Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Wesley Fryer
In preparation for next week’s inaugural “Celebrate Kansas Voices” (CKV) oral history and digital storytelling workshop, we’ve created a new two-page guide explaining how to publish videos to YouTube and embed videos in our CKV learning community / Ning site. This is included in our 24 page participant handout. (PDF) Because of changes to Ning’s [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2010 by Wesley Fryer
Sean Buchanan‘s autobiographical 4.5 minute video he created last week and shared on our Celebrate Oklahoma Voices learning community is outstanding. (“You’re Going Where?“) The way he told this story really caught me by surprise when he shared it. I’ve given away the surprise with the title of this post, which Sean included in the [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Wesley Fryer
We’ve unfortunately always had people in our communities who are bullies and seem to enjoy hurting other people. What’s changed is that gossip which used to remain local has now gone global, and gossip can now be confirmed with images and video. Bullying which used to be limited by time and place can now take [...]
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Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Wesley Fryer
For the past four years, I’ve helped lead and facilitate a statewide oral history project in Oklahoma called “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices.” Since we started using Ning for our learning community and a space to share videos, it’s been VERY important to moderate not only video submissions but also requests to join our community as a [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Wesley Fryer
This week another fantastic group of Oklahoma educators completed our 2.5 day Celebrate Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling workshop, this time at Lowrey School about 30 minutes north of Tahlequah. Lowrey is one of the most innovative public schools in our state, with a 1:1 laptop program for students in grades 3-8. We have over 530 [...]
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Posted on April 11th, 2010 by Wesley Fryer
Cross-posted by Wesley Fryer to “Moving at the Speed of Creativity” I’m spending several days this week in and near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, leading a Celebrate Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling workshop for Storychasers at Lowrey School. Lowrey is one of just five public school districts in Oklahoma implementing a 1:1 laptop initiative, and is located about [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2010 by Wesley Fryer
Thanks to a Facebook post this weekend by Marco Torres, I learned about “What’s Your Issue:” A Global Initiative and Competition for the next generation of leaders and social entrepreneurs – Seeking global thinkers 14 to 24… For 2010, we are looking for 3-minute videos with Issue & Solution format. Express your issue and propose [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Wesley Fryer
This week Oklahoma educators participated in our 29th “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” workshop since 2008, and created some fantastic digital stories about the history, geography, and people of our great state. Did you know Oklahoma is home to a growing black bear population and just had its first open hunting season for bears this year? Brad [...]
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Posted on October 14th, 2009 by Wesley Fryer
When I was in New Zealand in February of 2009, I learned about “Kid Witness News” from some Panasonic vendors attending the Learning @ School conference. Today a teacher from Oklahoma reminded me about it, and I thought I would pass it along. If you’re interested in becoming a storychaser, Kid Witness News is possibly [...]
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Posted on September 5th, 2009 by Wesley Fryer
Teachers in Kansas, Oklahoma, participated in our phase 1 Celebrate Oklahoma Voices workshop this past week, and created some superb digital stories. These are five we’ve featured among the 431 videos now included in our online learning community. The Five Fighting Starrs of Oklahoma tells the amazing story of Paul Starr’s grandfather and five of [...]
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