iReading: Why digital text is here stay wfryer.me/yd by Curby Alexander
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes me come alive & go do it. B/C what the world needs is people who have come alive -H. Thurman
Sad #signofthetimes @ Stay True Tattoo instagr.am/p/LT9Dc0OgNP/
New post: Drawing is an Act of Attention go.wfryer.me/Lbd64r
Sharp Dressed Young Men (8th grade bridging) instagr.am/p/LTrqJtugCv/
@_LindseyMiller After vacation check out MIT’s App Inventor: wfryer.me/yb - would be a good DivJr workshop to offer
Digital native cognitive dissonance: A Magazine is iPad That Doesn’t Work wfryer.me/yc #mtmoot via @kentbrooks @laurapasquini…
@kentbrooks @techsavvyteach @mikegusto Sounds like a learning love fest in Helena MT for sure today. Wish I was there! #mtmoot
iReading: Building with MIT’S Google App Inventor wfryer.me/yb via @laurapasquini
Recommended #ccss reading: Unwrapping the Standards: A Simple Process to Make Standards Manageable by Larry Ainsworth wfryer.me/ya
152/366/2012 Hail Broken Window Glass instagr.am/p/LSpmaougDh/
@BuistBunch yes, I’ll be in Tucson June 11th for Camp Plug & Play: Flip Your Classroom! wfryer.me/y9
iReading: Super-virus Flame raises the cyberwar stakes wfryer.me/y8 (Israel/U.S. suspected of latest major cyberattack vs Iran)
@ctceismc we are going to build a “Bark Buddy” prototype 1st in Scratch, then go mobile - lots of game play details to work out / imagine!
@BuistBunch I agree we should keep working on building connections Iike this - we have the tools! :-)
@BuistBunch ok, well sorry for the access problems… Probably school content filter related. Glad Alex’s videos provoked questions!
151/366/2012 Hail Threat Parking @ Legacy Bank instagr.am/p/LRcqk7OgLb/
@GRScobee I agree. I really want our next car to be a CNG / gas dual fuel vehicle. Wish I wouldn’t have to pay $10K after market :-(
@ctceismc yes! Thanks :-)
@aemacdougall sorry to hear that :-(
Just saw a Ford Fusion car converted from gas to CNG power via ALTECH-ECO wfryer.me/y7
@RecessDuty thanks :-)
Early bird registration discounts still available for @iPadMediaCamp Jul 11, 12 & 13 in Oklahoma City! wfryer.me/y6
See any glaring iPad app omissions on this draft curriculum for next month’s @iPadMediaCamp ? wfryer.me/y5 #edapp
@mhammons awesome, thanks for that recc! I’ll check it out :-)
ctceismc Study: 80 percent of children under 5 use Internet weekly usat.ly/M1WIrG
@ctceismc What is the name of that cute ebook app you showed me the parent made with his child about dinosaurs?
What is your favorite FREE iPad app for creative drawing? I love @brushesapp but am looking for a free alternative option #edapp
@BuistBunch just send you a DM
@stephaniebice yes, that’s what the airport employee thought who I asked about it.
Speaktoit Assistant for iOS (iPhone4 & 3GS Siri-like voice-enabled personal assistant) is 99¢ today (80% off) wfryer.me/y3 #edapp
Very unusual sight today on the tarmac at Oklahoma City: A large Emirates aircraft! (probably weather diverted) twitpic.com/9r0b8h
New post: Educational Technology Podcasts from Kansas City: Storytelling and Visual Literacy Activity Ideas go.wfryer.me/Ju3ZKq
bobsprankle BitbyBit Post: Shallow or Deep Reading? bit.ly/Kss33A
Poll results: How many different assignments last year did u invite students 2share on your interactive, classroom blog?…
@Philip_Cummings so did that tip from @wterral work for your iPhone voice control situation?
@brpumphrey my best answer to the ‘why use twitter’ question: Connect to other teachers’ brains who are sharing useful ideas!
@GSToth not much this trip. Last fall after Shanghai & Qatar, a different story… :-)
@alicebarr thanks - it does seem like a lot! :-)
@BuistBunch Please let me know if that works for you :-)
@BuistBunch Here’s a @Dropbox link to a 8.3 MB zip file of Alex’s 6 audio responses to your studentshttp://wfryer.me/y1
@BuistBunch If your content filter blocks the browser-based @audioboo playback it will probably block the iTunes downloads too, however
@BuistBunch Have you tried opening my AudioBoo channel in iTunes to download the latest? Try this link wfryer.me/y0
@BuistBunch I’ll download to Dropbox & send you alternate links :-)
@BuistBunch bummer! Can you listen to any @audioboo recordings at school? It is probably a content filtering issue.
I just reached Level 5 of the “Jetsetter” badge on @foursquare. I’ve checked in at 20 different airports! 4sq.com/KWcj59
Check out “Attack of the Funnel Cake Frauds” - @cogdog 5 Photo Flickr inspired narrated eBook! wfryer.me/xz
RT @wterral: Got my offline Tweet archive done w/Tweet Nest! vsb.li/kfWMM0 (good post on process followed 4 install troubleshooting!)
@wterral way to go with your Tweet Nest archive, woo hoo!
maxitrn Patients choose hospitals based on social media - FierceHealthcare: bit.ly/IkwIkJ
BullZip has useful freeware 4 Win users: Print to PDF, convert PDF to Word, extract text from a PDF or DOC wfryer.me/xy via @maxitrn
@wterral @Philip_Cummings you both may a great tech support team! :-)
iReading: Gartner predicts huge rise in monitoring of employees’ social media use wfryer.me/xx via @macworld
@CHADMOOREHEAD I know Deer Creek PS in Oklahoma just amended their board policy for BYOD. I’ll DM you contact info
RT @CHADMOOREHEAD: I am looking for a good BYOD policy to steal. Who has a good one?
Bad, bad storm in OKC. Big hail, my fam reports damage at our house, windows broken :-( twitpic.com/9qsrdl
Glad to not be flying back into OKC right now #weather #radar twitpic.com/9qshji
Last time I watched a soccer game at a stadium was in 1993 in Azteca in Mexico City. 120,000 fans. A bit different tonight! #sportingKC
@juleach indeed it is! Kansas City weather is spectacular tonight! #sportingKC
150/366/2012 Family Hams @ LIVESTRONG Sporting Park instagr.am/p/LO1JE9OgKa/
Perfect Night for #sportingKC Pro Soccer! @ LIVESTRONG Sporting Park instagr.am/p/LO0sxeugKI/
149/366/2012 Avatar Girl @ First Presbyterian Church instagr.am/p/LO0EsOugJn/
Livestrong Sporting Stadium - Kansas City [pano] wfryer.me/xw #iphoneography
@doddschris Hey great work!!! I left you a comment on the project :-)
[AUDIO PODCAST] Deepening our Learning Through Storytelling: creativity, #STEM & stories wfryer.me/xv #inspiringexcellence
[AUDIO PODCAST] Tell as Story in 5 Photos (from today’s #inspiringexcellence conf in @kckschools wfryer.me/xu #playingwithmedia
Great math website by @ddmeyer: 101 Questions wfryer.me/xt #inspiringexcellence
Some campuses in @kckschools are piloting myON reading program wfryer.me/xs (online digital books & audio books for kids to read)
Teaching kids what to do when they don’t know what to do is critical for #ccss adoption & #innovation #inspiringexcellence
New post: Creating Innovators in a Common Core World #ccss #inspiringexcellence go.wfryer.me/N6sC37
1st Kindle enhanced eBook I’ve seen with audio & video! Creating Innovators by @DrTonyWagner wfryer.me/xr #inspiringexcellence
DrTonyWagner Great WSJ article on parents encouraging more inventive Play. Now add Passion & Purpose for #creatinginnovators ow.ly/b6Hum
Book recc for curriculum folks: The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone’s Business by Dennis Littky wfryer.me/xq #inspiringexcellence
We need far more interdisciplinary work between content areas both as tchrs & students in #ccss world #inspiringexcellence
Big disconnect w #ccss assessment model: fear-laden communication of student & tchr expectations #inspiringexcellence
Who thrives in a controlling environment? The controllers. #ccss #inspiringexcellence
ALL teachers in @kckschools have MacBook Air laptops! District got an end of life deal for $600 each (11” model) WOW! #inspiringexcellence
Checking out: @P21CentSkills Common Core Toolkit: A Guide2 Aligning #ccss w Framework 4 21C Skills wfryer.me/xp #inspiringexcellence
#ccss innovation session discussion question: What did Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. and Steve Jobs of Apple have in common?…
Slides/links from today’s #inspiringexcellence keynote in @kckschools: Mapping Media to the Common Core wfryer.me/mmcc #ccss
brpumphrey Students need to have more assessment choices. (We) tchrs need to play with media - text, images, video, audio @wfryer #inspiringexcellence
Link2 the high school eBook author in Yukon, OK: Yukon student becomes eBook author wfryer.me/xo #inspiringexcellence
All district Internet access is up and available now, just in time for #inspiringexcellence conference breakouts - woo hoo!
brpumphrey “no technology is tremendous unless it can be tremendously abused” - Kevin Kelly. From @wfryer #inspiringexcellence #kckps
jonathanferrell Passionate people > technology. When graduating no one thanks tech - they thank the people who helped them. #inspiringexcellence
MiFi Saves the Day! @ Schlagel High School instagr.am/p/LNjM9POgD9/
Thank goodness for BYOB (bring your own bandwidth) & per-downloaded web videos, Internet connectivity down district wide this am :-(
@ewanmcintosh Wish more teachers could experience that a-ha excitement w/ kids! @dkuropatwa @shareski @mahlness @mguhlin @jeffrobodine
@ewanmcintosh I agree the ‘feel’ of that conversation had energy! @dkuropatwa @shareski @mahlness @mguhlin @wfryer @jeffrobodine
storychasers Check out new Celebrate Kansas Voices oral history interview videos from Stacy Harris’ elem students in Manhattan! wfryer.me/xn
@wterral excellent, please let me know how it goes! :-) @Philip_Cummings
@MatthiasStrubel OK, another install attempt thanks to your help, this time I documented more error messages wfryer.me/xl
too many people today believe in the power of TECHNOLOGY rather than the power of WORDS & PASSIONATE PEOPLE
ssandifer 10 Gadgets You’d Be a Fool to Buy Right Now bit.ly/JFejFy
New post: Back to the Future Opening Scene: Marty McFly Experiences Amplifier Power [VIDEO] go.wfryer.me/KlyNBc
@jeffrobodine I just updated the link to your blog on that original post so I was reminiscing wfryer.me/xk :-)
@jeffrobodine remember our Mar 0’06 skype “Over the Pond and Through the Fiber #2” w/ @mguhlin @ewanmcintosh @mahlness…
mahlness Hitting the Data Wall: Measurement-Centered Instruction takes hold in High Poverty Schools blogs.edweek.org/teachers/livin… via @educationweek
Anyone tried using the iPad app Kiosk Pro @KioskGroupInc to create parent-teacher night student work demos? wfryer.me/xj
@TheHomeworkDog outstanding :-)
@TheHomeworkDog using Safari on your iPad? I choose to open links outside my twitter app in Safari for purchases…
@TheHomeworkDog yep I got it directly on my iPhone - did you try buying on a laptop or desktop? Should work either way, strange…
Free Kindle eBook today: Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story wfryer.me/xi via @KansasNana #ebook #ebooks
@KansasNana thanks!
MT @TheThirdTeacher How to cultivate a culture of passion for the long term by @FastCompany: ow.ly/bcpBm (great ideas, like G2Gr8)
About to leave OKC, direct flight to KCI today. Glad for the trip/speaking opp but a bit bummed to leave my fam on such a beautiful holiday!
@Philip_Cummings thanks for the cc’s in your RT of today’s post, good folks to follow :-)
cindybrock Great reminder of why we have Memorial day! Gives me chills every time! Worth your time to watch!
vimeo.com/42955820
EduTechSmith so excited about the many possiblities of integration of Search Stories Video Creator! searchstories-intl.appspot.com/en-us/creator/ #edchat
wterral Seniors use Google Sites for Sr Research Project vsb.li/2CmWs4 #engchat #fb < Great examples!
MT @brpumphrey The Book Stack wfryer.me/xh (good book reccs for older elementary readers!) #books #literacy #reading #elemchat
@brpumphrey I’m looking forward to the chance to present for KCK schools in Kansas City tomorrow too! See you there! #inspiringexcellence
@cheritoledo you are most welcome! :-)
I downloaded the FLV video files using the free UnPlug extension for FireFox wfryer.me/xg
Using TubeTV (free) to convert some FLV format videos to MP4 for tomorrow’s keynote in Kansas City wfryer.me/xf @kckschools
New post: Use Tweet Nest to Create a Personal Twitter Information Trap go.wfryer.me/JIEA5F
@cashjim that’s a tempting idea but I’ll pass for now… hoping 2get this silly Piratebox to work… definitely beyond my geek comfort zone
@pioneer_susie Boy that does look like an interesting & practical ‘exercise!’ Did you participate personally?
My Piratebox configuration/installation nightmare continues wfryer.me/xe hoping @MatthiasStrubel can rescue! Ugh!
Sadly tonight I’ve learned to edit my HOSTS file on my Mac & edit entries from the terminal with Pico wfryer.me/xd
Very interesting site & project: Social Media 4 Emergency Management wfryer.me/xc #SMEM
RT @gothamwriters “The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.” -Harlan Ellison (b. May 27, 1934) via @TheJLV
MT How NOT To Prepare A Student For A Standardized Test bit.ly/KUPeRZ by @Larryferlazzo via @alfiekohn @jackiegerstein @Chi_educate
Larryferlazzo “Mitt Romney tells teachers class size doesn’t matter. Did he think that was true for his own sons?” bit.ly/KfBEvp
@Neilstephenson no tangible change yet other than my 8 year old thinks it’s very cool to tell people her dad is a dr :-) feels gr8 2b done!
Choose Actors instagr.am/p/LJtz6oOgMP/
@Neilstephenson that is a great view for sure!!! Count your blessings :-)
ArmstrongYYC My very random musings of #ConnectedCA My brain was not prepared for all the awesomeness of the weekend goo.gl/ECu73 #edchat #abed
@KathyPerret …& letting my brain focus on entirely different things helps
@KathyPerret going to talk a walk &/or spending quiet time in a natural space often seems to help me. Getting out of ‘my box’…
Creativity thrives on constraints & in fact often blooms as a direct result of them. Great insights from @jonahlehrer wfryer.me/xb
Creative kids’ book as an app: Winken, Blinken and Nod for iPad wfryer.me/xa #edapp
@danlovejoy maybe iOS developers are running out of clever app names? Saw it at the Penn Sq Apple Store on a demo iPad
Houzz for iPad is a slick interior design idea app, Pintrest with prices wfryer.me/x9
148/366/2012 Pentecost Testimonies @ First Presbyterian Church instagr.am/p/LI3bCPugKN/
joycevalenza So sweet: Isaac’s live lipdub proposal vimeo.com/42828824
YouTube Viral Video Literacy: “Nobody’s Perfect” by Doglover >12 million views wfryer.me/x8 (talk about YouTube courage!?)
NMHS_Principal How to Break Free of Our 19th-Century Factory-Model #Education System buff.ly/KGeawZ #edchat #cpchat
dwarlick Cargo-Bot, An Addictive iPad Game That Teaches Programming Concepts flpbd.it/qc8nl
sciencegoddess Second annual Stick Science Cartoon Contest Top 10 bit.ly/LHpr27 I do love revisiting these!
147/366/2012 Saturn, Mars & La Luna instagr.am/p/LHYLCCOgDU/
Flashback to 2007 TechEdge article: Online Research with Google Notebook wfryer.me/x7 I still mourn the death of G Notebook! :-(
@doddschris Hey nice initial #scratch game, way to go!
@doddschris so glad you were able to join the #scratch workshop this morning! Let me know what you create!
@jjash the #scratch unit I taught preservice teachers a couple years was definitely the best 1 of 6 - so much to learn, so much creativity!
iReading: UMW faculty academy flpbd.it/iYitN - series of amazing session drawings by @giuliaforsythe via @cogdog
iReading: Google Educast #49: What is the Future of Citation? flpbd.it/kSbsL
TParks Register now for @oksde #eduvision2020 It’s FREE! (My favorite 4 letter word) bit.ly/K9hLEm June 11-15
RosabethKanter 7 truths about change to lead by and live by bit.ly/dsOX1o
#scratch workshop participants at @thedivorg this am: Plz use this link 2 join our @edmodo group for Scratch Oklahoma wfryer.me/sok
@dogtrax I’m teaching a 1.5 day #scratch camp for kids in June & a 5 day camp in July. I’m looking forward to the playtime! @thedivorg
@dogtrax not yet but I will have some soon!
@MatthiasStrubel Hey thanks so much, I posted a reply with answers. Glad you found me on Twitter! :-)
Helpful student “Media Opt Out Form” wfryer.me/x4 by @kckschools added to #playingwithmedia sample forms wfryer.me/x5
For @cogdog & anyone w PirateBox configuration knowledge: I’ve run into a glitch and need help! wfryer.me/x3
TParks Great article! Passion based learning and #STEM. #tinkering usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/tin…
RT @JanetBarresi: Read our latest State Board of Education highlights tinyurl.com/blc84s2 (includes new ACE appeal process)
JanetBarresi RT @oksde: My thanks to Legislative Leaders for additional funds - ow.ly/ba29W
forgetcomputers Framework: MIT creates tech for moving files across devices — say from iPhone to iPad — with a simple swipe | Swÿp ht.ly/b9m5N
JanetBarresi My latest column gives a hats off to the graduates of 2012 - tinyurl.com/8833jyc.
Okieprof New blog photo, especially for Memorial Day, on the blog, Coffee with Clark, clarkcoffee.blogspot.com, with more posts to follow
Devon Building at Dusk twitpic.com/9p8n04
Myriad at Dusk @ Myriad Botanical Gardens instagr.am/p/LEl9THugLH/
146/2012/366 Oklahoma Skyscraper @ Myriad Children’s Area instagr.am/p/LElM9WugKt/
@HowePrincipal also check out @appsfire - here is an example myap.ps/ecctech
@HowePrincipal I like app lists on @appolicious - see example here wfryer.me/x2
This Land Press @thislandpress is a Tulsa-based new media website, newspaper, TV show & iPad app #Way2goOklahoma
Taco Ready? @ Taco Bell instagr.am/p/LEE-8XOgIF/
@Jules_F1 Good point. Unfortunately clearing out my personal email to inbox zero would be analogous to counting grains of sand on a beach
iReading: The #STEM Video Game Challenge Results wfryer.me/x1 by @dogtrax
_luisfperez Back to Basic: Top 6 iPad Shortcuts Gestures zite.to/JI0RtT #iear
Rachel’s @OKCPS 2nd grade class awards for @GreatExpOrg character traits (she was recognized for “integrity”) twitpic.com/9p2ajt
I love the focus on @GreatExpOrg values, ethics & character traits at today’s @OKCPS elementary awards assembly! wfryer.me/x0
No awards or recognition for creativity at today’s @OKCPS elementary awards ceremony (just for attendance, citizenship & math scores) :-(
Recognizing good attendance at school this year @OKCPS twitpic.com/9p1wh2
“First In Math” results = big focus of today’s school awards wfryer.me/wy twitpic.com/9p1rl7
Results instagr.am/p/LDPKjzugNi/
Ingredients instagr.am/p/LDOVmtugNM/
@march4teachers absolutely. I think it was a very traumatic event that left a scar :-(
Watching: @SirKenRobinson - Educating the Heart and Mind wfryer.me/wx
A 4H Prize Turned Nightmare [VIDEO] wfryer.me/wv (My vid 4 yesterday’s @DS106TDC Daily Create: tell a family legend) #td136
Just added my first annotation to a YouTube video wfryer.me/ww (to correct a silly recording mistake)
Great veteran storytelling movie coming to DVD later this month: Memorial Day wfryer.me/wu via @KansasNana
Just had a nice skype chat with @jjash - shared @DS106TDC with her. Hopefully we’ll see some new Australians posting in the Daily Create!
145/366/2012 behold: the destroyer of corn instagr.am/p/LB9GCvugAW/
Pumpkin Progress instagr.am/p/LB8qkcOgAI/
saylordotorg Historian H.R. Trevor-Roper said Africa had no history before European arrival. How wrong was he? Take bit.ly/HIST251 to find out!
@technolibrary I agree. I’d like to see aggregated stats on how many state & fed legislators sent/are sending their kids to public schools
@tgalvez good luck with the rollout! Encourage them to play with media & create some personal media products for family members!
HallDavidson Think it effects achievement? Children being raised by extended family members rose 18% over past decade, report finds: bit.ly/Jq7XIz
I started reading “Imagine: How Creativity Works” by @jonahlehrer on my iPad tonight, it’s going to be a great read! wfryer.me/wt
New post: Directly Download an Enhanced ePUB eBook to Your iPad go.wfryer.me/LtlACh
June 2007 TechEdge column flashback: Join the Global Education Conversation wfryer.me/ws
@okeducation I’m on that page too. Lots of agendas… Unfortunately not all of them are good for kids :-(
DrEscotet RT @qui_oui: “Stop Consuming Education and Learn Creatively”: Great talk from #TEDxYorkU by @k88hudson youtu.be/jmLLXv0RmwU #HigherEd
DrEscotet Wall Street’s Investment in School Reform by @DianeRavitch - #Education Week —bit.ly/KQQ0Q01T
@okeducation Who is behind the curtain tweeting & blogging in your channels?
Dusty Sun #hdr @ Yukon Schools Administration Building instagr.am/p/LApfB0OgKD/