Student Storychasers: A New Media Journalism Club (Sept 2013)Wesley Fryer
Learn how to start an after-school Storychasers (new media journalism) club which can amplify stories of wonderful learning at school as well as provide opportunities for students to use mobile devices to develop digital literacy skills. Learn about the experiences and lessons learned of elementary students and teachers in Yukon, Oklahoma, who have participated in after-school Storychasers clubs since the Spring of 2012. Learn about ways to use web publishing platforms like WordPress and Blogger to solicit as well as moderate student submitted blog posts, and ideas for developing a digital badging system using BadgeOS (free) and Credly to encourage the development of students’ digital communication skills.
http://storychasers.org/clubs/
A 6 minute, 40 second "pecha kucha" presentation about why all learners in schools need laptops NOW. I shared this with students in my fall "Computers in the Classroom" course at the University of North Texas on September 1, 2010.
Mapping Media to the Common Core with iPads (Aug 2013)Wesley Fryer
Dr. Wesley Fryer's presentation slides for teachers in RSU 5 (Freeport, Maine) on August 27, 2013. The official workshop description was: Digital literacy today means much more than searching the Internet and using Microsoft Office. To be digitally literate, teachers as well as students need to be able to create and share online a variety of different multimedia products. These media products can be “mapped” to your curriculum, and if you’re in a Common Core state in the United States, to the Common Core State Standards. Interactive Writing, Narrated Art, 5 Photo Stories, Narrated Slideshows, Screencasts, Quick Edit Videos, and eBooks are a few of the media products learners should be able to create and safely share online. In this session, we’ll view different examples of student media products and learn about tools and strategies for helping teachers become digitally literate as “media mappers.” We’ll also explore how librarians and instructional coaches can use the “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” website as a roadmap to help teachers and students create media products as assignments for class and as artifacts in digital portfolios. Learn more and access session resources on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
Celebrate Texas Voices: Empowering Digital WitnessesWesley Fryer
Celebrate Texas Voices (CTV) is a statewide oral history project which seeks to empower digital witnesses across the state to archive and preserve family as well as community history. Story Chasers Inc., the lead partner in CTV, is a nonprofit organization focused on digital storytelling, 21st century oral history, and behavior- changing professional development for educators. In this session we'll view and discuss exemplary stories on the Celebrate Texas Voices Ning learning community and explore ideas for using digital storytelling strategies effectively with students in the classroom. http://celebratetexas.ning.com
This presentation was shared at the TCEA Area 7 Conference in White Oak, Texas, on June 10, 2011.
Learn more about Storychasers on:
http://storychasers.org
Mapping Media to the Common Core with iPads (Aug 2013)Wesley Fryer
These are Wesley Fryer's slides for the opening keynote at the August 15-16, 2013, iPad Academy in Chicago Public Schools. The official description was: Digital literacy today means much more than searching the Internet and using Microsoft Office. To be digitally literate, teachers as well as students need to be able to create and share online a variety of different multimedia products. These media products can be “mapped” to your curriculum, and if you’re in a Common Core state in the United States, to the Common Core State Standards. Interactive Writing, Narrated Art, 5 Photo Stories, Narrated Slideshows, Screencasts, Quick Edit Videos, and eBooks are a few of the media products learners should be able to create and safely share online. In this session, we’ll view different examples of student media products and learn about tools and strategies for helping teachers become digitally literate as “media mappers.” We’ll also explore how librarians and instructional coaches can use the “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” website as a roadmap to help teachers and students create media products as assignments for class and as artifacts in digital portfolios. Learn more and access session resources on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
Start a Student Storychasr Club (OTA - EncycloMedia 2013)Wesley Fryer
There are lots of wonderful things happening in your school every week, but often those stories aren’t documented and shared with parents and other members of your community. Interactive websites and social media tools, which permit student-created content to be MODERATED by teachers before it’s published publicly, allows schools to create dynamic news websites where students “tell the stories of our community.” Come learn how you can get a Student Storychasers Club started which can provide opportunities for students to develop digital literacy skills alongside traditional literacy skills as school journalists. Come hear the story of how 4th and 5th grade students and teachers at Lakeview Elementary, in Yukon Public Schools, successfully started an after-school Storychasers Club in 2013. Students learned how to write and publish short news articles, record audio interviews, and create short “quick edit” videos using iPads. Learn how to replicate this successful program at your school! Access session resources on http://storychasers.org/clubs.
Student Storychasers: A New Media Journalism Club (Sept 2013)Wesley Fryer
Learn how to start an after-school Storychasers (new media journalism) club which can amplify stories of wonderful learning at school as well as provide opportunities for students to use mobile devices to develop digital literacy skills. Learn about the experiences and lessons learned of elementary students and teachers in Yukon, Oklahoma, who have participated in after-school Storychasers clubs since the Spring of 2012. Learn about ways to use web publishing platforms like WordPress and Blogger to solicit as well as moderate student submitted blog posts, and ideas for developing a digital badging system using BadgeOS (free) and Credly to encourage the development of students’ digital communication skills.
http://storychasers.org/clubs/
A 6 minute, 40 second "pecha kucha" presentation about why all learners in schools need laptops NOW. I shared this with students in my fall "Computers in the Classroom" course at the University of North Texas on September 1, 2010.
Mapping Media to the Common Core with iPads (Aug 2013)Wesley Fryer
Dr. Wesley Fryer's presentation slides for teachers in RSU 5 (Freeport, Maine) on August 27, 2013. The official workshop description was: Digital literacy today means much more than searching the Internet and using Microsoft Office. To be digitally literate, teachers as well as students need to be able to create and share online a variety of different multimedia products. These media products can be “mapped” to your curriculum, and if you’re in a Common Core state in the United States, to the Common Core State Standards. Interactive Writing, Narrated Art, 5 Photo Stories, Narrated Slideshows, Screencasts, Quick Edit Videos, and eBooks are a few of the media products learners should be able to create and safely share online. In this session, we’ll view different examples of student media products and learn about tools and strategies for helping teachers become digitally literate as “media mappers.” We’ll also explore how librarians and instructional coaches can use the “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” website as a roadmap to help teachers and students create media products as assignments for class and as artifacts in digital portfolios. Learn more and access session resources on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
Celebrate Texas Voices: Empowering Digital WitnessesWesley Fryer
Celebrate Texas Voices (CTV) is a statewide oral history project which seeks to empower digital witnesses across the state to archive and preserve family as well as community history. Story Chasers Inc., the lead partner in CTV, is a nonprofit organization focused on digital storytelling, 21st century oral history, and behavior- changing professional development for educators. In this session we'll view and discuss exemplary stories on the Celebrate Texas Voices Ning learning community and explore ideas for using digital storytelling strategies effectively with students in the classroom. http://celebratetexas.ning.com
This presentation was shared at the TCEA Area 7 Conference in White Oak, Texas, on June 10, 2011.
Learn more about Storychasers on:
http://storychasers.org
Mapping Media to the Common Core with iPads (Aug 2013)Wesley Fryer
These are Wesley Fryer's slides for the opening keynote at the August 15-16, 2013, iPad Academy in Chicago Public Schools. The official description was: Digital literacy today means much more than searching the Internet and using Microsoft Office. To be digitally literate, teachers as well as students need to be able to create and share online a variety of different multimedia products. These media products can be “mapped” to your curriculum, and if you’re in a Common Core state in the United States, to the Common Core State Standards. Interactive Writing, Narrated Art, 5 Photo Stories, Narrated Slideshows, Screencasts, Quick Edit Videos, and eBooks are a few of the media products learners should be able to create and safely share online. In this session, we’ll view different examples of student media products and learn about tools and strategies for helping teachers become digitally literate as “media mappers.” We’ll also explore how librarians and instructional coaches can use the “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” website as a roadmap to help teachers and students create media products as assignments for class and as artifacts in digital portfolios. Learn more and access session resources on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
Start a Student Storychasr Club (OTA - EncycloMedia 2013)Wesley Fryer
There are lots of wonderful things happening in your school every week, but often those stories aren’t documented and shared with parents and other members of your community. Interactive websites and social media tools, which permit student-created content to be MODERATED by teachers before it’s published publicly, allows schools to create dynamic news websites where students “tell the stories of our community.” Come learn how you can get a Student Storychasers Club started which can provide opportunities for students to develop digital literacy skills alongside traditional literacy skills as school journalists. Come hear the story of how 4th and 5th grade students and teachers at Lakeview Elementary, in Yukon Public Schools, successfully started an after-school Storychasers Club in 2013. Students learned how to write and publish short news articles, record audio interviews, and create short “quick edit” videos using iPads. Learn how to replicate this successful program at your school! Access session resources on http://storychasers.org/clubs.
One of the slide shows shared on June 12 2012, in Toronto for the Transmedia 101 meet up.
The Hunger Games slides are in my Transmedia Engagement slide show.
We are all working harder and harder, and many of us have reached our limit. Giving us a faster more powerful laptop might make a marginal gain, and faster broadband complemented by smarter search engines might add a few more percentage points to our productivity, but the big ITC gains have been won. We have become the limiters of work output and not our technology. The technology now waits for us and not the other way around.
To make the next leap in productivity and creativity we need help – specifically, we need machine help! Men and women alike need a third intelligence – a new way of thinking – a new perspective – and a new route to problem solving and creativity. So where will it com from, or in other words, why is my laptop, PC, Pad, Tablet so dumb?
Even with Moore's Law continuing at it's present rate or accelerating, true machine intelligence will remain largely embedded in our networks. The good news is; it will soon be available as a commercial service in The Cloud. Much later, it is likely to appear in our devices to perform specific tasks related to our work, health, life and leasure. In both cases the primary key is sensors, sensor networks, and adaptability of software and hardware.
Slidedeck for SxSWedu 2012 presentation. Full archive of the session, along with audience feedback and photos, available at http://storify.com/techwithintent/theirspace-educating-digitally-ethical-teens
Mapping Media to the Common Core (Oct 2012)Wesley Fryer
As 21st century educators, we should to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery and understanding of the curriculum not only with text but also with images, audio, and video. Dr. Wesley Fryer will invite and inspire you to become a better multimedia communicator and a pioneer with digital media in this dynamic presentation. Learn how to “expand the map” of assessment options in your classroom to include student products like narrated slideshows, enhanced eBooks including recorded audio, five photo stories with images, and more. Learn practical ways to overcome the anxiety and fear which often accompanies technology integration proposals by creating personal media products. Learn how to enhance your digital resume as a professional educator with examples of your own media creations as well as students projects you facilitate. Links to student media examples as well as project storyboards/tools are available on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
Improving Literacy with Media in Higher EducationWesley Fryer
A presentation by Dr. Wesley Fryer on March 3, 2012, for the Enhancing Teaching & Learning Conference hosted by the Kansas City Professional Development Council. Access referenced resources on http://wfryer.me/improve
With new technology, new frameworks, new models, and new best practices coming at us every day, how can anyone become an expert in everything? This presentation talks about the danger of shiny new web methodologies and how to grow your expertise in a manageable way. Avoid yak shaving and solve real problems!
Mapping Media to the Curriculum (Aug 2012)Wesley Fryer
Mapping Media to the Curriculum / Common Core
Digital literacy today means much more than searching the Internet and using Microsoft Office. To be digitally literate, teachers as well as students need to be able to create and share online a variety of different multimedia products. These media products can be “mapped” to your curriculum, and if you’re in a Common Core state in the United States, to the Common Core State Standards. 5 Photo Stories, Narrated Slideshows, Screencasts, Quick Edit Videos, and eBooks are a few of the media products learners should be able to create and safely share online. In this session, we’ll view different examples of student media products and learn about tools and strategies for helping teachers become digitally literate as “media mappers.” Learn more and access session resources on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
App Smashing to YouTube (Miami Device 2015)Wesley Fryer
One of the most powerful ways to use mobile devices in the classroom is to help students share their voices online on a classroom YouTube channel. In app smashing to YouTube, we will explore and demonstrate how to go from a planning storyboard, to a video creation iPad app, to the teacher iPad with AirDrop or InstaShare, to the classroom YouTube channel with YouTube Capture, and finally to a YouTube video playlist. Session resources are available on http://showwithmedia.com/resources/appsmash/
Show What You Know With Media (June 2015)Wesley Fryer
Media products created by students can provide a clearer, deeper and more helpful "window" into their minds. Teachers need to regularly invite students to "show what they know with media." When students create and share content based on the curriculum, their learning can be "stickier" and more powerful. Blended learning classrooms allow teachers to better differentiate instruction to meet student needs. In this dynamic keynote, we will explore both the why and the how of "showing what you know with media." This will include examples of engaging student media products teachers can invite students to create tomorrow! We will also explore ways art can be creatively integrated across the curriculum using technology.
http://showwithmedia.com
Mapping Media to the Curriculum (May 2015)Wesley Fryer
As 21st century educators, we should to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery and understanding of the curriculum not only with text but also with images, audio, and video. Dr. Wesley Fryer will invite and inspire you to become a better multimedia communicator and a pioneer with digital media in this dynamic presentation. Learn how to “expand the map” of assessment options in your classroom to include student products like narrated slideshows, enhanced eBooks including recorded audio, five photo stories with images, and more. Learn practical ways to overcome the anxiety and fear which often accompanies technology integration proposals by creating personal media products. Learn how to enhance your digital resume as a professional educator with examples of your own media creations as well as students projects you facilitate. Links to student media examples as well as project storyboards/tools are available on ShowWithMedia.com.
Visual notetaking is a process of representing ideas non-linguistically. (That’s a fancy of way of saying, “drawing pictures.”) Visual notetaking can include concept mapping, but also more artistic ways of visually capturing and representing ideas. On the simpler side of the visual notetaking continuum, visual notes can be used to create narrated art. On the complex end of the spectrum, some visual notetaking applications support the creation of whiteboard animation videos which include audio narration synchronized to screencasts of drawings. Visual or graphic facilitation can be used at meetings to summarize presentations and guide discussions. Whether simple or complex, visual notes can be used to more deeply process information as well as communicate it to others with images. Come join us as we explore and practice visual notetaking.
http://wfryer.me/vnotes
Visual notetaking is a process of representing ideas non-linguistically. (That’s a fancy of way of saying, “drawing pictures.”) Visual notetaking can include concept mapping, but also more artistic ways of visually capturing and representing ideas. On the simpler side of the visual notetaking continuum, visual notes can be used to create narrated art. On the complex end of the spectrum, some visual notetaking applications support the creation of whiteboard animation videos which include audio narration synchronized to screencasts of drawings. Visual or graphic facilitation can be used at meetings to summarize presentations and guide discussions. Whether simple or complex, visual notes can be used to more deeply process information as well as communicate it to others with images. Come join us as we explore and practice visual notetaking.
http://wfryer.me/vnotes
Show What You Know With Media (Feb 2015Wesley Fryer
Slides for Wesley Fryer's opening keynote at the February 16, 2015, "Little Apple Tech Fest" in Manhattan, Kansas, for teachers in USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools. Description: Media products created by students can provide a clearer, deeper and more helpful "window" into their minds. Teachers need to regularly invite students to "show what they know with media." When students create and share content based on the curriculum, their learning can be "stickier" and more powerful. Blended learning classrooms allow teachers to better differentiate instruction to meet student needs. In this dynamic keynote, we will explore both the why and the how of "showing what you know with media." This will include examples of engaging student media products teachers can invite students to create tomorrow!
http://showwithmedia.com
Slides for an after-school workshop on Interactive Writing led by Dr. Wesley Fryer at Independence Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, on November 14, 2014. Workshop description: Students and teachers today need to practice interactive digital writing. Learn how to setup, use and moderate content on a classroom website where students can post their work and teachers MODERATE content to improve student writing skills. A moderated classroom blog can be an ideal platform to use to share announcements, classroom news, and student work for a public audience. This can permit parents, grandparents, other students, and other classroom “pen pals” in different places to provide feedback to students and serve as an authentic audience. In this workshop we’ll use the free blogging site KidBlog to model the digital facilitation of student writing. We’ll explore how other websites can also be used by teachers and students create “backchannels” for classroom discussions. We’ll have hands-on practice with tools like TodaysMeet, EtherPad, Google Docs and Google Forms to understand ways these tools can be used to amplify student voices, empower student creative expression and fluency with text. The importance and value of MODERATING student posts shared to public websites will be emphasized, as well as options teachers have to amplify student work using PLNs (professional learning communities) with projects like #comments4kids. Teachers will leave this workshop inspired with new ideas to energize their writing classes with students using safe, moderated approaches to digital, interactive writing.
More info is available on:
http://maps.playingwithmedia.com/interactive-writing/
One of the slide shows shared on June 12 2012, in Toronto for the Transmedia 101 meet up.
The Hunger Games slides are in my Transmedia Engagement slide show.
We are all working harder and harder, and many of us have reached our limit. Giving us a faster more powerful laptop might make a marginal gain, and faster broadband complemented by smarter search engines might add a few more percentage points to our productivity, but the big ITC gains have been won. We have become the limiters of work output and not our technology. The technology now waits for us and not the other way around.
To make the next leap in productivity and creativity we need help – specifically, we need machine help! Men and women alike need a third intelligence – a new way of thinking – a new perspective – and a new route to problem solving and creativity. So where will it com from, or in other words, why is my laptop, PC, Pad, Tablet so dumb?
Even with Moore's Law continuing at it's present rate or accelerating, true machine intelligence will remain largely embedded in our networks. The good news is; it will soon be available as a commercial service in The Cloud. Much later, it is likely to appear in our devices to perform specific tasks related to our work, health, life and leasure. In both cases the primary key is sensors, sensor networks, and adaptability of software and hardware.
Slidedeck for SxSWedu 2012 presentation. Full archive of the session, along with audience feedback and photos, available at http://storify.com/techwithintent/theirspace-educating-digitally-ethical-teens
Mapping Media to the Common Core (Oct 2012)Wesley Fryer
As 21st century educators, we should to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery and understanding of the curriculum not only with text but also with images, audio, and video. Dr. Wesley Fryer will invite and inspire you to become a better multimedia communicator and a pioneer with digital media in this dynamic presentation. Learn how to “expand the map” of assessment options in your classroom to include student products like narrated slideshows, enhanced eBooks including recorded audio, five photo stories with images, and more. Learn practical ways to overcome the anxiety and fear which often accompanies technology integration proposals by creating personal media products. Learn how to enhance your digital resume as a professional educator with examples of your own media creations as well as students projects you facilitate. Links to student media examples as well as project storyboards/tools are available on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
Improving Literacy with Media in Higher EducationWesley Fryer
A presentation by Dr. Wesley Fryer on March 3, 2012, for the Enhancing Teaching & Learning Conference hosted by the Kansas City Professional Development Council. Access referenced resources on http://wfryer.me/improve
With new technology, new frameworks, new models, and new best practices coming at us every day, how can anyone become an expert in everything? This presentation talks about the danger of shiny new web methodologies and how to grow your expertise in a manageable way. Avoid yak shaving and solve real problems!
Mapping Media to the Curriculum (Aug 2012)Wesley Fryer
Mapping Media to the Curriculum / Common Core
Digital literacy today means much more than searching the Internet and using Microsoft Office. To be digitally literate, teachers as well as students need to be able to create and share online a variety of different multimedia products. These media products can be “mapped” to your curriculum, and if you’re in a Common Core state in the United States, to the Common Core State Standards. 5 Photo Stories, Narrated Slideshows, Screencasts, Quick Edit Videos, and eBooks are a few of the media products learners should be able to create and safely share online. In this session, we’ll view different examples of student media products and learn about tools and strategies for helping teachers become digitally literate as “media mappers.” Learn more and access session resources on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
App Smashing to YouTube (Miami Device 2015)Wesley Fryer
One of the most powerful ways to use mobile devices in the classroom is to help students share their voices online on a classroom YouTube channel. In app smashing to YouTube, we will explore and demonstrate how to go from a planning storyboard, to a video creation iPad app, to the teacher iPad with AirDrop or InstaShare, to the classroom YouTube channel with YouTube Capture, and finally to a YouTube video playlist. Session resources are available on http://showwithmedia.com/resources/appsmash/
Show What You Know With Media (June 2015)Wesley Fryer
Media products created by students can provide a clearer, deeper and more helpful "window" into their minds. Teachers need to regularly invite students to "show what they know with media." When students create and share content based on the curriculum, their learning can be "stickier" and more powerful. Blended learning classrooms allow teachers to better differentiate instruction to meet student needs. In this dynamic keynote, we will explore both the why and the how of "showing what you know with media." This will include examples of engaging student media products teachers can invite students to create tomorrow! We will also explore ways art can be creatively integrated across the curriculum using technology.
http://showwithmedia.com
Mapping Media to the Curriculum (May 2015)Wesley Fryer
As 21st century educators, we should to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery and understanding of the curriculum not only with text but also with images, audio, and video. Dr. Wesley Fryer will invite and inspire you to become a better multimedia communicator and a pioneer with digital media in this dynamic presentation. Learn how to “expand the map” of assessment options in your classroom to include student products like narrated slideshows, enhanced eBooks including recorded audio, five photo stories with images, and more. Learn practical ways to overcome the anxiety and fear which often accompanies technology integration proposals by creating personal media products. Learn how to enhance your digital resume as a professional educator with examples of your own media creations as well as students projects you facilitate. Links to student media examples as well as project storyboards/tools are available on ShowWithMedia.com.
Visual notetaking is a process of representing ideas non-linguistically. (That’s a fancy of way of saying, “drawing pictures.”) Visual notetaking can include concept mapping, but also more artistic ways of visually capturing and representing ideas. On the simpler side of the visual notetaking continuum, visual notes can be used to create narrated art. On the complex end of the spectrum, some visual notetaking applications support the creation of whiteboard animation videos which include audio narration synchronized to screencasts of drawings. Visual or graphic facilitation can be used at meetings to summarize presentations and guide discussions. Whether simple or complex, visual notes can be used to more deeply process information as well as communicate it to others with images. Come join us as we explore and practice visual notetaking.
http://wfryer.me/vnotes
Visual notetaking is a process of representing ideas non-linguistically. (That’s a fancy of way of saying, “drawing pictures.”) Visual notetaking can include concept mapping, but also more artistic ways of visually capturing and representing ideas. On the simpler side of the visual notetaking continuum, visual notes can be used to create narrated art. On the complex end of the spectrum, some visual notetaking applications support the creation of whiteboard animation videos which include audio narration synchronized to screencasts of drawings. Visual or graphic facilitation can be used at meetings to summarize presentations and guide discussions. Whether simple or complex, visual notes can be used to more deeply process information as well as communicate it to others with images. Come join us as we explore and practice visual notetaking.
http://wfryer.me/vnotes
Show What You Know With Media (Feb 2015Wesley Fryer
Slides for Wesley Fryer's opening keynote at the February 16, 2015, "Little Apple Tech Fest" in Manhattan, Kansas, for teachers in USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools. Description: Media products created by students can provide a clearer, deeper and more helpful "window" into their minds. Teachers need to regularly invite students to "show what they know with media." When students create and share content based on the curriculum, their learning can be "stickier" and more powerful. Blended learning classrooms allow teachers to better differentiate instruction to meet student needs. In this dynamic keynote, we will explore both the why and the how of "showing what you know with media." This will include examples of engaging student media products teachers can invite students to create tomorrow!
http://showwithmedia.com
Slides for an after-school workshop on Interactive Writing led by Dr. Wesley Fryer at Independence Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, on November 14, 2014. Workshop description: Students and teachers today need to practice interactive digital writing. Learn how to setup, use and moderate content on a classroom website where students can post their work and teachers MODERATE content to improve student writing skills. A moderated classroom blog can be an ideal platform to use to share announcements, classroom news, and student work for a public audience. This can permit parents, grandparents, other students, and other classroom “pen pals” in different places to provide feedback to students and serve as an authentic audience. In this workshop we’ll use the free blogging site KidBlog to model the digital facilitation of student writing. We’ll explore how other websites can also be used by teachers and students create “backchannels” for classroom discussions. We’ll have hands-on practice with tools like TodaysMeet, EtherPad, Google Docs and Google Forms to understand ways these tools can be used to amplify student voices, empower student creative expression and fluency with text. The importance and value of MODERATING student posts shared to public websites will be emphasized, as well as options teachers have to amplify student work using PLNs (professional learning communities) with projects like #comments4kids. Teachers will leave this workshop inspired with new ideas to energize their writing classes with students using safe, moderated approaches to digital, interactive writing.
More info is available on:
http://maps.playingwithmedia.com/interactive-writing/
Show What You Know With Media (Nov 2014)Wesley Fryer
A presentation on November 6, 2014, at the Miami Device conference. Official description: Tablets, smartphones and computers should not be used by students just to CONSUME media: Students should regularly use digital devices to "show what they know" with media." In this session we will view and discuss different examples of student multimedia projects created by students including narrated art/photo projects, narrated slideshow/screencasts, Quick-edit videos, visual notes, and GeoMap projects. Link to examples and available tools to create each media product on the Mapping Media website: http://maps.playingwithmedia.com
Tips and Tricks for E-book and Indie Publishing (Oct 2014)Wesley Fryer
Presented at the October 23-24, 2015 "Write Well, Sell Well" Conference in Oklahoma City. Description: Wes Fryer knows what to do and how to do it! Come let him show you how it’s done. With indie publishing taking Amazon by storm, get in the know on how to do it yourself.
Mapping Media to the Common Core (Oct 2014)Wesley Fryer
As 21st century educators, we should to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery and understanding of the curriculum not only with text but also with images, audio, and video. Dr. Wesley Fryer will invite and inspire you to become a better multimedia communicator and a pioneer with digital media in this dynamic presentation. Learn how to “expand the map” of assessment options in your classroom to include student products like narrated slideshows, enhanced eBooks including recorded audio, five photo stories with images, and more. Learn practical ways to overcome the anxiety and fear which often accompanies technology integration proposals by creating personal media products. Learn how to enhance your digital resume as a professional educator with examples of your own media creations as well as students projects you facilitate. Links to student media examples as well as project storyboards/tools are available on maps.playingwithmedia.com.
Show What You Know with Media in PBL (June 2014)Wesley Fryer
Slides for Dr. Wesley Fryer's presentation at the Iowa Project Based Learning Academy on June 20, 2014. Learn more on:
https://sites.google.com/site/iapblacademy/
Learn more about Mapping Media on:
http://maps.playingwithmedia.com/
Follow Wes Fryer on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/wfryer
Visual Notetaking with iPads (June 2014)Wesley Fryer
These are presentation slides shared by Wesley Fryer at iPadPalooza in Austin, Texas, on June 19, 2014. The session description was: Visual notetaking is a process of representing ideas non-linguistically. (That's a fancy of way of saying, "drawing pictures.") Visual notetaking can include concept mapping, but also more artistic ways of visually capturing and representing ideas. On the simpler side of the visual notetaking continuum, visual notes can be used to create narrated art. On the complex end of the spectrum, some visual notetaking applications support the creation of whiteboard animation videos which include audio narration synchronized to screencasts of drawings. Visual or graphic facilitation can be used at meetings to summarize presentations and guide discussions. Whether simple or complex, visual notes can be used to more deeply process information as well as communicate it to others with images. Come join us as we explore and practice visual notetaking with iPads using the free app, Brushes.
Mapping Media to the Common Core (May 2014)Wesley Fryer
Slides from Dr. Wesley Fryer's presentation on May 23, 2014, for teachers in Bethany Public Schools, Oklahoma. The session description was: Digital literacy today means much more than searching the Internet and using Microsoft Office. To be digitally literate, teachers as well as students need to be able to create and share online a variety of different multimedia products. These media products can be “mapped” to your curriculum and to the Common Core State Standards. Interactive Writing, Narrated Art, 5 Photo Stories, Radio Shows, Visual Notes, and Narrated Slideshows/Screencasts are a few of the media products learners should be able to create and safely share online. In this session, we’ll view different examples of student media products and learn about tools and strategies for helping teachers become digitally literate as “media mappers.” We’ll also explore how librarians and instructional coaches can use the “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” website as a roadmap to help teachers and students create media products as assignments for class and as artifacts in digital portfolios. Learn more and access session resources http://maps.playingwithmedia.com. High school teachers also participated in the Cantilver Span STEM lesson activity, detailed on http://stem.wesfryer.com/home/cantilever-spans.
Family Oral History and Smartphones (May 2014)Wesley Fryer
Slides for the May 3, 2014, presentation "Family Oral History and Smartphones" by Wesley Fryer at the Mo Ranch Men's Conference near Hunt, Texas. Access referenced resources on:
http://wiki.wesfryer.com/Home/handouts/familyhistory
Follow Wesley on Twitter on:
http://twitter.com/wfryer
Follow Wesley's Christian blog on:
http://twitter.com/eyesrightblog
Managing Digital Footprints - for grandparents (March 2014)Wesley Fryer
This is a presentation shared by Dr. Wesley Fryer on March 12, 2014, at Church of the Resurrection in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The presentation explored what "digital footprints" are, why it's important for parents and grandparents to have regular conversations with young people about their digital footprints, how many misconceptions abound concerning teen use of social media, and what we can do to manage our digital footprints constructively.
Mapping Media to the Common Core (Feb 2014)Wesley Fryer
Digital literacy today means much more than searching the Internet and using Microsoft Office. To be digitally literate, teachers as well as students need to be able to create and share online a variety of different multimedia products. These media products can be “mapped” to your curriculum, and if you’re in a Common Core state in the United States, to the Common Core State Standards. Interactive Writing, Narrated Art, 5 Photo Stories, Narrated Slideshows, Screencasts, Quick Edit Videos, and eBooks are a few of the media products learners should be able to create and safely share online. In this session, we’ll view different examples of student media products and learn about tools and strategies for helping teachers become digitally literate as “media mappers.” We’ll also explore how librarians and instructional coaches can use the “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” website as a roadmap to help teachers and students create media products as assignments for class and as artifacts in digital portfolios.
These are slides for Dr. Wesley Fryer's opening keynote address at the February 8, 2014, Oklahoma A+ Schools Conference in Norman, Oklahoma. Access the conference program on:
http://www.okaplus.org/storage/swc/Program-generAte2014.pdf
Slides for a series of hands-on iPad workshops by Dr. Wesley Fryer with elementary teachers in Lewisville, Texas, January 23-24, 2014. Learn more on:
http://maps.playingwithmedia.com
Mobile Writing on the Go with KidBlog and WordPressWesley Fryer
These are slides for Dr. Wesley Fryer's webinar presentation, "Mobile Writing on the Go with KidBlog and WordPress" on December 18, 2013, for East Central ISD / Del Valle ISD, Texas.
Learn more on:
https://sites.google.com/site/edtechwebinars/webinar3
Visual Notetaking and Dreaming Big (Dec 2013)Wesley Fryer
Presentation slides by Dr. Wesley Fryer, used in his STEM classes with 4th and 5th graders the week of December 16-20, 2013. Access Wes' STEM resources on:
http://stem.wesfryer.com/
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
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Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
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Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
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“as digital pioneers we need to play with media”
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audio vide o
playingwithmedia.com
www.flickr.com/photos/ncsphotography/4247856340
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15. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
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16. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
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1- creativity is important
23. Richard Florida: “Creative Class”
http://martinprosperity.org/insights/insight/the-rise-of-the-creative-class-since-1800
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24. creative class (CC) workers are paid for their
thinking and problem solving skills
Service class (LWS in Exhibit A) workers are paid to
perform routine work directly for, or on behalf of,
clients
Working class (Manuf on Exhibit A) workers are paid
to manoeuvre heavy machinery and perform skilled
trades
Farmers, fishers, and other primary extractors are
paid to extract natural resources from the ground
and seas.
http://martinprosperity.org/insights/insight/the-rise-of-the-creative-class-since-1800
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26. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
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2- we learn through play
27. how
do
you
learn
“new skills”
best?
www.flickr.com/photos/pitadel/4951801589
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31. Mother’s Day Gift? voicethread.com
give the gift of family voices
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32. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
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3- hands on learning sticks
36. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
4- better learning windows
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39. Kern Kelly on digital portfolios
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h66WpVlUep4
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40. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
5- CCSS & NETS-S Standards
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41. writing across the curriculum
evidence-based writing
Emphasis on:
oral communication skills
critical thinking skills
www.corestandards.org
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42. creative digital products
collaboration
Emphasis on:
problem solving skills
multimedia communication
www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students.aspx
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43. what’s the link to your digital portfolio?
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44. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
6- our brains: wired 4 images
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45. OLPC in Afghanistan: summer 2010
www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/4882646127
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50. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
7- tell stories about learning
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54. The Fire
There was a fire ban that year
But the carless campers left
Leaving smoldering remains behind
The fire that ate the forest
Wind whispered wordlessly in the trees
The fire was given new life
Like a new small heartbeat
The fire that ate the forest
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55. ...continued...
The fire lit the dry grass
It was gathering in strength
Like a lion preparing to strike
The fire that ate the forest
The fire now reached the trees
It was a wild beast let free
Grey smoke billowed up to the sky
The fire that ate the forest
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60. Yarmouth HS Clipper TV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqogbabfKyI
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61. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
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8- engagement
62. by jasoneppink
Alan Kay: “The predominant technology in the
classroom determines the predominant
learning task”
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63. a proliferation of mobile computing devices
www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4486938191
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64. the menu for demonstrating
www.flickr.com/photos/familymwr/5322734002 www.flickr.com/photos/torres21/6048960035
understanding & mastery
in your classroom
has exploded
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72. ...when assigning a project, teachers look for
mastery of content and allow students to take
ownership of how they present that content. A
teacher may ask students to demonstrate their
knowledge of photosynthesis, but rather than
give them a specific means of doing so, will allow
the students to use any available resources to do
so. This not only gets the students innovating
more as they navigate through this task, but
more importantly makes each student’s
experience unique and gives them ownership
over the product they produce. Some students 15 March
may make posters, some a voicethread, some a 2012
powerpoint or prezi, but this should be no
problem for the educator as they are assessing
on mastery learning objectives and not actual
means of presenting them.
http://theoffbeatmaestro.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/new-england-11-summit-2/
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73. why should we play with media?
creativity brains
play2learn stories
hands-on engage
windows fun
standards history
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10- we can archive history
78. 3rd Grade
Report
Card
May 1949
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6708936719
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79. the importance www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6098473377/
of
discovering
your
“voice”
&
the power
of words
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80. closing
thoughts
www.flickr.com/photos/
dnorman/13885252
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81. www.kk.org
“No technology is tremendous unless it can be
tremendously abused.” - Kevin Kelly
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82. the playing with media classroom challenge
during the 2011-2012 school year, share online...
at least ONE student digital text project
at least ONE student image project
at least ONE student audio project
at least ONE student video project
at least ONE student collaborative project
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