Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Tag: oklaed

  • 10 Days till EdCampOKC 2017: March 4, 2017 at Del City High School

    We’re just 10 days away from the best EdCampOKC ever! You’re going to LOVE our lineup of prizes including 5 iPad Minis, 2 Chromebooks, over $350 in gift cards, a Chilbo Baggins and Gaiam yoga chair. EdCampOKC could really change your life for the better this year, in more ways than one! If you haven’t…

  • 5th EdCampOKC Coming to Del City High School March 4, 2017

    The 5th annual EdCampOKC (@edcampOKC) FREE professional learning event for PK-16 educators is coming to Del City High School in MidDel Public Schools on Saturday, March 4, 2017! Our organizer team met virtually this evening (with Zoom) to work on plans and committee assignments, and online registration is now LIVE via EventBrite! Please register soon,…

  • Podcast445: Voices from iPadPaloozaOU + the iPad Media Activities & Project Matrix

    This podcast features a series of recordings from the first iPadPaloozaOU conference held in Norman, Oklahoma, on August 26 and 27, 2016. The first segment is a series of audio reflections shared by participants in Shelly Fryer’s Friday breakout session, “The Room 108 Radio Show.” Just like Shelly has her students share in her classroom…

  • A Transformed Political Culture in Oklahoma #transformOK #OklaEd

    In Oklahoma, our elected officials need our support to pass legislation which will change our tax code and provide adequate funding not only for our public schools but also for a variety of important social services. Our legislative session is almost over, and legislators have not taken steps to address the budget shortfall for next year…

  • Scratch Day in Oklahoma City on Saturday, May 14, 2016

    Know any kids in grades 2-6 who would love to learn how to create their own video games? Register them today to join me for Scratch Day at Oklahoma City University on Saturday, May 14, 2016! Scratch Day is an annual event sponsored by the MIT Media Lab to promote coding, digital creativity, computational thinking, and…

  • Scratch Camp Facilitator Workshop (April 2016)

    This Saturday, April 16, I’ll be leading a “Scratch Camp Facilitator Workshop” from 9 am to 1 pm at the Casady School in Oklahoma City. This FREE, hands-on workshop for educators is sponsored by The Div (@thedivorg), a non-profit based in Edmond, Oklahoma, focused on providing coding experiences for students. If you’re interested in attending,…

  • Presentations on Creativity, 3D Printing, Digital Sharing and More

    Friday I had an opportunity to attend and present at the OMLEA Conference for Middle Level educators and administrators, sponsored by CCOSA and held a the Renaissance Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The best part of the day was having the chance to co-present with two of the teachers from my school, Casady School in Oklahoma…

  • Podcast433: Sharing Student Work Online (October 2015)

    This podcast is a recording of Dr. Wesley Fryer’s presentation “Sharing Student Work Online” on October 7, 2015, at the Oklahoma Technology Association (OTA) / Encyclo-Media Conference in Oklahoma City. The session description was: When students at school use media to “show what they know and can do,” they need safe, adult-moderated, online spaces to share…

  • TEDx Video Conversation Night

    Sunday nights at 8 pm is now #OklaEd Twitter chat time, and this past Sunday an idea for a new kind of educator gathering was hatched. It started with Tyler Bridges’ suggestion of an excellent TED talk to watch, “How to Fix a Broken School” by Linda Cliatt-Wayman. Her TED presentation video isn’t one I’ve seen…

  • Invite Students to Enter Clean Shorts Film Festival

    This past Thursday I had an opportunity to attend and participate in EdCampEOC, held in Choctaw, Oklahoma, about 30 minutes to the east of where we live in OKC. During and after session 2, I met Ben Hlavaty (@czeckeredpast). Ben is starting his second year as the high school Video Production & Digital Photography Instructor at Eastern Oklahoma…