Archives: Episodes
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Ep 482: Moderating Livestreams with Cool Kicks – An Interview with 7th Grader “G”
This podcast episode features an interview with 7th grader “G,” who serves as a volunteer “Livestream moderator” for the website and store “Cook Kicks,” based in Los Angeles, California: https://shopcoolkicks.com/ In the interview, “G” shares the backstory of how he become a moderator for Cool Kicks, how livestreams work, his role as a moderator, and…
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Podcast481: CMC World Student News
This podcast features an October 2022 with middle school student CMC (his public alias) who is the creator of CMC World News (cmcworldnews.com). In this 20 minute conversation, CMC shares the origin story of CMC World News and how he came up with the idea, developed the website, and now maintains it with news articles…
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Podcast479: Teaching About Conspiracy Theories and Media Literacy
This podcast features a presentation by Wesley Fryer at the ATLIS (Association of Technology Leaders of Independent Schools) 2022 Conference in Orlando, Florida, on May 3, 2022. The title of the session was, “Teaching About Conspiracy Theories and Media Literacy.” The official description was: Conspiracy theories are popular on social media and influence our local…
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Podcast477: Remembering Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane in Deadwood, South Dakota
Welcome to a special episode of “Moving at the Speed of Creativity,” recorded from the Mt Moriah cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota on June 26, 2021. Members of our family went on the “Boot Hill Tours Historical Tour of Deadwood,” and I audio recorded the culminating portion at the graveside of both Wild Bill Hickock…
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Podcast476: The Power of Choice by Claude Larson
Welcome to a special Spring Break episode of Moving at the Speed of Creativity, for March 16, 2021! This podcast episode features an interview with Claude Larson, the author of “The Power of Choice: A Teen’s Guide to Finding Personal Success.” The audience for this book is not only teenagers, but also the teachers of…
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Podcast475: Lessons Learned Teaching During the Pandemic
Welcome to the first episode of Moving at the Speed of Creativity for 2021, now starting its 16th year as an educational podcast! This podcast episode features a conversation with Shelly and Wesley Fryer on January 3, 2021, reflecting on some of their lessons learned teaching elementary and middle school students during 2020, the first…
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Podcast474: Brainstorming “Fact or Fiction? Apollo Moon Landings” Workshop and Lesson
Our conversations about media literacy, conspiracies, culture wars, and the Apollo Moon landings continue! The current generation of youth has been exposed to more conspiracy theories about the Apollo Moon landings and many other topics than any previous generation. What are we going to do about this as educators and parents? This is a serious…