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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: web 2.0

  • You CAN take it with you! by Bob Sprankle

    Day 2 Guest Blogger @ Wes’ by Bob Sprankle YouTube woes got you down? You’ve a little nugget that would work perfectly in your lesson, or you want to show your staff Karl Fisch’s “Did You Know (2.0)” on the first day back to school? Well if you work in 99.9% of the schools in…

  • 30 Days with Twitter by Bob Sprankle

    I’m honored to be a guest blogger for one of the most prolific bloggers in the universe! Thanks so much, Wes for all the hard work and inspiring words and thoughts you give to us! —Bob Sprankle There’s a great television show called “30 Days” created by Morgan Spurlock (the director/writer of “Super Size Me”).…

  • Good del.icio.us and Google Notebook how-to guides

    Does anyone know of some good, printable “how-to guides” for del.icio.us and Google Notebook suitable for K-12 teachers to use? I’m sharing some workshops this week on these tools and I’d love to link to someone else’s printable how-to guides rather than create my own! 🙂

  • Podcast180: Conversations about Digital Social Networking and Internet Safety

    This podcast includes participant responses during several phases of an all-day workshop I shared today with educators working for “Operation Aware” in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our topics included Internet safety, cyberbullying prevention, and safe digital social networking. The first question teachers responded to (in groups) was: What are the top behaviors that put students at risk…

  • Recognizing the value of social networking

    I am glad to see eSchoolNews has picked up on the Grunwald research report for the National School Boards Association on social networking which I blogged about last Friday, in the post “Clarifying perceptions about digital social networking risks.” The eSchoolNews article today is titled, “96 percent of teens use social-networking tools: Survey reveals schools…

  • Podcast178: Part 3 – Using Google and Yahoo Tools for Educational Research and Collaboration

    This podcast is a recording (the third of three parts) I made on August 6, 2007, of a workshop for Irving ISD teachers on “Using Google and Yahoo Tools for Educational Research and Collaboration.” Google for Educators (http://www.google.com/educators) and Google Labs (http://labs.google.com) include a wealth of powerful, free tools for learners. Yahoo also provides powerful,…

  • Podcast177: Part 2 – Using Google and Yahoo Tools for Educational Research and Collaboration

    This podcast is a recording (the second of three parts) I made on August 6, 2007, of a workshop for Irving ISD teachers on “Using Google and Yahoo Tools for Educational Research and Collaboration.” Google for Educators (http://www.google.com/educators) and Google Labs (http://labs.google.com) include a wealth of powerful, free tools for learners. Yahoo also provides powerful,…

  • Update on Alana Warfel and Hollow band

    A month ago I wrote about Alana Warfel and her Christian rock band “Hollow” in the blog post “Surprise, your preschool teacher is a rock star!” In that post I mentioned her band was looking forward to the GMA Music in the Rockies conference both for the learning experiences it would offer them as a…

  • Podcast176: Part 1 – Using Google and Yahoo Tools for Educational Research and Collaboration

    This podcast is a recording (the first of three parts) I made on August 6, 2007, of a workshop for Irving ISD teachers on “Using Google and Yahoo Tools for Educational Research and Collaboration.” Google for Educators (http://www.google.com/educators) and Google Labs (http://labs.google.com) include a wealth of powerful, free tools for learners. Yahoo also provides powerful,…

  • Maintaining perspective and changing the world

    If you are not a reader of Tom Hemingway’s “Tryangulation” blog, I’d recommend checking out his thoughts. Tom has lived in Turkey for the past eight years, but has had a rich array of experiences living in working in many different countries. One of the best things about the blogosphere is the way it can…