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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: schoolreform

  • 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…

  • ReadingFirst, NCLB, School Accountability, and our Educational Future

    Thanks to Doug Noon for bringing Susan Harman and Deborah Meier’s new article series “How to Resist the Growing Threat to U.S. Education” to my attention this evening. As I listened to Scott Elias and Melinda Miller’s “Testing 1-2-3” Practical Principals’ podcast from May 2nd on my commute to and from work today I kept…

  • Notes from A Plus Schools Conference Opening Session

    These are my notes from Dr. John Feaver’s opening remarks at the Oklahoma A+ Schools Conference on August 1, 2008: Getting to the Heart of Creativity. Dr. Feaver is the President of the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, and the chairman of the education committee of The Oklahoma Creativity Project. I recorded this…

  • Fish4Info, Mike Schmoker, Robert Marzo, and School Change

    I was delighted to learn about Fish4Info this evening: a next generation library portal that seeks to make the library catalog a socially engaging destination by integrating web 2.0 technology with the catalog. From book reviews, to forums, comments and tags; fish4info makes the library website an interactive social community. Created in Drupal and available…

  • Podcast266: Open Minds, Open Education, and a View of Open Culture by David Thornburg (NECC 2008)

    This podcast features a recording of David Thornburg’s NECC 2008 presentation “Open Minds, Open Education, and a View of Open Culture.” The official conference program description and purpose / objectives for this session were: This talk explores how open education and culture are supported by 1:1 computing facilitated with open source tools, worldwide. True universal…

  • 21st Century Skills Our Students Need

    Several months ago, during an iChat text exchange with Marco Torres he suggested I record a short video outlining the 21st century literacy skills I believe our students need to have as they enter the workforce. This afternoon (at long last) I recorded a 14 minute video and posted it to Google Video on this…

  • A Message for my School Board

    After much thought and discussions about ways I may be able to engage in meaningful dialog with my local school board members here in Edmond, Oklahoma about digital literacy and 21st century skills, I recorded a 17.5 minute video today which I posted to Google Video and am burning to DVD to mail tomorrow to…

  • The Magic of Digital: Collaborative Interaction in Teacher Professional Development

    The NECC 2008 presentation “The Magic of Digital: Collaborative Interaction in Teacher Professional Development” was recorded and is available on Ustream.tv. The official description of this session in the conference program was: The electricity often present when educators connect with each other using synchronous and/or asynchronous digital technologies is contagious for learning and transformative for…

  • Chris Lehmann: The Pedagogical Visionary of School 2.0

    Chris Lehmann is the principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the most visionary school administrators in the United States. Chris will be keynoting the “Leading the Change” strand in the FREE 2008 K-12 Online Conference in October, and shared a fantastic presentation today at NECC 2008 in San Antonio…

  • Open Minds: Open Education and Open Culture by David Thornburg

    These are my notes from David Thornburg’s NECC 2008 presentation “Open Minds: Open Education and Open Culture” on June 30, 2008. David has granted me permission to non-commercially record and share this presentation subsequently. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. dthornburg [at] aol [dot] com David has handouts not related to this session,…