Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts include presentations and reflections relating to student engagement, the effective use of digital technologies to support learning, digital storytelling, web 2.0 in the classroom, and other topics related to improving both teaching and learning. Learn more on www.speedofcreativity.org. Produced by Wesley Fryer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Ep 483: Creativity, Code, and Compassion: AI Lessons from Middle School and Beyond
In this special 20th-anniversary episode of Moving at the Speed of Creativity, Wes Fryer reflects on a dynamic year of teaching and explores how artificial intelligence—especially through the Flint AI platform—has reshaped his middle and high school classrooms. From supporting refugee advocacy with student-created “InfoPics,” to guiding AP Computer Science students through AI-assisted writing practice, Wes shares rich examples of AI’s educational potential. He dives into how students used AI to imagine mythical creatures, develop backstories, and bring them to life in Scratch and Minecraft, and he also introduces the idea of “vibe coding,” where web design students prompt AI to generate functional code. Along the way, Wes discusses tools like Descript, Canva, and Google Vids, and offers updates on his projects like Heal Our Culture and Conspiracies & Culture Wars. It’s a wide-ranging episode that celebrates creative pedagogy, ethical reflection, and the evolving role of AI in education. This episode is available as both a mp3 audio file and audio-only video file on YouTube . (Due to issues with my WordPress podcasting plugin, this episode is not showing up in my podcast feed YET.) https://socpodcasts.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2025-05-24-speedofcreativity.mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1rUnwcGpV0 Show Notes: Wes Fryer’s Main Site ( wesfryer.com ) Wes Fryer's Shared Lessons Website ( lessons.wesfryer.com ) Media Literacy Hub for Wes Fryer ( medialiteracy.wesfryer.com ) Conspiracies and Culture Wars Project ( medialiteracy.wesfryer.com/concw ) Heal Our Culture ( healourculture.org ) Resist and Heal ( resistandheal.com ) EdTech Situation Room ( edtechsr.com ) Media Literacy with Wes (Substack) ( wfryer.substack.com ) EdTechSR Substack ( edtechsr.substack.com ) Heal Our Culture Substack ( healourculture.substack.com ) Resist and Heal Substack ( resistandheal.substack.com ) Refugee Support Services of Charlotte ( refugeesupportservices.org ) InfoPics for Refugee Support Services - RSS ( lessons.wesfryer.com/courses/capstone/rss ) Photos for Class ( storyboardthat.com/photos ) Canva ( canva.com ) Auphonic ( auphonic.com ) Descript ( descript.com ) Flint AI ( flintk12.com ) ChatGPT (OpenAI) ( chatgpt.com ) Claude (Anthropic) ( claude.ai ) Code.org App Lab ( code.org/tools/applab ) Scratch ( scratch.mit.edu ) Minecraft Education ( education.minecraft.net ) MakeCode ( microsoft.com/en-us/makecode ) Google Vids (via Google Workspace) StreamYard ( streamyard.com ) Teachers for an Informed Public ( tipteachers.org ) Kevin Roose NYT Article on Vibe Coding Wes' GitHub for shared AI / vibecode ( github.com/wfryer ) AI Project Hub for Wes Fryer ( ai.wesfryer.com ) Room 208 Podcast (Bob Sprankle - bobtaughtme.com ) All podcast bumpers created by Wes Fryer in Garageband years ago... The last musical bumper is: Summertime by LiQWYD | https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ " Ep 483: Creativity, Code, and Compassion " ( CC BY 2.0 ) by Wesley Fryer
10 Oct 2023
Ep 482 Moderating Livestreams with Cool Kicks - An Interview with 7th Grader "G"
This is an interview with 7th grader "G," who serves as a volunteer "Livestream moderator" for the website and store "Cook Kicks," based in Los Angeles, California:
https://shopcoolkicks.com/
In the interview, "G" shares the backstory of how he become a moderator for Cool Kicks, how livestreams work, his role as a moderator, and more. Additional show notes from our interview include:
https://www.mynaswap.com
https://www.twitch.tv/coolkicks
https://kick.com/coolkicks
This podcast interview is also shared on the "Moving at the Speed of Creativity" podcast:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/resources/socpodcast/
More links to connect and learn with me (Wes Fryer) are available on:
https://www.wesfryer.com/after/
22 Dec 2022
Podcast481: CMC World Student News
This podcast features an October 2022 with middle school student CMC (his public alias) who is the creator of CMC World News (cmcworldnews.com (https://cmcworldnews.com/)). In this 20 minute conversation, CMC shares the origin story of CMC World News and how he came up with the idea, developed the website, and now maintains it with news articles for other kids around the world. He also addresses Internet safety concerns, and how he maintains his own privacy as a middle school student publishing and sharing a website which is publicly accessible for anyone to view and use. Check out the podcast shownotes for links to not only the main CMC World News website (https://cmcworldnews.com/), but also the CMC World News YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@cmcworldnews5078/videos). A video screencast version of this interview is also available, showing the different parts of the CMC World News website (https://cmcworldnews.com/). That screencast was recorded using Screencastify software for Google Chrome. Moving at the Speed of Creativity podcasts are independently produced by Wesley Fryer of Charlotte, North Carolina, and feature episodes "where media literacy and digital storytelling intersect and change the world." Check out our latest episodes on your favorite podcast service, or directly visit speedofcreativity.org/podcast (https://www.speedofcreativity.org/podcast/). Social media channels to follow and learn with Wesley Fryer are available on wesfryer.com/after (https://www.wesfryer.com/after/). Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts are (as of December 2022) powered by Anchor! The podcast subscription feed (https://feeds.feedburner.com/speedofcreativity/podcasts), however, remains the same via Feedburner.
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