To help my Middle School coding class in Canvas be easier to navigate and just more FUN, I used Nano Banana / Gemini 3 to create some banner graphics for my course homepage, which link to different modules.

I used one Gemini chat to design and create the image prompts, and a separate chat to GENERATE the actual images, using the same colors, style, characters, “vibe,” etc.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/55030668905
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/55030678570/

#MediaLit #edtech #coding #create2learn #AI #Gemini #NanoBanana

Check out my new blog post: Interactive Fiction Database and CYOA Video Stories

https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/11/24/interactive-fiction-database-and-cyoa-video-stories/

#creativity #CYOA #CreateMakeLearn #PlayingWithMedia #games #Gamification #VibeCoding #AI #create2learn

Flickr Data Lifeboat: “A first-of-its-kind, flexible archiving tool to save Flickr photos.”
https://datalifeboat.flickr.org

via “Flickr Foundation at Mozilla Festival” (FLICKR FOUNDATION, 18 Nov 2025)
https://www.flickr.org/flickr-foundation-at-mozilla-festival/

#MediaLit #edtech #create2learn #digitallegacy #openweb #edtechSR

Don’t lose your spark!

https://youtu.be/_q2dThmwg0s?si=USsXYfhh_iRVszkp

#create2learn #creativity #innovation #k12online

Check out my new blog post, "Burning DVDs in 2025"
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/11/20/burning-dvds-in-2025/

#create2learn #edtech #MediaLit #edtechSR

HBCU Students Shine At Black Enterprise’s Hackathon In Charlotte (QCity Metro, 10 Nov 2025)
https://qcitymetro.com/2025/11/10/hbcu-students-shine-at-black-enterprises-hackathon-in-charlotte/

#stem #hackathon #AI #create2learn #MediaLit #edtechSR

“And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭15‬:‭6‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/luk.15.6.NRSV

Rejoice With Me - Pray As You Go
https://prayasyougo.org/prayer/rejoice-with-me-2918

#Jesus #dw4jc #PrayAsYouGo #create2learn #YouVersion #BibleVerse #Bible #LostSheep

Here's the 4 minute video of "Spooky Stories" my middle school computer programming students created, which was shown today at our middle school assembly to kick things off!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=966-pqhWqY8

More info on:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/lessons/spooky-scratch-stories

#coding #Scratch #ComputerScience #create2learn #MediaLit

Check out 7 YouTube shorts from my speech at #NoKings in Charlotte on June 14, 2025:
https://wfryer.me/nokings

My full 8 minute speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHRPOMNR_hE

Post on my creative workflow:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/10/10/creating-youtube-shorts-with-descript-com/

#NoKings #create2learn #MediaLit #edtech #Descript #AI

Check out my latest #VibeCoding project, "DIY Federated Reader"
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/09/05/diy-federated-reader/

On GitHub: https://github.com/wfryer/federated-reader-bot

#create2learn #AI #MediaLit #edtechSR #edtech #SocialMedia #HealOurCulture #OwnYourFeed

Good progress on this vibe coding project so far... Got some pieces working but still not functional. Quitting for the night...

Chat log: https://chatgpt.com/share/68b7b494-e38c-800e-81a1-af2111fb5e4a

#ChatGPT #vibecoding #create2learn #ownyourfeed

🚀 Introducing Federated Reader
Turn email newsletters into a news reader you control.

An experiment-in-progress: Gmail newsletters → Mastodon bot → lists you can read in Flipboard or any Fediverse app.

Why? To reclaim feeds from algorithms & curate with intention.

🔧 Code + guide coming soon on GitHub.
🌐 Project by @wesfryer

Follow for updates & a replicable workflow.

#Fediverse #OwnYourFeed #MediaLiteracy #Create2Learn #VibeCoding

Meta Partners With MidJourney on AI Image and Video Models (TECHCRUNCH, 22 Aug 2025)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/22/meta-partners-with-midjourney-on-ai-image-and-video-models/

#AI #edtech #MediaLit #create2learn #MediaLiteracy

#geekoftheweek: CastoPod - “Self-host your podcasts with ease, keep control over what you create and talk to your audience without any middleman…”

https://castopod.org

via Mark Corbett Wilson

https://talkingwithmachines.com/about/

#podcasting #podcast #edtechSR #MediaLit #create2learn #MediaLiteracy #edtech

Google’s NotebookLM Now Creates Video Overviews With Studio Bot AI (The Verge, 29 July 2025)
https://www.theverge.com/news/715283/google-notebooklm-video-overviews-studio-ai

#edtech #googleEDU #MediaLit #edtechSR #create2learn #AI

I Embraced AI in My Community College English Class, and My Students Loved It (EdSurge, 21 Jul 2025)
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-07-21-i-embraced-ai-in-my-community-college-english-class-and-my-students-loved-it

#edtech #create2learn #MediaLit #edtechSR #AI

Creative Commons 4.0 Has Arrived on Flickr! (Flickr, 18 Jun 2025)
https://blog.flickr.net/en/2025/06/18/creative-commons-4-0-has-arrived-on-flickr/

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #edtech #copyright #create2learn

A New Path Forward for WordPress, and for the Open Web (JOOST.BLOG, 6 Jun 2025)
https://joost.blog/path-forward-for-wordpress/

#edtech #MediaLiteracy #edtechSR #create2learn #MediaLit #WordPress #WebDesign

College Board Keeps Apologizing for Screwing Up Digital SAT and AP Tests (Ars Technica, 24 May 2025)
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/05/college-board-keeps-apologizing-for-screwing-up-digital-sat-and-ap-tests/

#edtech #MediaLit #edtechSR #create2learn

I recorded a new episode (#483) of my "Moving at the Speed of Creativity" podcast, which is 20 years old this year in 2025! I titled it, "Creativity, Code, and Compassion: AI Lessons from Middle School and Beyond."
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/05/24/ep-483-creativity-code-and-compassion-ai-lessons-from-middle-school-and-beyond/

#MediaLit #coding #FlintAI #refugees #create2learn