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I am Wes Fryer, a middle school media literacy teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is my channel for sharing resources and good ideas relating to media literacy for everyone.

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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Google Vids AI Video (opens the original)

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    Have you played with “Google Vids” yet? The official landing page for the tool, which is now (optionally) part of Google Drive, is:AI video creation for work: Tell more engaging stories through easy-to-use, collaborative video creation with Gemini.Depending on the set of tools authorized for your school Google Workspace domain, Google Vids may or may not be enabled. It also may be enabled for teachers and staff, but not for students. It’s available for me now as a teacher, at our specific school

  2. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    The “AI Big Bad Wolf” (opens the original)

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    Tristan Harris is one of my “trusted voices.”<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1440" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2uZv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fp

  3. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    First MultiCam Podcast for EdTechSR (opens the original)

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    I’ve noticed more established and “fancier” video and podcast channels like Hank Green and the Atlantic’s “The Most Interesting Thing in AI” create multicam podcast videos, even when they are interviewing their guests over a videoconference. I started using Descript.com to edit podcasts and videos in August of 2024, but this evening was the first time I used <a href="https://help.descript.com/visuals/

  4. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Digital Storytelling with Google Vids (opens the original)

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    Last night I continued a project I started three months ago: Moving my websites off an aging Linux virtual private server that kept going offline and getting overwhelmed, mainly due to bot traffic. My main blog, speedofcreativity.org, had been down for two weeks with a 503 error. Working with Claude as a troubleshooting partner, one command at a time, we traced the problem to a single configuration file that t

  5. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    Reinventing College in Vermont (opens the original)

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    Lots of things caught my attention in this NPR article today, including the fact that the Provost was formally at Olin College of Engineering outside Boston, an absolutely amazing school. I had the fortunate opportunity to take two of our children to visit Olin (separately) when they were each shopping for colleges. Both of them have become engineers, one via Colorado School of Mines and the other at the US Air Force Academy.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.

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