Wesley Fryer

I'm a husband, dad, teacher, tech director, author, & digital storyteller. I love playing w/ media & helping learners "show what they know" with media

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend @coolcatteacher
coolcatteacher.com - by Vicki Davis
11 hours ago
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How to Create Shortened URLs Students Can Spell
practicaledtech.com
Whenever I have a webpage that I want a group of students or colleagues to go to at the same time, I use a URL shortener to turn long URLs into …
August 19
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Space
Stunning Mars Photos Show a Salty Landscape: Space Photos of the Week
WIRED - Condé Nast
NASA’s Curiosity rover touched down on Mars in August 2012, and it’s been cruising around, shooting lasers at rocks, drilling into the ground, and …
3 days ago
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UX Design
7 Ways UX Design Theory Transformed My Approach to Course Design
spencerauthor.com - By John Spencer
UX Design Theory can teach us a lot about how to build community, communicate clearly, and set up effective systems as we design our courses. The …
October 7
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Digital Citizenship
5 Quick Video Discussion Activities for Middle School
commonsense.org - Eisha Buch
Give students the space to share their perspectives on digital citizenship topics. If you're a middle school teacher, you know that positive social …
September 20
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College & University
Record number of colleges stop requiring the SAT and ACT amid questions of fairness
pbs.org - Alina Tugend, The Hechinger Report
Julia Tomasulo took the ACT three times hoping to get to get the best possible score when applying for colleges. Even though she had good grades and …
6 days ago
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Ellen Degeneres
This remix of Ellen’s pathetic defense of George W. Bush is devastating
Fast Company - Joe Berkowitz
The host tried to take down a version of her infamous monologue that juxtaposes images of Iraq war devastation—and it’s only caused the video to spread further. At the time of this writing, primo coffee
5 days ago
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Education
Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong
The Atlantic - Natalie Wexler
In the early grades, U.S. schools value reading-comprehension skills over knowledge. The results are devastating, especially for poor kids. At first glance, the classroom I was visiting at a high-poverty
July 9
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Teacher uses Minecraft for the building blocks of mathematics
cjme.com - Evan Radford
It’s a problem most teachers have probably tried solving: How do we get kids excited about mathematics? One teacher at Regina’s O’Neill High School …
October 6
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Harvard
Building a Good Jobs Economy
harvard.edu
May 3
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Facebook
FBI director warns Facebook could become platform of 'child...
Reuters UK - Raphael Satter, Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Friday that Facebook Inc’s proposal to encrypt its popular messaging programme would turn the platform into a “dream come true for predators
October 4
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Ransomware
FBI Issues ‘High-Impact’ Cyber Attack Warning—What You Need To Know
Forbes - Davey Winder
Be it the prohibition-era gangsters of the 1920s or the global war on terrorism, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been the primary U.S. investigative agency of the federal government with
October 3
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Plastic
Africa's plastic bag ban seems to be working, and a STEM challenge idea - Learning is Messy
learningismessy.com
October 2
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Data as a Property Right
yang2020.com
Each of us generates a significant amount of data each day during the normal course of our activities. Our phones and computers track our movement …
April 24
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Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang proposes that your digital data be considered personal property
Fast Company - Michael Grothaus
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang may not be at the top of the race when it comes to polling (Politico currently has him ranked as the 7th most-popular Democratic contender), but his including
October 1
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Kevin McAleenan
DHS Is Finally Going After White Supremacists. That Won't Be Simple.
defenseone.com - By Kathy Gilsinan
A new strategy prioritizes domestic terrorism, especially of the extreme right. Now the agency has to actually tackle the problem. Kevin McAleenan …
September 23
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Detroit, MI
He spent 3 years in Chinese prison. Now ex-Detroit football star 'don't have to cry no more'
freep.com - Jeff Seidel
Wendell Brown was riding down the escalator, heading toward the baggage claim area at Detroit Metropolitan Airport — finally, a free man. “My heart …
September 25
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Creative Commons
Open Artstor Adds 100,000 Images From the Wellcome Collection
infodocket.com - Filed by Gary Price on
The Open Artstor: Wellcome Collection is now available, featuring a selection of more than 100,000 images from the Wellcome Collection that connect …
September 27
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Mobile Technology
No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs from booting
Ars Technica - Dan Goodin
Google pulls Chrome update that kept some Macs from booting. On Monday night, Variety reported that film editors around Los Angeles who had Avid Media …
September 26
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Online Life
Deepfakes and Cheap Fakes
datasociety.net
“New media technologies do not inherently change how evidence works in society. What they do is provide new opportunities for the negotiation of …
September 18
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Amazon
Amazon announces a bevy of new Echo devices, including a $199 hi-fi speaker
Ars Technica - Valentina Palladino
Plus Echo Buds, $129 wireless AirPods competitors with Bose noise reduction. At an event in Seattle today, Amazon announced a slew of new Echo devices …
September 25
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Massive "I Love America" Facebook page, pushing pro-Trump propaganda, is run by Ukrainians
popular.info - Popular Information
This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter. You can get independent accountability journalism in your inbox every week. Sign up …
September 23
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Adam Mosseri
Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Discusses App's New Features Meant To Fight Bullying
NPR
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Instagram head Adam Mosseri about how it is adding protections for users, while preserving influencers' ability to make money through the platform. CORNISH: The head of
September 23
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iPhone
iPhone 11 Pro Camera Review — Austin Mann
austinmann.com
September 18
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Puget Sound
The Brain Science of Making
slj.com - Conn McQuinn
Making and makerspaces have been moving into libraries in a big way over the last few years. As it turns out, neuroscience gives us some pretty good …
Sep 25, 2018
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iPhone 11
iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro: Key settings you need to change
Digital Trends - Corey Gaskin
The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro bring substantial improvements to the cameras, making Apple’s latest comparable if not better than the best of the …
September 20
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iPhone
IPhone 11 and 11 Pro Review: Thinking Differently in the Golden Age of Smartphones
The New York Times - Brian X. Chen
Over more than a decade of writing about technology, reviewing a new iPhone has long been one of my simplest assignments. Year after year, the formula was this: I tested the most important new features
September 17
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Opinion
Trump is seriously, frighteningly unstable - the world is in danger
The Guardian - Robert Reich
No president has ever been sent packing. Nixon resigned because he saw it coming. Trump would sooner start a civil war With rumors flying that Trump might exchange him for another lapdog, who knows? Maybe
September 15
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iPhone
Live Photos: The ultimate guide
imore.com - Rene Ritchie
The idea of moving pictures isn't new (any Harry Potter fan will tell you that!) but thanks to Live Photos, everyone can take and share them!Live …
January 11

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