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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: schoolreform

  • We Learn What We Do – With Media Too

    Many people today continue to misconstrue passive, observational activities for authentic learning. To be real and have an impact, educational activities should take place within a meaningful context, involve hands-on participation by everyone, and have a real purpose outside the lesson. It’s best if participants create some kind of product which tangibly represents their learning…

  • TEDxOKC Self-Nomination: Balanced Filtering Online Gradebook

    I nominated myself this evening for TEDxOKC, which is scheduled for April 8, 2010, in Oklahoma City. The nomination form requires three video links and a short paragraph. I used the following: Why All Learners Need Laptops NOW! View more webinars from Wesley Fryer. Reinventing Education for the 21st Century (Designing School 2.0) View more…

  • US Army Deploying iPhones

    According to today’s ABC News article, “Army to Deploy iPhones in Combat: Military Could Deploy First Units With BlackBerrys, Androids by Spring,” the US military has not only recognized the constructive power of mobile computers in troops’ pockets but is moving quickly to deploy them into combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. …as early as…

  • The Case for Balanced Internet Filtering in Schools

    On October 29, 2010, I shared a five minute “lightning talk” at OpenBeta5 in Oklahoma City at the Co-Working Collaborative, making a passionate case for why we need balanced content filtering in our schools. Thanks to the videography work of Opus Video Productions, that presentation is available on YouTube. See my October 29th post, “#OpenBeta5…

  • No alternative to the RTTT / Duncan Education Reform Plan Offered by Fallin

    According to the December 4th City Sentinel article, “Fallin supports income tax cuts, spending reductions, ‘Oklahoma Spirit’,” recent governor-elect Mary Fallin has drank deeply from the Arne Duncan and Bill Gates sponsored educational reform kool aide. This continuation of NCLB as RTTT focuses on charter schools, high stakes testing, and blaming teacher unions for perceived…

  • Choose mobile learning devices instead of IWBs

    The following is a comment I left today for Daniel Rezac on his provocative post, “The Battle for the Interactive White Board: The Kids Surrender.” I agree screencasting is something everyone should know how to do AND do to share lessons / tutorials. I agree we should encourage teachers not to “hog” the podium /…

  • Amazing Musical Creativity on an iPhone Guitar & iPad Drum Set #edapp

    Take nine minutes and watch educators Kevin Honeycutt and Howard Pitler demonstrate their musical creativity as well as skills on an iPhone and iPad in the video, “Tradigital Mini-Concert at AESA Conference.” Better yet, show this video your students and then together, discuss the creative possibilities demonstrated here! The apps Kevin and Howard utilize in…

  • Six years of 1 to 1 learning in Floydada, Texas

    Sunday’s article on MyPlainview.com, “Floydada a showcase for technology education,” highlights the hard work and vision of educators in Floydada, Texas, implementing the district’s 1:1 laptop initiative. The district is hosting a “Digital Learning Environment Open House” tomorrow starting at 9 am. Superintendent Jerry Vaughn is quoted in today’s article: In today’s environment in Floydada,…

  • Technology Integrators are essential for 1 to 1 Laptop Learning and Technology Immersion

    Yesterday I had an opportunity to join a group of ten educators from Sweden in a tour of Yarmouth High School, in Yarmouth Maine. Yarmouth students, teachers and administrators have participated in the MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) for the past eight years. Alice Barr is the technology integrator at Yarmouth High School, and Cathy…

  • Podcast364: The ELL Bill of Rights – An Interview with Ruslana Westerlund @EllBillofRights

    This podcast is an interview with Ruslana Westerlund, the creator of the ELL Bill of Rights (ellbillofrights.com) and the keynote speaker at the “Co-teaching and Collaboration Conference” in St Paul, Minnesota on 12 Nov 2010, at the School Community of Excellence. Ruslana is an educator originally from Ukraine, and has worked for years with English…