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Tag: oklahoma

  • Communicating with Elected State Representatives via Social Media

    This morning after our church service, I recorded and shared four videos on YouTube and Twitter relating to our current budget crisis in the Oklahoma legislature. In the first video, “A Transformed Political Culture in Oklahoma,” I encouraged other Oklahomans to: Use a smartphone to record short videos for elected officials, sharing an opinion and specific…

  • 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…

  • Oklahoma Education Budget Cuts Affecting Classen School of Advanced Studies

    We are facing drastic budget cuts for public education in the state of Oklahoma this year. These cuts are not caused exclusively by declining global prices for oil and gas. Tax cuts and tax credits sustained and increased by our legislators have and continue to play a major role in this crisis. When the price of…

  • 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,…

  • Learning at the Cisco Roadshow

    Yesterday I had an opportunity to attend the “Cisco Roadshow” in Edmond, Oklahoma, and learned a TON. I shared things I was learning along with related links on Twitter during the day, and created a Storify archive of the tweets. Thanks to Edmond Public Schools for hosting this great event! @Cisco The presentation about @meraki…

  • Managing WordPress Installations in CPANEL (Monday Sept 28th)

    If you are a WordPress user or interested in WordPress, come to the FREE OKC WordPress Users Group on Monday, September 28th at Oklahoma Christian University (OC) in Edmond. The meetup starts at 7 pm. I’ll be presenting on the topic, “Managing WordPress Installations in CPANEL.” Some of the topics I plan to address include: What…

  • Interview with Author & Screenswriter Rene Gutteridge

    Last night I had the opportunity to interview author and screenwriter Rene Gutteridge as part of a new webinar series for the Oklahoma City-based Writer’s Conference “Write Well, Sell Well.” The conference is just around the corner, October 23-24, 2015. Rene has published 25 books to date. The screenplay adaptation of one of her books, Skid, won…

  • 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…