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Media Literacy as Ministry

I believe there is a strong case for integrating the pedagogy of media literacy within the teachings and theology of the Christian Church, if we aspire to “heal our culture&#...

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How to Fight Fascism

My new summer book read: “How to Fight Fascism: A Handbook for the New American Resistance” by Alexis Walshhttps://www.amazon.ie/How-Fight-Fascism-Handbook-Resistance/d...

Hegseth and His Tatoos

Pete Hegseth is a deluded religious extremist who stands in the tradition of The Crusades, The Spanish Inquisition, Settler Colonialism and the genocide of First Nations. “Un...

Use AI to Explain Memes

AI and #MediaLiteracy tip: Use Claude AI (or another LLM) to help explain the background and meaning of a contemporary meme.Please use Internet search and explain to me the backgro...

Archive WordPress with HTTrack

I’ve been running WordPress websites since 2005, and creating webpages since 1995. Over that time I’ve accumulated a lot of sites including different blogs, professiona...

Archive WordPress with HTTrack

I’ve been running WordPress websites since 2005, and creating webpages since 1995. Over that time I’ve accumulated a lot of sites including different blogs, professiona...

#AI #blogs #coding #MediaLit #opencontent

Whose Knowing Counts?

Tomorrow morning I’ll be leading our ACE Sunday School class at Caldwell Presbyterian through a theologically rich and timely discussion. We’re currently reading and di...

#books #history #identity #theology

Kelly Brown Douglas on Resurrection Hope

Along with members of our adult ACE Sunday School class at Caldwell Presbyterian Church, I have been reading the remarkable book Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matte...

#Books #History #Human Rights #Ideas #racism

Facebook Group

If we didn’t recognize them already, recent times have put a spotlight on several serious, deep divides that have had strong negative impacts on our …

Slideshow via FFmpeg

Since I’m known in our family (and in parts of my community) as someone with a few technology and media skills, from time to time I’m asked to help out with slideshows ...

#AI #apple #coding #digitalstorytelling #edtech

Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda

In my April 26 Media Literacy Roundup, I previewed our then-upcoming Media Education Lab webinar on “Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda” and promised a reflection afterward...

#AI #digitalstorytelling #ethics #globalvoices #MediaLit

Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda

In my April 26 Media Literacy Roundup, I previewed our then-upcoming Media Education Lab webinar on “Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda” and promised a reflection afterward...

Occlumency and American Fascism

In J.K. Rowling’s fifth book in her Hogwarts series, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” Harry is required by Professor Dumbledore to take a series of le...

Introducing PodCommons 1.0

Yesterday on Episode 374 of the EdTech Situation Room podcast, I was excited to FINALLY announce the first official release of PodCommons — an open-source community podcast d...

USAFA Ring Dance 1991

This Saturday, Rachel will have her “Ring Dance” at the Air Force Academy, which ends the 2 degree / junior year and marks the start of her “firstee” or sen...

#dad #history #cadet #memories #USAFA

Books by Ty Seidule

Two recommended books to read by Brigadier General Ty Seidule:“Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause”“A Promise Delivered...

Tennessee and Voting Rights

Want to understand why politicians in Tennessee just acted to disenfranchise thousands of our fellow Americans and citizens, many who “happen to be African-American?”Th...

Against All Enemies

I’ve been watching, reading, and thinking about the fractures in American democracy for several years now — through the lens of a citizen, an educator, a media literacy...

Against All Enemies

I’ve been watching, reading, and thinking about the fractures in American democracy for several years now — through the lens of a citizen, an educator, a media literacy teacher, an...

#Democracy #History #Ideas #Media Reccs #Racial Healing

Minecraft MakeCode Javascript Workaround

We’re wrapping up our Coding Mars / Minecraft Mars unit in my middle school computer programming class. It’s one of my favorite units. Students have been programming &#...

#coding #creativity #MediaLit #MinecraftEDU #edtech

Webinar on Meme Warfare

Please join me TODAY on Monday, May 4th, 2026 at noon Eastern Time for the free webinar, “Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda” for the Media Education Lab.SubscribeHere is t...

Panel on Preaching and Leadership

This evening I was able to watch and listen to the second half of a wonderful panel on “Preaching and Leadership” hosted by Union Presbyterian Seminary. The panel featu...

#worship

Hot Honey Curry Deviled Eggs

Creamy, tangy, and just a little fiery — the hot honey does triple duty with heat, sweetness, and apple cider vinegar tang. The curry adds a warmth that keeps people guessing. ...

#Appetizers #Recipe #Side Dish #Wes Fryer #deviled

Fire-Roasted Pulled Pork Enchiladas

Thanks to some help from my AI cooking partner “Claude,” we landed on a recipe that brings together fire-roasted tomato sauce made right in the blender, refried beans l...

#Main Course #Recipe #Wes Fryer #enchiladas #mexican

Lead4Change Summit Reflections

I’m writing this from downtown Nashville, where I just wrapped up Day 1 of the Lead4Change Teacher Summit at the beautiful Hotel Noelle and VentureX Co-working space. It&#821...

#AI #creativity #digitalstorytelling #health #leadership

Religions of the Enslaved

Saturday I had an opportunity to audit an initial class of a course at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte, “Religions of the Enslaved” taught by Dr. Alphonso F. Saville, IV. ...

#history #Holy Spirit #questions #enslaved #seminary

Camp USAFA Memories

This evening my Air Force Academy roommate and buddy, Brad Ball, let me know that an Academy graduate and CS-05 Wolfpack 4 degree we both knew, Brian Burns, passed away in November...

#camping #cooking #dad #nature #travel

Spot the Bot: Notes and Takeaways

This week I virtually attended an excellent “Lunch & Learn webinar” hosted by the Center for North Carolina Politics and Public Service at Catawba College, titled &...

#AI #edtech #isafety #MediaLit #socialnetworking

Sketchnote to AI InfoGraphic

Today was one of my favorite lessons in my middle school media literacy class: We started our “Froot Loop Conspiracies” unit about the Moon Landing Hoax, Lateral Readin...

Sketchnote to AI InfoGraphic

Today was one of my favorite lessons in my middle school media literacy class: We started our “Froot Loop Conspiracies” unit about the Moon Landing Hoax, Lateral Readin...

#AI #creativity #digitalstorytelling #MediaLit #playingwithmedia

Reject Genocide and War Crimes

I reject genocide and war crimes, which are the exact actions the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has openly professed he wants to do and will do. This is morally rep...

Values of the Ancestors

Thank you, Henry Guimond, Dave Courchene II, and Jeremy Hansen for this poignant reminder about the values of our ancestors, which are still so important today: Respect (the buffal...

Values of the Ancestors

Reminders from the Artemis mission patch of Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen Thank you, Henry Guimond, Dave Courchene II, and Jeremy Hansen for this poignant reminder about the...

#History #Ideas #ancestors #artemis #Canada

Artemis 2 Pre-Launch Videos

Here are the 3 videos I’m sharing with my middle school students today in class and discussing, in advance of the scheduled NASA launch of the Artemis 2 mission this evening ...

The King is Not Well

Our president is not mentally well and has not been for a long time.It is simultaneously jarring, sad, tragic, and potentially devastating (both physically and psychologically) for...

Fighting With Your Camera

Video transcript:Good morning everyone. Today is Monday, March the 30th, 2026. This is Wes Fryer in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is about 7:20 in the morning before school, and I ...

The Evil Myth of Replacement

What a treat to hear Dr. Ibram X. Kendi speak in uptown Charlotte twice today, once at the No Kings 3 rally and protest before the march, and again at the Carolina Theatre for a s...

Update: March 27, 2026

Video available on Substack, Facebook and YouTube. (Duration: 28 minutes) On March 27, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wes Fryer shares a Heal Our Culture video update focuse...

#Democracy #History #Human Rights #Media Reccs #Podcast

Do you hear the people sing?

There’s a very familiar face in the front row of this photo from today’s Charlotte Observer, taken at the October 18, 2025 No Kings 2 protest:More ‘No Kings&#8217...

Two Books via Mickey Bogart

Yesterday I had a wonderful opportunity to visit with one of my favorite high school teachers, Mrs. Bogart — and it was a wonderful visit. She recommended both of the books p...

Update: March 13, 2026

Video available on Substack and YouTube. On March 13, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wes Fryer shares a second video-style update for the Heal Our Culture Project, urging vi...

#Books #Community #Democracy #History #Media Reccs

Vibe Coding a Mythological Creature Spinner

This school year, I’m unable to use SpinTheWheel.io, a random animal selector I’d been using for one of my favorite middle school creature-design projects. Last spring ...

#AI #coding #creativity #Design Create Share #playingwithmedia

The Dove and The Crown

Happy Friday. I can’t say it’s a Good Friday, because not only is this not Easter weekend, yet another war (this time in Iran) is raging in our world and as a citizen o...

Media Recommendation: “The Chosen”

Several years ago, when Shelly and I were working and teaching at Casady School in Oklahoma City, Father Tim Sean Youmans shared the television series “The Chosen” with...

#evangelism #history #Jesus #movies #technology

Update 1 March 2026

Wes Fryer in Charlotte shares a Heal Our Culture update focused on maintaining hope through community and wise voices, including a choir concert and Black History Month sermons he ...

#Community #Democracy #Human Rights #Media Reccs #Podcast

Shame On Kansas

This is a good reason to not relocate to Kansas or other rabidly red states today. Imagine waking up and learning your state legislature has just invalidated your drivers license a...

#Human Rights #culturewar #gender #identity #kansas

Shame on Kansas

This is a good reason to not relocate to Kansas or other rabidly red states today. Imagine waking up and learning your state legislature has just invalidated your drivers license a...

Seared Sea Scallops with Andouille Orzo

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#Main Course #Recipe #Wes Fryer #orzo #scallops

A Powerful Story

In my 55 years of life on our planet and 32 years as a professional educator and teacher, I’ve shared a lot of stories and more than a few presentations. This evening, I beli...

#AI #DEI #digitalstorytelling #ethics #history

AI Superprompt Fact Check

Here is a “Mike Caulfield AI superprompt fact check” for a recent FB post about a British citizen who was detained for six weeks in the United States by CBP / US Custom...

Ep 4: Cairo and Democracy’s Fragility

Wes Fryer records episode four of the Heal Our Culture podcast from Charlotte, North Carolina on February 15, 2026, framing it as a “letter to the future” for his unborn grandchild...

#Democracy #History #Ideas #Podcast #cairo

Podcasts Are The New Books

Podcasts are coming for books:Once the internet started, yes, you could go and research online, discover the history of the Tudors or whatever, but you’d probably spend ages....

Snow Day Brisket

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#Main Course #Recipe #smoker #video #Wes Fryer

Shelly’s Crustless Quiche

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#Breakfast #Recipe #Wes Fryer #breakfast #eggs

Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage

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#Main Course #Recipe #Wes Fryer #beef #brisket

Oven Apple Crisp

On a cold winter evening, there’s nothing quite like the warm, spiced aroma of baking apples and cinnamon wafting through your home. An apple crisp is just the thing to not o...

#Dessert #Wes Fryer #apple #apples #dessert

Shāna Blake: "Rise Up" (Video)

On Sunday, January 11, 2026, thousands of Charlotte residents and neighbors gathered in First Ward Park uptown for the “ICE Out for Good” protest rally and march, spons...

I Want To Be A Scientist (Rachel at Age 9)

This is an audio recording by Rachel Fryer recorded in September 2012, when she was 9 years old. This is the earliest recording I know of when Rachel mentions the possibility of at...

#dogs #littlesister #podcasts #science #Rachel

Candied Sweet Potato Bites

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#Recipe #Side Dish #Wes Fryer #cooking #sweetpotato

Breakfast Sausage Ring

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#Breakfast #Wes Fryer #biscuit #biscuits #breakfast

Whiteness and Racism

Tomorrow we’re going with our church to Charleston, South Carolina, to visit the International African American Museum. Shelly and I have lived here in Charlotte for 3.5 year...

#Racial Healing #blackhistory #history #museum #racism

Children of the Resurrection Sermon #Sketchnote

Reverend Dot Killian shared a sermon today at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, titled “Children of the Resurrection.” She preached on Luke 20:...

#digitalstorytelling #Jesus #questions #sketchnotes #DotKillian

EdTechSR Ep 356: Beyond AI Hype

Welcome to episode 356 (“Beyond AI Hype”) of the EdTech Situation Room from August 20, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neif...

Reclaiming Our News Feeds

To heal our culture, we need to reclaim our news feeds and collaborate to reinvent social media. The loss of many local newspapers, combined with the tendency for our “Big Te...

The Good Boy Gazette

I (Wes Fryer) created this 3.5 minute story on with Google Gemini’s experimental “Storybook” mode, using the following prompt:Tell an adventure story of the golde...

Reclaiming Our News Feeds

To heal our culture, we need to reclaim our news feeds and collaborate to reinvent social media. The loss of many local newspapers, combined with the tendency for our “Big Te...

#Community #Ideas #AI #design #Gemini

Reflections on the Mormon Church

This evening I watched YouTube independent journalist Johnny Harris’ outstanding video, “Why the Mormon Church is So Rich,” and it has prompted me to reflect on a...

#identity #questions #struggles #theology #christianity

Murder on the Light Rail

This is a tragic story on multiple fronts, both for the victim and the accused perpetrator. Homelessness and the terrible state of our mental health system in the United States can...

Exposing White Terrorism

Subscribe nowIn a clip that is going viral on TikTok, Confronting Whiteness graduate, Dr. Katherine Godby, speaks truth to power to county commissioners about the violence of vote...

The Magna Carta of Christian Equality

This morning for my morning meditation, I watched Rev. Ben Boswell‘s sermon at Collective Liberation Church in Charlotte on August 3, 2025, “The Liberating Reality of a...

#God #Holy Spirit #Jesus #LGBT #questions

Double-Grilled Meatloaf Burgers

For this year’s 4th of July cookout, I wanted to go beyond your average backyard burger. Don’t get me wrong — I love a simple cheeseburger hot off the grill, but for this hol...

#Main Course #Recipe #Wes Fryer #backyard #bbq

USAFA Letter: 13 August 1990

My mother, Angie Fryer, kept meticulous records of every letter I sent home as a cadet at the US Air Force Academy from 30 June 1988 to 27 May 1992. She also kept numerous other re...

#dad #history #littlesister #fryer #SERE

NotebookLM Goes to Sunday School

This morning I led our adult ACE Sunday School class at Caldwell Presbyterian Church, as our study of the Book of Acts moved into the 12th Chapter. My lesson plan was to read and d...

#books #discipleship #podcasts #technology #AI

USAFA Memories of 3 Generations

This evening after dinner dad, Rachel and I recorded an audio interview discussing our memories of basic training and our first two years (respectively) at the US Air Force Academy...

#dad #littlesister #podcasts #wildcat #youtube

Uncle Charlie and Jesus’ Love

This past Sunday, Shelly and I both taught Sunday School lessons at our church in Charlotte, North Carolina: Caldwell Presbyterian Church. I taught the adult lesson for our “...

#digitalstorytelling #gifts #God #Jesus #kids

USAFA Class of 1963 Memories

Yesterday I hopped on a Zoom call with Wayne LeFors and Tom Fryer, both 1963 graduates of the US Air Force Academy. Wayne and dad talked, laughed, and told stories together for an ...

#Uncategorized

All In the Family – The Wards

This is a 15.5 minute video Shelly’s dad, Carl Ward, created about their family with a lot of archival photos. I found this today as I’ve been doing some updates to thi...

#dad #granddaddy #history #mom #video

Son of Man in The Bible Project

Frequently in the Gospels of the Bible, we hear Jesus call himself, “The Son of Man.” The December 2018 video from The Bible Project, “Why Jesus Called Himself th...

#God #history #Holy Spirit #Jesus #questions

Lessons from the Prophet Amos

These are my notes from today’s Sunday School lesson and worship service at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 21, 2024. “Praying The Hours” is...

#God #Holy Spirit #mission #worship #justice

Ask for Signs and Directions!

These are some of my notes and “takeaways” from a sermon shared today on January 7, 2024, by Rev. Dorothy J. Killian at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North...

#God #Holy Spirit #priorities #questions #worship

No Human Hierarchy in God’s Family

Through the YouVersion Bible app for iPhone, Shelly (my wife) has discovered the “Eyewitness Bible Series” of videos. This morning, on her recommendation, I watched the...

#books #digitalstorytelling #God #history #Jesus

AI Helps Sunday School Lesson Planning

Our adult Sunday School class (ACE) at Caldwell Presbyterian Church is reading and studying the book, “Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness” by Kevin Nye. T...

#God #grace #technology #book #claude

Home Electric Generator Test

Yesterday I tested my home backup electric generator for the first time and created a 16.5 minute video about the experience. In this article, I’ll share some of the highligh...

#dad #prepper #commprep #electricity #emergency

MHK Dusk Takeoff to DFW Sunset Landing

A 2X video of my flight this evening from Manhattan, Kansas to Dallas – Fort Worth, featuring the MHK takeoff sequence and the  DFW landing sequence just after sunset. T...

#dad #travel #trip #flying #sunset

Boots and Catalysts

I’m wearing the warmest boots I currently own, a pair of Thinsulate hunting boots I bought a few years ago at Academy Sports in Edmond, Oklahoma, in advance of a winter &#822...

#dad #prepper #travel #weather #catalyst

“The day after” (Thanksgiving)

“The day after.” (Thanksgiving) "The Day After (Thanksgiving)" (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer Rain in our forecast all day long. It is lovely as it fall...

#dad #nature #weather #leaves #thanksgiving

I’m a Communitarian Prepper

I’ve decided I’m a “Communitarian Prepper,” and I’ve started a new website to share related resources. This aspirational journey started this past sum...

#camping #dad #prepper #scouts #community

Paprika App for Recipes

I love using the Paprika App (www.paprikaapp.com) for saving and using recipes! It’s available for iOS, MacOS, Android and Windows. For years my mom used the MacOS recipe pro...

#cooking #dad