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Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: workshops

  • Wanted: K12 Online Conference Committee Volunteers!

    We are looking for volunteers to serve on five different committees assisting with the 2007 K-12 Online Conference this year. I am the convener liason for the Professional Development committee, charged to: …arrange opportunities for graduate credit and Continuing Education points that can be obtained globally. Please consider donating some of your time as a…

  • Good del.icio.us and Google Notebook how-to guides

    Does anyone know of some good, printable “how-to guides” for del.icio.us and Google Notebook suitable for K-12 teachers to use? I’m sharing some workshops this week on these tools and I’d love to link to someone else’s printable how-to guides rather than create my own! 🙂

  • Podcast180: Conversations about Digital Social Networking and Internet Safety

    This podcast includes participant responses during several phases of an all-day workshop I shared today with educators working for “Operation Aware” in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our topics included Internet safety, cyberbullying prevention, and safe digital social networking. The first question teachers responded to (in groups) was: What are the top behaviors that put students at risk…

  • Videos for Professional Development

    I have created a new “page” on my blog titled “Videos for PD.” This is accessible in the drop-down menu under the top menu item “Resources.” There are MANY wonderful videos now available and shared online that are appropriate for different professional development contexts, and I have attempted to link the primary videos I’m using…

  • Featured speaker at Oklahoma Encyclo-Media

    I was happy to see the program (PDF) for our upcoming state librarian and media specialist conference in Oklahoma, “Encyclo-Media,” that I am listed (on page 7) as a “featured speaker.” This may not sound like a big deal, since I have had the opportunity to keynote and provide spotlight presentations at various conferences the…

  • Whitelisting websites – what a pain!

    It’s a shame I have to do this, but c’est la vie with current content filtering methods in many school districts. This whitelist is for Monday’s workshops on “Digital Storytelling” and “Using Google and Yahoo Tools for Educational Research and Collaboration.”

  • Virtual Speed Dating (Web 2.0 style) intro

    I’m looking forward to participating with 56 New York educators and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach tomorrow afternoon in the “Virtual Speed Dating (Web 2.0 style)” activity that is part of Sheryl’s workshop, “High Schools New Face: Connecting the 21st Century Teen.” I updated my intro page on her wiki this afternoon. Tomorrow I’m facilitating the first of…

  • Digital Twitter Olympics

    Here’s a new thought: As a conference presentation or an educator workshop activity, why don’t people start holding “Digital Twitter Olympics?” I’ve written up the basic ideas and guidelines on the following wiki: http://twitterolympics.pbwiki.com Please take a look and edit/change the guidelines you see there, and also comment here to share your thoughts. The password…

  • Building Academic Vocabulary (Robert Marzano)

    THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM ROBERT MARZANO’S PRESENTATION “BUILDING ACADEMIC VOCABULARY” AT THE OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON JULY 10, 2007 IN OKLAHOMA CITY. I AM RECORDING THIS SESSION AND WILL POST LATER (WITH DR. MARZANO’S PERMISSION, OF COURSE) THE RECORDING AS A PODCAST HERE. I WILL NOTE THAT I AM,…

  • K-12 Online Conference 2007 Presenters!

    Lani Ritter Hall has posted (on behalf of all 4 co-conveners) the official list of the 2007 K-12 Online Conference presenters and their presentation titles! Those 36 presentations (9 per strand) will be shared in addition to the previously announced keynote presentations in each strand, and the pre-conference keynote by David Warlick, for a total…