Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

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  • Learning at the March Oklahoma STEM Consortium Meeting

    This afternoon for lunch and after lunch, I had the wonderful opportunity to join our 6th and 7th grade science teachers at the bi-monthly meeting of the Oklahoma STEM Consortium facilitated by Anissa Angier (@AnissaSmiles). Anissa is the “K12 STEM Instructional Facilitator” for Edmond Public Schools, and has been helping organize and lead this group…

  • 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…

  • Mission to Mars STEM Camp for Teachers: June 6-9, 2016

    You’re invited to join Amy Loeffelholz (@AmyLoeffelholz), Shelly Fryer (@sfryer) and I this summer for our third STEMseeds PD Camp for teachers. This year we’re offering a 4 day, hands-on STEM experience, and calling the workshop “Mission to Mars STEM Camp for Teachers.” Our audience is all K-12 classroom teachers as well as STEM teachers. The…

  • AirPlay Mirroring for Chromebooks with AirParrot

    I learned many things during my visit to Brazil this week for a two day STEM Institute. One of the most exciting topics involved Chromebooks and Apple’s AirPlay technology. Previously I’d thought only Apple devices (MacBook laptops, iPads, iPhones, etc.) could wirelessly stream and “mirror” content to a projector using AirPlay. It turns out, thanks to Air Parrot for…

  • Don’t Use an AT&T Phone Overseas Without an International Calling Plan

    I’ve been in Brazil for a few days this week leading a 2 day STEM Institute for K-12 teachers at Graded School in Sao Paulo. From my past experiences traveling overseas to China, I know it can be a VERY costly mistake to simply use your cell phone in another country if you don’t arrange…

  • Students Need Teacher Relationships Not Just Adaptive Software & Videos

    Thanks to the web of connections facilitated by Twitter, this morning I watched the popular (> 1 million views) YouTube video, “Digital Aristotle: Thoughts on the Future of Education” by YouTuber CGP Grey (@cgpgrey). Like many snappy and impressive videos about “transforming our education system” created by professional YouTubers, however, this one makes some flawed…

  • Serving or Delivering does not equal Teaching or Learning

    It’s interesting to compare the public metrics of Khan Academy and McDonalds. Last week’s 60 Minutes episode about Khan Academy opened many people’s eyes for the first time to the power and utility of free idea sharing via YouTube. If you haven’t seen it, take 13 minutes and watch it. I think many of the…

  • 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…

  • Waiting For Superman: A Good Film to Provoke Conversations We Need

    Since I was already in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex to teach my “Computers in Classroom” course at UNT today and had a free evening, I drove about 45 minutes to a wonderful independent movie theater in Plano, Texas, and watched the movie, “Waiting for Superman.” I’ve read quite a few articles and blog posts in…

  • Working hard to get the public excited about MINIMUM standards

    This evening my wife and I have been finalizing the “application packages” for our 6 and 9 year old daughters to transfer into another public elementary school next year, which is an arts integration school. In searching for my oldest daughter’s last standardized test score report, we ran across the following letter from last year…