Mike Muir and Tammy Worcester on my blog this morning and yesterday, I was alerted to ISTE’s announcement emailed to NECC 2008 presenters at 23:15 GMT on 21 June 2008 (yesterday evening here in US Central time): Dear NECC Presenter: ISTE recently disseminated a code of conduct regarding video…