#nced — Public Fediverse posts

Here's an after-action-report from running communications for the recent Kids Over Corporations teacher march and demonstration in Raleigh. I cover our use of push-to-talk-over-cellular radios for the event.

Super proud of the communications club we've been building with Triangle Mutual Aid in North Carolina. I keep having these experiences I didn't think new hams could have.

https://www.patreon.com/trianglemutualaid/posts/teachers-on-air-161108016

#MutualAid #Teachers #1U #UnionStrong #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #NCed #NorthCarolina

Candles of the Community.

An AI assisted remix / re-creation of some art shared today during the Union County PRIDE Conference in Waxhaw.

My Google Doc of notes:
http://wfryer.me/unionpride26

#NCed #HealOurCulture #ResistAndHeal

Added to my #WonderLinks page: [VIDEO] Artemis Science: Visualizing NASA’s Next Lunar Flyby (6 min)

https://www.youtNCedcom/watch?v=wdF4wyTarrI

Also added to my “VIDEOS: SPACE EXPLORATION - MOON / MARS HABITATION” page:

https://lessons.wesfryer.com/lessons/minecraft-mars/mars-videos

https://lessons.wesfryer.com/wonder-links

#SpaceEd #stem #NCed #curiosity #space #CodingMars

Check out David Harris‘s latest episode on The Teacher’s Forum [PODCAST]:

“Teaching Through Crisis in Charlotte: Dr. James Ford on Immigration Raids, Student Safety, and Educational Equity”

https://theteachersforum.buzzsprout.com/2228994/episodes/18227035-teaching-through-crisis-in-charlotte-dr-james-ford-on-immigration-raids-student-safety-and-educational-equity

#teaching #ICE #immigration #HumanRights #education #NCed #HealOurCulture

Op-ed: In the wake of violence, threats to teachers are also threats to NC public schools

"No educator should ever face harassment, violence, or doxxing, the sharing of private information for intimidation, for doing their job, and no student should ever sit in a classroom clouded by fear."

https://www.ncae.org/advocating-change/new-from-ncae/op-ed-wake-violence-threats-teachers-are-also-threats-nc-public-schools

#NCed #NCpol #NC #teachers #NCAE

Woo hoo! Check out the 11 minute introductory video I recorded for my computer programming students, starting our “Spooky Scratch Stories” project this week!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPI0OlkAeyM

Full lesson on:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/lessons/spooky-scratch-stories

Shout out to Tony Vincent for the inspiration for this project!

#coding #Scratch #Halloween #stem #NCed

Thanks to @toddconaway for this powerful multimedia essay, “What Happened? Twitter, COVID, Remote Work and Loss.” Read the essay:
https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/iHtGUPNYnZx06

This encourages me to NOT give up on my desire to serve as a catalyst for an EdCamp community here in Charlotte, NC.

Interested in EdCampCLT?
https://edcampclt.org
https://edcampclt.org/volunteer/

#community #NCed #edtech #socialnetworking #ds106 #EdCamp #EdCampCLT

Welcome to my new Mastodon channel / profile! I started using Mastodon in April 2017 and setup an account on https://mastodon.cloud/@wfryer

Today I learned about the https://triangletoot.party/ Mastodon server / instance via StartHereSocial: https://jaz.co.uk/projects/startheresocial/

Specifically the US / North Carolina filter of the Americas page:
https://jaz.co.uk/projects/startheresocial/shs-americas/

I'm interested in more local networking within my city and state, so hoping this will be a good move!

#NCed #CLT #NorthCarolina #IndivisibleCLT

NC K-12 Private Schools Curriculum Review 2025: "Taxpayers have already spent nearly a half a billion this year for private school tuition vouchers to schools whose curriculum, for most of the schools, is not aligned to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS)...[P]rivate schools receiving public dollars should select curriculum materials that meet or closely align with the content standards established by the NCSCOS." https://publicschoolsfirstnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NC-Private-School-Cirruculum-Report.pdf

#NCed #NCpol #NC #PublicSchools

Public sessions for Global Learning #EdCamp start in 10 minutes! Join us!
https://busy-launch-408.notion.site/Global-Learning-Edcamp-Hub-1bec5b7d30fb8015b377edc0bf273804

#education #collaboration #Thrive2025 #NCed #GlobalEd #GlobalLearning

Coding Mars with Minecraft Makecode and Scratch (March 2025)
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/03/25/coding-mars/

Missed my session at #msmatters2025 today? Check out RECORDED AUDIO & my session slides / resources!

Full unit on:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/lessons/minecraft-mars

#stem #NCed #coding #Minecraft #MinecraftEDU #MinecraftEducation #create2learn

Great presentation today by Heather Smith (2024 NC Teacher of the Year) in Charlotte at #MSMATTERS2025! My notes from her session “Teachers: The Ultimate Influencers“
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/03/24/wisdom-from-heather-smith/

#NCMLE #NCed #NCMLE2025

new post: Road to Awesome
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/03/24/road-to-awesome/

These are my notes from Darrin Peppard’s keynote at the March 24, 2025  NCMLE ‘Middle School Matters’ Conference

#MSMATTERS2025 #NCMLE #NCed #NCMLE2025

"A timeline of the dismantling of DEI at NC State" from the student newspaper, the Technician. Looks like they might not even know about the order to remove the worry words from all of ncsu.edu.

https://www.technicianonline.com/news/a-timeline-of-the-dismantling-of-dei-at-nc-state/article_3eba514c-04be-11f0-aa52-bf9621c8702b.html

#NCState #Raleigh #NCpol #NCed #DEI

Students in Mr White’s Middle School engineering class are testing autonomous “codeable” drones this morning, using a Block-based interface “printing” output similar to Python.
https://www.robolink.com/products/codrone-edu

More photos on:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/albums/72177720323682998

#stem #coding #NCed #drones

(2/2) and conversation:
https://chatgpt.com/share/679d222c-1068-800e-8a46-48a251dedd1f

More on my Google Doc of AI Tips and "Learning AI with Wes Fryer" website:
https://wfryer.me/tips
https://ai.wesfryer.com/

#WebDesign #NCed #STEM #coding #PDSchargers #AI #ChatGPT

One of my teaching colleagues and friends, Mr. Todd Johnson, has coded two awesome free games in Roblox! My coding students were beta testers for him in December. Check them out: “Chicken Apocalypse” and “PD Perry BYOB!”
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/roblox-games

#coding #games #NCed #stem

“And amidst the dogs of Charlotte that day, there was great rejoicing.

For it was a snow day.”

#SnowDay #NCed #GoldenRetriever

I updated the RESOURCES page for #PodCampCLT following our first successful UNconference on Saturday, December 7, 2024! This includes AI tools for podcasting, audio, sharing, design, and other tools:
https://www.podcampclt.com/resources

#podcasting #podcast #create2learn #NCed #creator #CLT

My middle school students are creating personal “web design passion projects” as we end the term, and also learning about project management.

I’m creating one of these projects too on the same timeline, mine is titled “Searchable Google Sheet Powered Website.”

https://lessons.wesfryer.com/courses/web-design/spreadsheet-powered-website

#edtech #MediaLit #STEM #WebDesign #NCed #AI #GoogleSites #GoogleSheets #Spreadsheet

(1/2) This morning after my early airport run, I put up a few flyers (on Starbucks community boards) about the FREE “PodCampCLT UnConference” I’m organizing and hosting next Saturday on December 7th in Charlotte, North Carolina!

If you are a podcast listener and either have your own podcast or are interested in possibly starting a podcast, this is the event for you! Please share the link, registration is FREE via Eventbrite:
https://www.podcampclt.com

#podcasting #podcast #NCed #Charlotte

I signed up for & started the free #KQED #MediaLit course “Analyzing Media Messages: Bias, Motivation and Production Choices”
https://teach.kqed.org/p/analyzing-media

#MediaLiteracy #edtech #DigCit #teaching #NCed #education #professionaldevelopment

new blog post and 5 minute instructional video: ALT Text for Web Accessibility
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2024/11/20/alt-text-for-web-accessibility/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exaCbld4npE

#MediaLit #webdesign #accessibility #NCed #stem #teaching #lesson

Happy Tuesday morning from the Piedmont of North Carolina! #NCed

Calling all PODCAST listeners and creators in Charlotte, North Carolina!

Register FREE for PodCampCLT on Saturday, December 7, 2024:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/podcampclt-a-meetup-for-podcast-listeners-and-podcast-creators-tickets-1072163653349?aff=podcampCLTwebsite

Learn more on:
https://www.PodCampCLT.com

#PodCampCLT #podcasting #podcast #creators #creator #NCed #CharlotteNC #CLT

Calling all North Carolina teachers & educators: Let's #EdCamp on Saturday, February 1st in Charlotte! Details on:
https://edcampclt.org/2024/11/16/register-for-edcampclt-2025/

#NCed #edcampCLT #NorthCarolina #CLT #teaching #conference

Inspired by the always amazing TONY VINCENT, my middle school coding students are again building a “Spooky Stories” project in Scratch this week!
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/lessons/spooky-scratch-stories

I love the “random spinner” which provides a character, setting, and plot for their story. So fun!

#coding #stem #NCed #MediaLit #create2learn #Halloween #edtech #creativity

The assistant principal of Watauga H.S. (Boone, NC) sharing teachers being teachers.
#NCStrong #NCEd

Check out my new [VIDEO] #tutorial: Canva Logo to Google Sites (4 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgfqkniYnYI

Check out my other tutorial videos / screencasts on Google Sites:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/how-to/how-to-google-sites

#MediaLit #edtech #googleEDU #GoogleSites #webdesign #NCed

(2/2) If you are a Canvas guru and have any suggestions or tips for me, please let me know!

#AI #ChatGPT #Canvas #CanvasLMS #edtech #edtechSR #LMS #quiz #assessment #NCed

My Saturday [PODCAST] listen: “James Baldwin at 100: Teaching Race, Identity, and the Power of Truth” by #DavidHarris on #TheTeachersForum

https://pca.st/episode/4104e8de-6d1e-46e8-8437-970a5f0fc831

#NCed #teaching #justice #inclusion #innovation

The MLA Style Center has a helpful page on how to attribute / cite use of generative AI:
https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/

I added this to my own classroom AI guidelines:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/ai-guidelines

#edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek #AI #citation #bibliography #AItools #MediaLit #edtech #DigCit #NCed

Just loaded up 13 new [PODCAST] episodes for today and this week’s professional development diet! Via #PocketCasts

Starting with “Taking You With Me: Stories about precious memories” Friday 22 March 2024 by #StoryCollider
http://storycollider.org

https://pca.st/episode/07c05d85-1d15-4938-b418-0899e8eac47e

#MediaLit #edtechSR #edtech #NCed

Our NC tax dollars at (work?).
"For example, Fayetteville Christian School, which pocketed nearly $2 million in voucher dollars this school year, expressly bans students who practice specific religions like Islam and Buddhism, and they also bar LGBTQ+ students–whom they brand 'perverted'–from attending."
#NCPolitics #NCEd https://ncnewsline.com/2024/03/12/nc-school-voucher-dollars-are-funding-christian-nationalist-indoctrination/

(1/2) Are you an educator interested in how to use AI (artificial intelligence) tools both professionally and personally?

Join me for a free, online / Zoom "EdTech PlayDate" this Saturday, January 20th from 10 am to noon (ET)! Register FREE on EventBrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edtech-playdate-clt-ai-edition-tickets-785638896087?aff=oddtdtcreator

Times in each North American time zone:
10 am to Noon Eastern
9 am to 11 am Central
8 am to 10 am Mountain
7 am to 9 am Pacific

#ChatGPT #edtech #teaching #MediaLit #NCed #stem #AI

@visionsbyvicky @neif I’m thinking about using this curriculum in the initial lessons for my middle school coding class this spring! Thank you both for sharing and encouraging me to look at this! #stem #NcEd #coding #AI

“Behold the digital mob: Fueled by outrage and driven by social media.”

Via ”Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online” by @holden & @samwineburg

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGP38668?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

#ConCW #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #NCed #edtechSR #conspiracy #ConspiracyTheory

Bad news and a sign of our times: Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) looks to fill more than 500 teaching positions more than 2 months into the school year by #WCNC

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/cms-looks-to-fill-more-than-500-teaching-positions-more-than-2-months-into-the-school-year/ar-AA1ijyGn

#NCed #education #TeacherShortage #teaching

This week I started an “AI Guidelines” webpage for students in my classes:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/ai-guidelines

It’s a work in progress! If you have suggestions or feedback please let me know.

#edtechSR #MediaLit #NCed #PDSchargers #edtech #AI #ChatGPT #pedagogy

Love our community colleges and love that Wake Tech is on Mastodon: @waketechcc

https://mstdn.social/@waketechcc/110429781354836757

#ncHigherEd #nc #nced #CommunityCollege

The thing about Moms For Liberty and that Hitler quote is that they meant it literally, not even as a warning about "big government." That was just cover for the apology. The Parents Rights movement is about the right to own your child and treat them as chattel, and it needs to be called out as such.

https://lux-magazine.com/article/free-the-children

#ParentsRights #MomsForLiberty #m4l #nced #WCPSS #Republicans #ProtectTransKids #NaziMoms

What an honor to present at the
@DPI_SSTeam
NC Social Studies Leaders Institute. I'm so excited about my session, Tech Tools and Resources to Make Social Studies Engaging. #NCEd

So today for the first time in 15.5 years of working in the #UNC System, I received a "Legislative Data Request." The #NCGA wants info about any courses or workshops I've taught that include any material about "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility." This will not end well. #NCPol #NCed
https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2023/03/17/general-assembly-asking-for-info-on-dei-at-unc-campuses-as-gop-targets-diversity-efforts/ [edit: this request is for staff facing courses but all my library workshops are open to staff and faculty]

Important to note that UNC leaders are supposed to be working to implement Leandro, too, yet their budget request fails to include Leandro items: https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewDocSiteFile/75769

#nced #ncpol #LeadWithLeandro