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by Julie Dirksen
"So this session is about pulling some of the specific strategies that fiction writers use to into learning scenarios. There are a lot of other interesting ways to explore storytelling in terms of meta-structures, psychology and cultural constructs. This isn’t that presentation (though I’ll probably do that one too, one of these days).
"This presentation is focused on specific strategies for making learning stories more interesting."
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Lots of people talk about how important it is to tell a story when trying to inform, entertain, persuade, or teach someone something; but they usually don't tell you how to do that. Or, if they try to tell you, they don't do it very well.
Dirksen is not one of those people. She explains very well and this slide deck is a terrific distillation of a great deal of wise information. This is really good! Delete the scoop?
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![Digital Publishing for Filmmakers: The Karada and The Silent History [#Transmedia] | Scriveners' Trappings | Scoop.it](/resources/img/white.gif)
Randy Astle: "Transmedia by definition requires producers to work in more than one medium; the fun, most of the time, is in devising ways to carry a narrative (or narrative world) across different platforms" ... Via The Digital Rocking Chair, Deborah Arnold 
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight,
March 5, 2:16 AM
Interesting - Click the headline for the full story. 
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March 5, 10:55 AM
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By Rex Brynen
"A few months back we mentioned Inklewriter here on the blog, a “ free tool designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive stories.” This term I had a chance to try it out for class assignments, specifically as an alternative option for the group research paper assignment in my POLI 450 (Peacebuilding) course at McGill University. Usually this paper takes the form of a “best practices” analysis of a common peacebuilding challenges, such as dealing with the demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants, the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, or donor coordination. For those who decided to go the Inklewriter route, they were told to develop an interactive story or adventure that would serve to illustrate best practices, explore particular sets of operational challenges, or otherwise illuminate the material we had covered in class in an educational way. Because of the experimental nature of the assignment, they were asked to submit both a development diary documenting the design process, as well as the Inklewriter project itself. They were also given a two-week extension."
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A fascinating case study on the use of a new tool (to me!) for writing interactive stories...in this case for a course in Peacebuilding. What a tremendously rich resource this is. Delete the scoop?
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"Tech Tip: Cool Tools for Enhancing Your Blog PostsSue Waters shares a variety of tools for embedding polls, presentations, quizzes, and videos into blog posts. Included are step-by-step instructions for adding embed codes. " Delete the scoop?
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May 9, 9:33 AM
A useful and practical rubric for evaluating student blog entries and comments. Created by Karen Fraker Delete the scoop?
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"Stephanie Hedge provides quick tips for introducing blogs in a classroom, including a description of blogging platforms and how to incorporate blogging into assignments." Delete the scoop?
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"After years of making games to change the world — partnering with organizations like the World Bank, the International Olympic Committee, the American Heart Association, and the New York Public Library — keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author Jane McGonigal has a new goal: making games to change lives. In this talk, she recounts the personal story of how a game saved her own life — and how it led her to discover the top 5 things that virtually all gamers hope to change about their own lives."
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May 6, 6:47 PM
I have read about 125 pages of McGonigals enthralling book "Reality Is Broken" and am very taken with her ideas, research, and point of view. This preso, from 2012, amplifies, and in some cases clarifies, the themes and ponts from the book. What the book can never do is provide the clear view of McGonigle's energy, passion, and stunning insights that comes from a live presentation. Delete the scoop?
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By Melissa Donovan
"Critiques are designed to help writers, not to offend them or make them feel unworthy. But the human ego is a fragile and funny thing. Some folks simply can’t handle the notion that despite all their hard work, the project they’ve written is less than perfect.
"As a writer, you have to decide whether you truly want to excel at your craft. If you do, then you need to put your ego aside and learn how to accept critiques graciously. If you can’t do that, there’s a good chance that your writing will never improve and your work will always be mediocre." Delete the scoop?
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March 5, 9:28 PM
Tutorial on how to create a writer's workshop in your classroom using GoogleDocs! Delete the scoop?
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By Maria Popova
"Manners today are often seen as a quaint subject that belongs in Lord Chesterfield’s outlandish advice on the art of pleasing or Esquire‘s dated guide to dating. But in a culture where we regularly do online what we’d never do in person and behave offline in ways our grandparents wouldn’t have dared dream of even in their most defiant fantasies, there’s something to be said for the lost art of, if not “manners,” politeness and simple respect in communication. Though originally published in 1866, Martine’s Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness(public library; public domain; free Kindle download) by Arthur Martine contains a treasure trove of timeless — and increasingly timely — pointers on the necessary art of living up to our social-animal destiny."
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In many way the written word is the most visual way to tell a story. The images you can create inside a person’s head can be the most arresting and memorable they’ll ever experience. In high definition and fully 3D without the need for glasses.
For many aspiring writers, the use of language to create pictures you can literally see, people whose faces are in your memory even though they don’t exist, places that are real as any place that you’ve actually been, is what being a writer is all about.
That’s why they spend so much time trying to paint a picture with their words. But a lot of the times it doesn’t work. It feels stolid and longwinded, and a chore to read. Why? Via mooderino Delete the scoop?
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MapStory empowers a global community to organize knowledge about the world spatially and temporally. With MapStory, people of all kinds turn into Storytellers who can create, share, and collaborate on MapStories and ultimately improve our understanding of global dynamics, worldwide, over the course of history. Via Nik Peachey 
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April 28, 10:07 AM
The City of Naples WEB APP used a storyboard which tell the story of naples development via a map--- map story is similiar. Should make us think how we need to get georgraphy back into schools integrated with history and ecnonmics. Delete the scoop?
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by Ann Michaelson
"After eight years of teaching in a technology driven high school and after attending workshops, seminars and conferences worldwide, I thought it was about time I challenged both my students and myself.
"I wanted to see if it was possible to find a project that could engage every student in my 9th grade class of English learners and learn if they all could work together as a team. Most of all, I wanted to see if they could produce an end product that would be authentic and involve collaboration with educators and students globally.
"I believe they and I succeeded! The evidence: Our publication of the 200-plus page collaborative book Connected Learners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Global Classroom.As our press release says, this interactive eBook is a unique compendium of stories, advice and how-to articles designed to help high school teachers and their students around the globe shift from classrooms that are isolated and teacher-centered to digitally rich environments where learning is student-driven and constantly connected to the global internet." Delete the scoop?
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Date: 15–16 June 2013 Venue: Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA
Preliminary Congress Program
The second international Global Future 2045 congress will take place on 15-16 June 2013 at the Lincoln Center in New York, and will be focused on discussion of a new evolutionary strategy for humanity aimed at overcoming the 21st century’s civilization challenges. The strategy is based on carrying out two revolutions: spiritual and sci-tech. We believe this is the only way to overcome existing crises.
At the congress, a vision will be presented for the spiritual transformation of humanity, and new technologies will be demonstrated which are likely to form the basis of the sci-tech revolution. The congress will also showcase our Avatar science mega-project, aimed at accelerating the creation of technologies enabling a gradual transition from our biological bodies to an increasingly advanced artificial carrier of the human self.
Jim Lerman's curator insight,
May 17, 8:21 AM
This is shaping up to be a great event for future-oriented thinkers. Ray Kurzweil is one of the featured speakers. I'll be there! Delete the scoop?
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by Neil Perkin
"Multi-chapter, multimedia, highly immersive digital features from publishers seem to be becoming quite the thing. The latest is the rather lovely ESPNGrantland story of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which follows on from their similar feature on The Long, Strange Trip of Dock Ellis. Then there was the beautiful Pitchfork cover story on Natasha Khan which wonderfully integrated text, imagery and audio."
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Very interesting piece on multi-media publishing. Delete the scoop?
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Description by Karen Fraker "Tech Tip: How to Verify Your Blog on Pinterest Jen Elliott gives directions on how to drive more traffic to your blog by verifying it on Pinterest." Delete the scoop?
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Student blogging is a wonderful way to get into the world of online writing and learning. These iPhone apps for student bloggers will enhance their skills.
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"Twila Berkley describes five apps which give students “on the go” access to a variety of blogging tools including: Pinterest, Evernote, WordPress, Analytics, and Hootsuite." Delete the scoop?
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10 great student blogs to inspire students and schools to start blogging. Use blogging to build ongoing writing, design and technology skills!
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"Laura Bates shares ten exemplary student blogs to guide and inspire new student bloggers."
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"Sue Waters’ site is rich with resources that provide a comprehensive look into student blogs, including the development of effective commenting skills as well as building an audience" Delete the scoop?
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"Narrative Arc and the prototypical “Plot Diagram” are key learning tools for building literature comprehension and appreciation. Plot diagrams allowsstudents to pick out major themes in the text, track changes to major characters over the course of the narrative, and hone their understanding of literary structure, meeting many Common Core Standards for English Language Arts (CCSS.ELA-Literacy). In addition, these concepts give students a fuller understanding of classroom texts as well as stories present in their favorite books and movies. Below is the basic structure of a plot diagram." Delete the scoop?
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BookChook's curator insight,
April 30, 4:45 PM
Lots of vids to use as writing prompts with kids. Many are movie trailers. They are accompanied by questions to tease out kids' thoughts on topics. 
Dennis T OConnor's curator insight,
May 2, 2:26 PM
Video prompts sound like an effective idea. All I'd add is to make a prompt optional. If a young writer already has a topic in mind, let them run with it. Delete the scoop?
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By Bakari Chavanu
"If you work at a home-based office like I do, you no doubt spend a significant amount of time getting things done on your Mac. While I have already written about the advantages of using a standup desk, there are also several important and general productivity apps for Mac, for almost any type of workflow you engage in.
"Though there is no robot application (yet!) that can do all the work for me, the following are 10 of the most useful free or low-cost productivity apps that I use on a daily or regular basis. These applications not only save me time but in many cases help me work more efficiently. Delete the scoop?
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Podcasting is a deeply intimate medium, perhaps the most intimate of the myriad creative outlets currently available to writers and performers. Often the podcast host is speaking right into your earbuds. Via Bobby Dillard, Lynnette Van Dyke Delete the scoop?
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Slick Write is a free tool that checks your writing for potential stylistic mistakes and other features of interest. Whether you're a blogger, novelist, or student writing an essay for school, Slick Write can help take your writing to the next level. Curious? Try a quick demo, or enter your own text in the editor tab. After submitting, four more tabs will appear at the top of the screen: Critique - This tab contains the body of text with stylistic features highlighted.Structure - Here you will find the sentences color coded by type and length.Flow - Hold your readers' interest by maintaining good flow.Stats - This is where you will find important statistics on a variety of subjects including readability, word frequencies, and repeated phrases. Via Dennis T OConnor
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April 26, 1:45 PM
Lots of feedback! Goes way beyond the traditional spell/grammar check. A great revision tool. Delete the scoop?
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This would be enthusiastically received by students, know doubt, who could then extend their visual literacy as well.
Here's a simple way to create some eye catching graphics. Taks a bit to get the size of the photo and the size of the bubble to actually work.
Oh, how fun this is!