Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Category: workshops

  • Attend a Summer 2015 iPad Media Camp in June, July or August

    Summer 2015 will be my fourth year to present and lead 3 day iPad Media Camp professional development workshops. This summer iPad Media Camp will be offered six times, and three of these sessions are open for public registration. These include: 17-19 June 2015 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 20-22 July 2015 (Olathe, Kansas) 3-5 August 2015 (Manhattan, Kansas)…

  • STEM, iPad & Google Workshops in June 2015

    Dates and locations for my summer educational workshops and presentations are getting finalized at last. A couple things have changed in the past few weeks which have affected scheduling. Since my wife was selected as a “lead” 2015 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator, which includes a free day at ISTE, I’ll be attending HackEd this year on…

  • Audio Podcasting with iOS and YouTube

    In my continuing quest to find streamlined ways to audio record and share conference presentations at professional development events, today I used the free iOS app Voice Recorder Pro to record my three sessions at the Oklahoma EdTechTeam’s Google Summit, as well as Jake Heister’s session (with permission, of course) on Google Search. Normally I…

  • Spots Still Available for Google Summit in OKC: Feb 21-22

    If you live in or near Oklahoma City and have not already, please register today for the Google Summit coming to Bishop McGuinness High School on Saturday, February 21 and Sunday, February 22, 2015. Register online and get more information at ok.gafesummit.com. You can use the discount code “FRYER” to take 10% off your registration price, as…

  • 10 Things I Learned Teaching A Full Day iPad Workshop

    Last Thursday I led a full-day workshop on iPad apps and technology integration strategies with iPads for about 175 educators at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. I’ve led numerous workshops and presented lots of keynotes,conference breakouts in the past 10+ years, but this was the largest group of of educators I’ve taught simultaneously in…

  • New Year’s Discount: $10 Off Playing with Media Video Library Annual Membership

    To ring the new year I’m offering a $10 discount code (“2015newyears“) for an annual membership to my “Playing with Media” video library. I’ve uploaded dozens of videos about a variety of topics relating to multimedia creation and communication which are only available to library members.   As detailed on the about page of PlayingWithMedia.com, topics include:…

  • Join Our Google Hangout Today: 2014 EdTech Year in Review

    It’s almost 2015, so it’s time to review the year of 2014 in educational technology! Please join Eric Langhorst (@ELanghorst), Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and I this afternoon in a 75 minute Google Hangout starting at 4 pm Eastern – 3 pm Central – 2 pm Mountain – 1 pm Pacific on Sunday, December 28th discussing…

  • Introducing the PlayingWithMedia.com Video Library

    For at least the past year I’ve been wanting to create a space online where I can teach and share video-based lessons about a variety of different media apps, websites, and sharing techniques. I’d considered creating something like “Speed of Creativity University,” but my wife thought that sounded too formal. Two weeks ago at the Write…

  • Igniting Innovation with the 2014 K-12 Online Conference

    This month is a particularly exciting time to be or become a “connected educator!” Monday officially kicked off the FREE 2014 K-12 Online Conference, and I’m honored this year to serve as the pre-conference keynote speaker. If you have not already, please set aside 40 minutes and check out the keynote video which you’ll find…

  • FREE Open Mic Webinar on Digital Storytelling: Saturday Oct 11, 2014

    Please join me tomorrow (Saturday, October 11, 2014) at 9:00am Pacific / 10:00am Mountain / 11:00am Central / 12:00pm Eastern for a FREE 60 minute webinar on digital storytelling on Classroom 2.0 LIVE! This will be an “open mic” session, which means I’ll be facilitating a discussion and participants will be sharing different ideas, resources, and suggestions.…