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Wesley
Fryer is an educator, author, digital storyteller and change agent. With
respect to school change, he describes himself as a "catalyst for
creative engagement and collaborative learning." Wesley serves
as a co-convener for the annual
K-12 Online Conference each October and is the co-director of the
statewide Celebrate
Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling project.
His blog, "Moving
at the Speed of Creativity" (www.speedofcreativity.org)
was selected as the 2006 "Best Learning Theory Blog" by eSchoolnews
and Discovery Education, and is utilized regularly by
thousands of
educators
worldwide.
Wesley secured $1.3 million in grant funding for West Texas schools participating
in
the
Texas Technology
Immersion
Pilot Project in 2004-2008. He was named an Apple Distinguished Educator
in 2005. He was an elementary classroom teacher for six years in Texas
public schools before serving as a college director of distance learning
for five years. He worked for AT&T from 2006 - 2008 as the Director of
Education Advocacy. Wesley is completing his doctorate in Curriculum
and Instruction at
Texas
Tech University,
studying
the impact
of
podcasting and coursecasting on
student learning in higher education. He currently serves as the Director
of Technology and Education Outreach for the Oklahoma
Heritage Association (a nonprofit) in Oklahoma City.
He has published numerous articles relating to education and technology integration in Technology and Learning, Learning and Leading with Technology, District Administrator, Interactive Educator, The TechEdge, and the journal Internet and Higher Education. He also publishes a weekly podcast. He has presented numerous times at national and international conferences and is a vocal advocate for:
Progressive pedagogy:
- Learning contexts which engage rather than enthrall
- High (rather than minimum) expectations for student learning
- Development of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) for all students
- Comprehensive school reform focused on 21st century skills
- Project-based learning
- Differentiated instruction and learning pathways
- Differentiated and on-going assessment
- Regular collaboration (teacher-to-teacher, student-to-student, and novice learner-to-expert)
Digital learning:
- Student created media
- Digital storytelling
- Safe digital social networking
- Parent education about Internet safety, digital media and learning
- Educator professional development via personal learning networks (PLNs)
- Digital citizenship and digital ethics
- Blended learning which combines digital and face-to-face media and modalities
- Videoconferencing for collaboration and "digital show and tell"
- Collaborative uses of read/write web (web 2.0) technologies
- Citizen journalism with new media tools
- The uses of primary sources to study the diverse voices of our world.
Additional details are available on his Curriculum Vitae.
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