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This is a periodic podcast channel for reflections, resources, and assignments related to workshops and classes taught by Dr. Wesley Fryer (@wfryer).

  1. Why Regulate AI?

    03/21/2025

    Why Regulate AI?

    Why should we regulate artificial intelligence? This was the question we tackled at the Thursday evening discussion group at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan, Kansas, on March 20, 2025. This presentation and conversation was shared by Wes Fryer of Charlotte, North Carolina, a 1988 graduate of Manhattan High School and current middle school and high school computer science teacher. We explored government regulation more broadly, considering the different kinds of things we generally acknowledge government should regulate, and acknowledged the widespread hostile sentiments in the United States today against regulation overall. After sharing a couple book recommendations, we explored the definition of "artificial general intelligence," who some of the primary players are in the AI competition today, and finally why many people believe it is important to try and regulate AI with different kinds of guardrails. Slides for this presentation are available and also linked on ai.wesfryer.com.

    28 min
  2. Multidimensional Identity

    01/25/2025

    Multidimensional Identity

    Reflections on the ways in which we each have “multidimensional personalities,” and my experience using the generative AI platform “Notebook LM” this past week to create an introductory deep dive podcast about myself. More on my blog post: https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/01/22/notebooklm-introduces-me/ More ways to learn and connect with me are on: https://wesfryer.com/after/

    43 min
  3. Reflections on Hernan Cortes, the Aztecs, and Mars Colonization

    11/25/2023

    Reflections on Hernan Cortes, the Aztecs, and Mars Colonization

    Today in this podcast (which is also a blog post and video) I discuss a podcast episode titled, “The Fall of the Aztecs: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)” on “The Rest is History,” by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. I’m excited to share about this podcast and topics it references for several reasons. First, I’m a real history geek, particularly fascinated by the history of the “encounter of cultures” in the Americas in the 1500s, the “Age of Exploration,” the “conquest of the Americas,” or whatever terms you choose to use to describe the dramatic and destructive introduction of the values of European colonialism into the Western hemisphere of our planet. These topics are also relevant as humanity ponders the idea of becoming a multi-planetary species in the coming decade, and the ways we will behave as we "colonize" another new world.

    41 min
  4. End of Course Evaluations (Jan 2023)

    01/04/2023

    End of Course Evaluations (Jan 2023)

    Middle school students in my media, literacy and robotics classes in early January 2023 shared some answers to the following two “End of Semester Reflection Questions.” 1. What were the best parts of this class? 2. How could this class be even better?

    8 min

  5. 11/04/2022

    Middle School Robotics Course Design

    Some reflections on ways I want to change the design of my middle school robotics course and classes. Resources related to this podcast episode are available on lessons.wesfryer.com/robotics. Links to my social media channels to continue learning and connecting with me are on wesfryer.com/after.

    29 min

  6. 09/28/2022

    First HAM Radio Club Meeting

    Tonight I attended my first amateur radio, or HAM, radio club meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. I learned a lot, and certainly realized how little I do know about amateur radio, the electromagnetic spectrum, and so much more. But I’m on this learning journey now, and I’d love for you to join me. You can check out all the referenced links mentioned in this episode by visiting my blog post about tonight, at http://wfryer.me/ham1

    30 min

  7. 06/29/2022

    Carnegie Mellon Robotics Workshop Reflection: Part 1

    This week I am attending a 4 1/2 day robotics workshop at Carnegie Mellon University, learning how to teach middle school robotics with the “Lego Spike Prime” robot platform. This is based on the Scratch programming language from MIT, which I love and have been using for over 10 years. In this reflection I share some of the things I have learned from the first two days of the workshop, as well as some of the amazing DARPA robotic projects, prototypes, and other robotics projects housed in the National Robotics Engineering Center, at CMU, where this workshop is being held. Check out the shownotes on my website speedofcreativity.org for links to my Google Doc of notes and other related resources!

    59 min

  8. 02/16/2022

    Tips & Tricks with Book Creator (Feb 2022)

    This is a presentation by Dr. Wesley Fryer for 12th graders at Casady School enrolled in Mrs. Finley‘s Creative Writing Class. This was an orientation to the website bookcreator.com, which students use to create children’s picture books. Access the slides from this the presentation and more resources on: https://studentauthors.casady.org/creating-ebooks

    49 min
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This is a periodic podcast channel for reflections, resources, and assignments related to workshops and classes taught by Dr. Wesley Fryer (@wfryer).

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    Dr. Wesley Fryer
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    2019 - 2025
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