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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • Podcasting facilities to be provided at NECC 2008

    Although ISTE has published a controversial “Video/Audio Recording Code Of Conduct” for the NECC 2008 conference in San Antonio, they also have announced facilities will be provided for podcasters at the conference. According to the “NECC Presenter: Final Preconference Email” message this evening: NEW! PODCASTING SUITE Room 215 at the convention center will be set…

  • NECC 2008 Podcasters beware! New ISTE policy on new media conference coverage

    This is the first time I have ever seen a statement and legal requirement of this type for an educational conference, and I suspect it will not be the last. According to the current (19 June 2008) NECC 2008 Attendees Registration Overview and Confirmation page, NO ONE is permitted to make a full-length audio recording…

  • Visualizing tweets

    I discovered TweetStats this evening thanks to Bob Sprankle, and the visual reporting the site provides on a person’s Twitter habits is thought provoking. These graphs seem to invite analysis! I started using Twitter at NECC 2007 in Atlanta. After a year of tweets, it’s safe to say using Twitter has become part of my…

  • Are teachers in your building parallel players?

    In her June 21, 2007, article “Education: Connecting the Lonely Profession” for WorldChanging, Suzie Boss discussed how many teachers seem to be stuck in professional learning and interaction behaviors which resemble “parallel play” for young children. She wrote: Roland Barth, founding director of the Principals’ Center at Harvard University suggested in Educational Leadership last year…

  • Podcast259: Drupal for Education by John Jones

    This podcast is a recording of a presentation by John Jones on June 12, 2008, titled Drupal for Education. John presented this session at the Trends, Tools, and Tactics for 21st Century Learning conference in Wichita, Kansas, hosted by the Educational Services and Staff Development Association of Central Kansas (ESSDACK). The conference program description of…

  • Moodle as “the killer app”

    I posted the following as a response to Paul McMahon’s post “Where do we Mash to?” Whether we are talking about students in Hong Kong and other parts of east Asia (as Paul is) or here in Oklahoma, I agree with Kent Brooks that Moodle is as close to a “killer app” as we can…

  • The Power of a Well-Read Blog and the Adventures of Google Earth Girl

    Recently, on two separate occasions, my colleague and friend, Wesley Fryer asked if I would be willing to guest blog on Moving at the Speed of Creativity for the weekend. On both occasions I was planning to be at my cabin at Table Rock Lake. By design I do not have broadband Internet access and…

  • Podcast254: Coaching and Leading Faculty on the Blended Learning Journey: An Interview with Scott Charlson

    For the past three years, Scott Charlson has served as the Director of Learning Support Systems at Western Oklahoma State College  (WOSC) in Altus, Oklahoma. In this role, Scott has served as a facilitator and coach for college instructors teaching entirely online and in blended learning environments. In this recorded interview from May 28, 2008,…

  • Amazed by international connections

    In my recent presentations and workshops for teachers and librarians titled, “A Summer Of Professional Learning Choices for Educators! Where Should I Start?” I have enjoyed introducing teachers to the Classroom 2.0 learning network. Visit Classroom 2.0 With over 8000 current members as of this writing, Classroom 2.0 is a fantastic place for teachers to…

  • Diigo difficulties

    I’m continuing to use Diigo to save and tag my Internet website finds, and have Diigo cross-post my entries to del.icio.us, but there are two specific things I haven’t been able to do with Diigo which are frustrating. Perhaps others can provide some help with these situations. My first difficulty involves saving the URL to…