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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

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  • Connecting History and Art Through Video Creation

    My name is Richard Byrne. I write Free Technology for Teachers. When Wes asked me last week if I would guest blog during his vacation, I was flattered and immediately agreed. This post is based on a workshop that I will be leading in a couple of weeks at MLTI’s Summer Institute. During the past…

  • Benefits of Social Networking

    My name is Beth Still and I am one of the lucky people that Wes asked to guest blog this week while he is taking a well deserved vacation with his family. I wrote this post which focuses on social networking for Leadership Day 2009. I hope this example sparks some conversation. The first time…

  • Through my Students’ Eyes

    Cheryl Oakes is a blogger from Maine, who can be found skiing in the winter season or in her garden or kayak during the short summer season. Either way she is a life long learner and looks for the positive impact that technologies have on learners and adventurers in our school environments. Thanks to Wes…

  • Goodstein on “Totally Wired” Students

    In this video Anastasia Goodstein talks about her book, Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online, and gives us the scoop on Judy Jetson, MySpace, IM, LJ, and the always-on digital lifestyles of today’s Gen Y student. As you listen to Anastasia, think about how teens use technology and social media in…

  • Teachers.tv: Kids, Social Safety & Digital Literacy

    Teachers.TV, a UK-based professional development site for educators, has a great video on teaching kids about information literacy, social networking and web safety. This is a refreshingly rational analysis and discussion of the issues surrounding kids, web safety and social media. This video also outlines several classroom activities that teachers can use with their students…

  • MNet Social Safety Resources

    The Media Awareness Network (MNet) is home to one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of media education and Internet literacy resources. The website has a wide variety of free resources for teachers (en)(fr), parents (en)(fr), and students (en)(fr). One of their special initiatives is the Be Web Aware (en)(fr) program, which includes many helpful…

  • 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…

  • Welcome Derek Baird, guest blogger!

    I’d like to welcome Derek Baird who will be guest blogging here for the next couple of days as my son and I head to Turner Falls Park in the Oklahoma Arbuckle Mountains for several days sans technology. Since Turner Falls is right beside I-35 exit 51 Fried Pies, you can bet some of the…

  • Weblin Meet-Up Results and Revisited

    On May 19th I posted on Gomeric Hill and cross-posted to Web 2.0 4 Teachers: “Do you have a weblin? It’s like Second Life meets any website. From the weblin website: “Weblin makes you and others on the Web visible as small avatars. There are others on the same page you are on right now. Weblin…