Class with Doctor Fryer

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...

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/

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...

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?

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 .

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...

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...

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

This is an audio recording of our Sunday School class lesson, "Responding to 'There Can’t Be Just One True Religion'" from March 14, 2021. A video version is also available on YouTube , and linked from our class recordings and resources webpage .) We started a new book study today using Timothy Keller's 2008 (revised in 2018) book, "The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism," and today hi...

This is a recording of the Ash Wednesday sermon (or meditation) shared by me (Dr. Wesley Fryer) at First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, Oklahoma . At that time, I was serving as an elder in our church, and our pastor, Mateen Elass , gave me the opportunity to share the message at this special, mid-week service. The Bible verses I used for this meditation were Isaiah 58:1-12 , and this audio was or...

This is a recording of our Sunday School class lesson, ““Faith and Questioning: The Bethlehem Star” (part 2 of 2) from December 27, 2020. Our class is taught by Dr. Wesley Fryer. Slides for today's lesson are available . This recording, these slides, and additional class recordings as well as resources are available on: followjesus.wesfryer.com/classes Learn more about the Christian theology and b...

An impromptu podcast reflection I recorded tonight walking around our neighborhood with our puppy, Moose. Thinking about the new classes I am teaching, the students we have a face-to-face and at home in “flex learning,” and the challenges and opportunities of teaching a second language in formal classes for the first time.

This is a recording  of a lesson shared by Dr. Wes Fryer at Friday Morning Men's Group at First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, Oklahoma, on July 10, 2020. The topic was Chapter 3:“The Origins of the Universe," from "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" by Francis Collins .  The lesson focused on Genesis 1:1-5 and discussions about "Free Will & Quantum Mechan...

A recording of a lesson on "Genetic Editing and BioEthics" shared by Dr. Wesley Fryer at the July 3, 2020, 'virtual' gathering of the Friday Morning Men's Group at First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, Oklahoma. An updated version of a lesson shared on August 25, 2019, for the adult Sunday School Class, "Curiosity and Questions: Jesus and Science." Linked slides from this session are available . &n...

A recording of our Sunday School class from May 31, 2020, focusing on Chapter 11 of Dr. Richard Swenson's book, "More Than Meets The Eye: Fascinating Glimpses of God's Power and Design." The chapter is titled, "Time, Space and Light." This lesson was taught by Dr. Wesley Fryer. Lesson slides are available via Google Slides . A recorded video version is also available on YouTube . Learn more about...

This is a recording of a virtual webinar shared by Dr. Wes Fryer for Sunday School and small group leaders at First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, Oklahoma . Slides shared during this presentation are available , along with the recorded video version of this workshop shared on YouTube . In addition to these links be sure to check out: Zoom "how to" video tutorials Meeting and Webinar Best Practice...

This is a recording of Dr. Wesley Fryer's Sunday School lesson on April 5, 2020, for our class, "Curiosity and Questions: Jesus and Science." We are continuing our study of Dr. Richard Swenson's book, " More Than Meets The Eye: Fascinating Glimpses of God's Power and Design ," and this week highlighted Chapter 5 which is titled, "Cell, Genes, and DNA." The slides for this presentation are availabl...

This podcast features a recorded virtual keynote shared by Dr. Wesley Fryer during a day of "remote learning" professional development at Casady School. Access the slides and other resources related to this presentation on either support.casady.org/genius-bar or www.designcreateshare.com/webinars .

This episode of Class with Doctor Fryer features a recording of an interactive workshop and webinar shared with teachers at Casady School on March 31, 2020. We focused on understanding similarities and differences between Seesaw and Google Classroom, and specifically dove into creating assignments in Google Classroom. Slides shared / used in the first portion of this presentation are available . A...

This is a recording of the lesson portion of our adult Sunday School class on March 29, 2020. The title of today's lesson was, "More Than Meets the Eye:'The Brain and Nervous System - Part 2." Our focus Bible verse today was Romans 8:8-11. We are continuing to read and study Dr. Richard Swenson's 2000 book, "More Than Meets The Eye: Fascinating Glimpses of God's Power and Design" in our Sunday Sch...

This is a recording of a webinar shared by Dr. Wesley Fryer on March 26, 2020. Description:  As we live more of our lives online via Internet-powered websites and apps, unfortunately cybercrime and malicious software programs continue to proliferate. In this 60 minute, interactive webinar, Dr. Wes Fryer will share a variety of tools and strategies to protect yourself and your family online. T...

This podcast features a recording of a webinar from March 19, 2020, shared by Dr. Wesley Fryer titled, "Family Oral History Projects." The official description was, "As parents, children, and teachers are staying at home practicing "social distancing," it's a perfect time to create family oral history projects! In this 60 minute, interactive webinar, Dr. Wes Fryer will share a variety of tools and...

This is a recording of our online Sunday School class "Curiosity and Questions - Jesus and Science" on March 15, 2020. We discussed and highlighted Chapter 4 of Dr. Richard Swenson's book, " More Than Meets The Eye: Fascinating Glimpses of God's Power and Design ." Slides for our lesson are available .  Our "big question" for today was, "How can more scientific insights into our human brains...

A culminating reflection on our Leadership for School Innovation (LSI) Graduate Certificate Design Sprint in Longmont, Colorado Oct 14-15, 2019. Educators in this podcast (in reverse order of speaking) include Scott McLeod (@mcleod), Zac Chase (@mrchase), Megan Parry (@parrymm), Allison Persad (@apersad), Dana Watts (@teachwatts), Tim Lauer (@timlauer) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer). Follow these inno...

This is an edited audio recording of Dr. Wesley Fryer's Sunday School lesson on October 6, 2019 at First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma, in the adult class "Curiosity and Questions: Jesus and Science." In this class, we discussed and analyzed Chapter 3 of Francis Collins' book, "The Language of God," which is titled, "The Origins of the Universe." Our focus verse for the day was Genesis 1...