Moving at the Speed of Creativity podcasts focus on education, twenty-first century literacy, authentic instruction and technology integration.
Montana Teachers Share "Why We Teach"
Posted: April 2013This podcast features twenty-five Montana teachers and one Oklahoma teacher answering the question, "Why We Teach?" Many of these teachers share stories about the teacher or teachers who inspired them to join the profession, and why they have persevered as education professionals. These recordings were originally made using the free AudioBoo (Classic) app on iPads, and then imported into the free software program Audacity. A twenty minute video tutorial about this process is available and linked in the podcast shownotes, along with other referenced sites.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Why Club Penguin Is Awesome
Posted: April 2013This podcast is an interview with 9 year old Rachel, who has been playing Club Penguin on and off for the past three years. Rachel discusses what she enjoys doing in a Club Penguin, password issues she has learned about, safety issues, and some suggestions for kids who are new to the game. This podcast was entirely recorded, edited and published on an iPad using Voice Record Pro, DropBox, GoodReader, iTransfer, WordPress for iOS, a self-hosted WordPress blog, and an iRig microphone.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Lessons Learned After Two Days of Scratch Camp (March 2013)
Posted: March 2013This podcast is a recorded conversation between Chris Simon and Wesley Fryer after day two of the Spring Break 2013 Scratch Camp at Skyview Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma. Scratch is a wonderful, FREE software program from MIT which allows students to create games, tell stories, create animations, and make many other kinds of interactive projects. Scratch is ideal for helping students develop computational thinking and problem solving skills, tied to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills. Chris and Wesley are co-facilitating a 5 day Scratch Camp over Spring Break for students in grades 2 through 6, sponsored by “The Div.” The Div is a local OKC non-profit based in Edmond, focused on empowering youth to gain digital literacy skills and learn about job opportunities in technology-related fields.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Cell Phone Digital Storytelling with Narrable - An Interview with Dustin Curzon
Posted: February 2013This podcast is an audio recording of an interview with Dustin Curzon, one of the co-founders of Narrable. According to Dustin, "Narrable is for intergenerational stories that matter." Dustin is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Together with Narrable co-founders in Phoenix, Arizona, and the development team in Bangalore, India, Narrable is growing into a platform which empowers people of all ages and generations to share their stories with photos using their phones and web browsers. Narrable is currently a browser-based digital storytelling service, and allows users to record audio with both computer microphones as well as phones (cell phones and land line phones.) Narrable works GREAT on the iPad now! In this interview, Dustin previews some upcoming Narrable features including an iOS app to be announced in March at SXSW in Austin, and "Group Narrables" to be announced later this spring. Next week on Tuesday, February 26, at 4 pm CST, Narrable will be hosting a "Teacher Roundtable" Google Hangout On-Air to discuss Narrable for the classroom and the features teachers would like to see in future versions of the platform.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.A Student’s Experiences in Oklahoma City Public Schools Virtual School
Posted: January 2013This first podcast of 2013 on “Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts” features an interview with Jackson, an 11th grader in Oklahoma City Public Schools, who took a virtual course in fall 2012 through the OKCPS Innovations K-12 Virtual Institute. The Innovations K-12 Virtual Institute is Oklahoma City Public Schools’ virtual school, provided at no cost to current students in the district. OKCPS has contracted with Connections Academy to provide a variety of virtual course options for students. In this 18 minute interview, Jackson shares his experiences taking an English class online last semester including a discussion of the benefits as well as challenges of taking the class online. Jackson is a student at Classen School of Advanced Studies in OKCPS, and took the English course for “course recovery” since he did not get an English credit last year when he was an AFS exchange student in France.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Takeaways from and Reflections on the 2012 EDUCAUSE Conference
Posted: December 2012This is a “podcast from the road” by Wesley Fryer reflecting on the 2012 EDUCAUSE conference. In the podcast Wesley discusses learning management systems including the free/beta LMS OpenClass from Pearson, Kuali open source solutions for higher education, badge-based learning initiatives and tools, open journals / open academic publishing, Wolfram Alpha, MOOCs and native mobile apps vs mobile websites.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Six Iowa Teachers & Librarians Share Their Digital Learning Journeys
Posted: October 2012A select group of 19 K-12 teachers and teacher/librarians in the College Community School District in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been participating in a series of professional development workshops to further develop their skills with and understanding of digital literacy. As a culminating activity for a two day workshop on “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” with Wesley Fryer, teachers collaboratively interviewed six of their colleagues about their “digital learning journeys” and the ways they are reflecting their learning about digital literacy in the online digital portfolios they have been creating in the past several months.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Iowa Teachers & Librarians Discuss Mapping Media to the Curriculum (Lessons L...
Posted: October 2012This audio podcast is a combined series of six, three minute “radio shows” created by teachers and teacher/librarians in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the College Community School District on October 3, 2012. Participants in this two day workshop on “Mapping Media to the Common Core” with Wesley Fryer learned to facilitate lessons with student created-media including interactive writing, narrated art, 5 photo stories, and radio shows. Hat tip to Marco Torres for the term “quick victories” in the context of edtech professional development, used by some of the radio show participants in this combined podcast.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Rachel Teaches about Scratch and eBook Writing in Fort Worth
Posted: August 2012This edited podcast includes a 25 minute excerpt of the keynote address at the TechnoPalooza 2012 educational technology conference in Northwest ISD, held on July 24, 2012. In this excerpt, 8 year old Rachel Fryer shares about her experiences with Scratch software this summer in Scratch Camp. In addition, she tells some stories about how she co-created the eBook "Snowflake Gets Lost" last year in second grade, and demonstrates how she created an enhanced/multimedia eBook during "iPad Media Camp" this summer using the apps Story Patch and Book Creator. This is the first audio podcast I've attempted to create entirely on an iPad, using the free Hokusai Audio Editor along with other apps. Refer to the podcast shownotes for more information about other apps used, as well as websites Rachel referenced in her presentation. I'll write a post soon detailing my lessons learned trying to create a multi-track audio podcast entirely on an iPad.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Reflections on UnPlug’d 2012 with David Truss & Gail Lovely
Posted: August 2012This podcast includes reflections with David Truss and Gail Lovely at the close of the UnPlug’d 2012 Conference at Northern Edge Algonquin in Ontario, Canada. Refer to the podcast shownotes for referenced and related links to UnPlug’d.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Lessons Learned from June 2012 iPad Media Camp
Posted: July 2012This podcast includes a recording of June 2012 iPad Media Camp participant “takeaways” as well as reflections by facilitator Wesley Fryer about lessons learned from this three day workshop.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Voices from Mobile Learning 2012
Posted: April 2012This podcast is a combined series of recordings created by participants in Wesley Fryer's "Simple Ideas for Powerful Sharing" media scavenger hunt session at the Mobile Learning 2012 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 12, 2012. These reflections were submitted as audio and video reflections in response to several questions provided in the media scavenger hunt instructions. Access these instructions from the podcast shownotes on a mobile-friendly website, as an ePUB ebook, a Kindle .MOBI eBook, or a PDF file. Please refer to the podcast shownotes for additional links, including the Posterous blog where all these responses were posted by participants. Many thanks to all participants, and to Peggy George whose encouragement led to this "voices from the conference" podcast. Lots of great ideas and important perceptions were shared here which school leaders should consider as we continue to explore what it can mean to be "21st century learners" in mobile computing environments.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.
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