Category: OklaEd
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Arab Spring and the 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout
In this post, I’ll summarize a few key ideas I’ve been thinking about over in the past week as we’ve had the start of a populist uprising in our state reminiscent of other eras when activists have taken to the streets to change government, both here in the USA and in other countries. I pray…
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Pre-Reflections on the April 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout
This past Friday evening, my wife Shelly (@sfryer) and I attended the last half of an evening town hall meeting at Wilson Elementary in Oklahoma City Public Schools (@okcps). Speakers included Representative Cyndi Munson (@CyndiMunson85), Senator Kay Floyd (@KayFloydOK), and Representative Jason Dunningham (@jdunnington). In this post, written on March 31, 2018, I’ll share some reflections…
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Inspired by Innovative OKCPS Teachers and Students at Arthur Elementary School
Arthur Elementary School (@Arthurokcps) in Oklahoma City Public Schools (@okcps) is one of just 114 schools nationwide participating in Apple’s ConnectED program. Every teacher and student at Arthur Elementary has an iPad tablet computer. This is the third year of the project, and yesterday teachers, students and administrators hosted an open house at Arthur to…
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Reflections on Learning from the OU Innovation Hub
This past Wednesday, December 6, 2017, I had an opportunity to participate in a “mini-retreat” with colleagues from Casady School (@casadyschoolokc) at the Innovation Hub at the University of Oklahoma (@ouinnovationhub).This is a group of both faculty and staff, involved in supporting and teaching coding and computer science at different levels at our school. This morning on…
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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin Misunderstands Testing and School Quality
On May 4, 2017, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (@GovMaryFallin) was interviewed by NewsOK.com capitol reporter Dale Denwalt (@denwalt) about the current Oklahoma budget crisis. The full interview is 18.5 minutes long. Near the end of the interview, Dale asked Governor Fallin about her reasons for vetoing a bill which would have eliminated the U.S. history…
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Podcast451: SeeSaw, Enriched Assessment, Creating and Making with iPads
This podcast features an interview with Shelly Fryer, discussing the use of SeeSaw to create student portfolios, strategies for enriched assessment using iPads, and her recent experiences leading professional development workshops for Oklahoma A+ Schools. She also discusses her recent experiences at EdCampOKC, a regional “unconference” for area educators, her students’ recent eBook projects which…
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10 Days till EdCampOKC 2017: March 4, 2017 at Del City High School
We’re just 10 days away from the best EdCampOKC ever! You’re going to LOVE our lineup of prizes including 5 iPad Minis, 2 Chromebooks, over $350 in gift cards, a Chilbo Baggins and Gaiam yoga chair. EdCampOKC could really change your life for the better this year, in more ways than one! If you haven’t…
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Opening Tinkercad 3D Designs in Minecraft
I’m serving as a “Minecraft Consultant” to our 6th grade Social Studies teacher (Sara Zedlitz) and middle school librarian (Michaela Freeland) who are collaborating for a second year on an awesome 3D design and 3D printing project that is part of a study on ancient Rome and Roman structures. Yesterday I helped students who had designed…
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Student Voice, YouTube, & Digital Citizenship: Rachel Fryer on the TEDx Stage
TEDxWallerMiddleSchool was one of only 22 TEDxYouth events hosted worldwide in 2016, and the only TEDxYouth event held to date in Oklahoma. This was the second time students and educators at Waller Middle School in Enid have hosted a TEDx event. Last year all the speakers were local, but this year a few outside speakers…
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5th EdCampOKC Coming to Del City High School March 4, 2017
The 5th annual EdCampOKC (@edcampOKC) FREE professional learning event for PK-16 educators is coming to Del City High School in MidDel Public Schools on Saturday, March 4, 2017! Our organizer team met virtually this evening (with Zoom) to work on plans and committee assignments, and online registration is now LIVE via EventBrite! Please register soon,…