Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Category: OklaEd

  • Staying On Message in the Classroom After the Election

    While Trump supporters celebrate the electoral outcome, many others are looking around and asking, “What just happened and why? What do we do now, and what do we say to our children?” In this post, I’ll explore how educators can “stay on message” in the classroom to both inspire and empower students to be informed,…

  • STEM and Coding in Yukon Public Schools Featured on Oklahoma Horizon TV

    Many thanks to Oklahoma educator Amy Jo Garner (@amyjogarner) for letting me know today via Twitter that Oklahoma Horizon TV has a featured segment from my 2015 STEM classroom at Independence Elementary School in Yukon Public Schools in their episode this week. thanks so much for the heads up! I'll check it out on #AppleTV 🙂…

  • Podcast445: Voices from iPadPaloozaOU + the iPad Media Activities & Project Matrix

    This podcast features a series of recordings from the first iPadPaloozaOU conference held in Norman, Oklahoma, on August 26 and 27, 2016. The first segment is a series of audio reflections shared by participants in Shelly Fryer’s Friday breakout session, “The Room 108 Radio Show.” Just like Shelly has her students share in her classroom…

  • 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…

  • Communicating with Elected State Representatives via Social Media

    This morning after our church service, I recorded and shared four videos on YouTube and Twitter relating to our current budget crisis in the Oklahoma legislature. In the first video, “A Transformed Political Culture in Oklahoma,” I encouraged other Oklahomans to: Use a smartphone to record short videos for elected officials, sharing an opinion and specific…

  • A Transformed Political Culture in Oklahoma #transformOK #OklaEd

    In Oklahoma, our elected officials need our support to pass legislation which will change our tax code and provide adequate funding not only for our public schools but also for a variety of important social services. Our legislative session is almost over, and legislators have not taken steps to address the budget shortfall for next year…

  • Oklahoma Education Budget Cuts Affecting Classen School of Advanced Studies

    We are facing drastic budget cuts for public education in the state of Oklahoma this year. These cuts are not caused exclusively by declining global prices for oil and gas. Tax cuts and tax credits sustained and increased by our legislators have and continue to play a major role in this crisis. When the price of…

  • Presentations on Creativity, 3D Printing, Digital Sharing and More

    Friday I had an opportunity to attend and present at the OMLEA Conference for Middle Level educators and administrators, sponsored by CCOSA and held a the Renaissance Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The best part of the day was having the chance to co-present with two of the teachers from my school, Casady School in Oklahoma…

  • Register for EdCampOKC 2016 Coming March 5th

    Make plans now to attend and bring a friend to the fourth annual EdCampOKC, coming up on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at John Marshall High School in Oklahoma City. Registration is FREE and the chances you’ll learn something new if you participate are GUARANTEED! Register on edcampokc.eventbrite.com, and learn more about EdCamps by visiting the About…

  • TEDx Video Conversation Night

    Sunday nights at 8 pm is now #OklaEd Twitter chat time, and this past Sunday an idea for a new kind of educator gathering was hatched. It started with Tyler Bridges’ suggestion of an excellent TED talk to watch, “How to Fix a Broken School” by Linda Cliatt-Wayman. Her TED presentation video isn’t one I’ve seen…