Tag: writing

  • Write Less (Smart Brevity)

    I love teaching in a school and innovative department in which we have opportunities to frequently collaborate and learn from other teachers’ lessons and curriculum. This week, James Edge shared the Jim VandeHei’s (@JimVandeHei) TEDx talk from 2022, “The Art of Smart Brevity – Write Less, Say More.” It’s fantastic, and well worth 15 minutes…

  • The Dream of Creative Writing

    I have been doing quite a bit of soul-searching in the past few weeks and months, and I have played with several ideas for my future that are worth noting. One of these is my desire to write fiction, to unleash my creative imagination in a channel detached almost entirely from education and educational technology.…

  • Sharing My Learning via Twitter from Write Well, Sell Well 2015

    Yesterday and today I presented and participated in the 2015 “Write Well, Sell Well Conference” in Oklahoma City. This is the third year of the conference, and it was absolutely amazing. I wrote three blog posts with my notes from sessions, but mainly used Twitter to archive and share my own learning. Those posts included: iPad Green…

  • Writing for Greater Impact by Shannon Ethridge

    These are my notes from Shannon Ethridge‘s presentation, “Writing for Greater Impact” on Saturday, October 24, 2015, at the Write Well, Sell Well Conference in Oklahoma City. Follow Shannon on Twitter: @ShannonEthridge. Shannon is an incredible author, speaker, coach and teacher. She has created “the platform” Michael Hyatt writes about. She wrote “Every Woman’s Battle” which is…

  • 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…

  • Developing & Writing a Pitch for your Book

    The past two years I have worked with several other local authors in Oklahoma City to organize a wonderful writing conference called, “Write Well, Sell Well Oklahoma City.” The first year it was a 1 day conference, the second year it was a day and a half. This year’s conference will be two days on October 23-24,…

  • Enlisting Student Moderators for Classroom Blog Posts

    What a beautiful sight this was today in our school library! A team of 4th and 5th grade student volunteers, who have been working as mentors in our enhanced eBook project, are now helping moderate both comments and student posts on the 22 classroom blogs we have at our school.    by  Wesley Fryer  I wish…

  • Widget of Recent Student KidBlog Posts with Yahoo Pipes and RSS Dog

    This evening I used the free web service RSS Dog to add right sidebar widgets to a new page of “KidBlog Links” (classroom interactive writing websites) on our school website for Independence Elementary in Yukon, Oklahoma.    by  Wesley Fryer  Several months ago I used Yahoo Pipes (also free) to create an “aggregated feed river” of posts from…

  • Creating Multimedia eBooks (July 2014)

    These are my slides, shared as a Google Presentation, for Tuesday’s EdTechTeacher 2014 Summit session, “Creating Multimedia eBooks.” While I’ve presented much of this content previously in different conference, workshop, and other PD venues, this is a “new remix” of these ideas in a longer slide deck. Additional links are available on the Google Site…

  • Learn About e-Publishing at October 24-25, 2014 OKC Writing Conference

    In the summer and fall of 2013 I collaborated with three amazing local authors and others to help organize a face-to-face writer’s conference in Oklahoma City called “Write Well, Sell Well.” I shared a breakout session on “eBook Self-Publishing w Amazon, CreateSpace & iTunes Producer” and participated in a panel discussion on “Independent and ePublishing.” The recorded audio…