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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: literacy

  • Soften Your Syllabus

    One course syllabus stood out for both my wife and I, in its confrontational tone and the overall “negative vibe” it gave us for the teacher and their approach to students. In this post, I’ll highlight some of these issues, the insights which came from my one-on-one meeting with the teacher yesterday afternoon, and some…

  • Learning about Digital Citizenship with Carl Hooker

    The past two days, Carl Hooker (@mrhooker) shared a series of outstanding presentations on digital citizenship with students, parents, faculty and staff at my school (Casady School) in Oklahoma City. I have known Carl for many years, and had a chance to participate in his amazing iPadPalooza conference in Austin in 2014. I attended his Miami Device 2015 session…

  • Why and How of Outside Sharing with KidBlog

    Yesterday afternoon I had an opportunity to share a workshop with teachers at my previous school, Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools, about configuring and using KidBlog websites as classroom blogs. I titled this presentation, the “Why and How of Outside Sharing with KidBlog,” and am embedding my Google Slides which I used during the…

  • Podcast 439: Best Day of Classroom Blogging Ever with Shelly Fryer

    This podcast features an interview with 3rd and 4th grade teacher Shelly Fryer on January 29, 2016, in Oklahoma City. Shelly teaches in a 1:1 iPad classroom at Positive Tomorrows, a special school for homeless children which also serves their families in multiple ways. Shelly has been using blogging websites with her students for three years,…

  • Podcast 437: The 2015 EdTech Year in Review

    This podcast is a recorded Google Hangout On Air from December 31, 2015, of a panel discussion with Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach), Eric Langhorst (@elanghorst), Nikki D Robertson (@nikkidrobertson), and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer). The title of this roundtable discussion was “The 2015 EdTech Year in Review,” and focused on some of the most important developments and news items…

  • Fantastic Questions for Student Learning Reflections

    I am loving the opportunity to participate in #EdCampVoxer over the holidays this year. On December 23rd I shared the post, “Advice for Teachers Starting with Classroom Blogging,” which came out of the “Let’s explore blogging- writing and reading for professional growth!” group. Today I’d like to share some helpful ideas and questions which came out of…

  • Students Need Teacher Relationships Not Just Adaptive Software & Videos

    Thanks to the web of connections facilitated by Twitter, this morning I watched the popular (> 1 million views) YouTube video, “Digital Aristotle: Thoughts on the Future of Education” by YouTuber CGP Grey (@cgpgrey). Like many snappy and impressive videos about “transforming our education system” created by professional YouTubers, however, this one makes some flawed…

  • Learning about Schoolwide WordPress Blogs with Andrea Hernandez

    This week at the 2015 Miami Device Conference I met Andrea Hernandez (@edtechworkshop), an educator at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School in Jacksonville, Florida. Andrea is at forefront of using WordPress blogs as “Blogfolios” for all students at her school. Their Blogfolios project is in its 6th year! Her post “Blogfolios Framework” includes a wonderfully helpful infographic…

  • Cultural Literacy in an Era of Information Overabundance

    I shared these thoughts as a comment this evening on Amy Burvall’s post, “Simple and Sexy: How Four Wired Mag Categories Could Shape Learning.” I am also drawn to articles and conversations about cultural literacy. My anchor text for these is probably “Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know” by E.D. Hirsch. Hirsch made…

  • Interview with Author & Screenswriter Rene Gutteridge

    Last night I had the opportunity to interview author and screenwriter Rene Gutteridge as part of a new webinar series for the Oklahoma City-based Writer’s Conference “Write Well, Sell Well.” The conference is just around the corner, October 23-24, 2015. Rene has published 25 books to date. The screenplay adaptation of one of her books, Skid, won…