The digital storytelling wheel is a graphic we created a few months ago-with links to the apps provided as well
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Aids and resources for creators and teachers of writing, interactive fiction, digital stories, and transmedia
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Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) 
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
January 8, 2017 11:17 AM
Writing on iPad? Here's a useful collection of apps to help you. 
Willem Kuypers's curator insight,
January 9, 2017 6:20 PM
Il manque des outils aux étudiants pour écrire des textes. Voici une sélection.
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Students can hear me explain what I am doing and why I am doing it as I provide feedback on how they can improve their written assignments.
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
August 29, 2016 4:31 PM
Often, you can do this right in your learning management system.
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As science teachers look to English Language Arts for help with new Common Core literacy requirements, Tanya Baker, director of national programs at the National Writing Project, looks to the science museum as a model for creating spaces to let youth tinker, explore, and persist.
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This is a feeling that communicators and advocates have to move past to be effective. You have to reach out to people as they are, not as you would wish them to be. And framing your message with charts and data alone just does not accomplish that. Charts and data can support a narrative, but they cannot replace it. If you try to force them into doing so, you just cut yourself off from most of the people you are hoping to reach.
Jim Lerman's insight: Brilliant, just brilliant.
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"How do you get Google to visit your small, remote island group with its Street View vehicles, and digitize your roads for the benefit of locals and tourists alike? If you are the Faroe Islands, then you exploit your local resources to roll your own Street View, in the hopes of attracting Google's attention. Behold: Sheep View 360, a solar-powered 360-degree camera, mounted on a sheep's back. Sheep View takes advantage of one great Street View feature: You can upload your own images to Google's service. So Durita Dahl Andreassen, working for the tourist site Visit Faroe Islands, decided to kick-start the Faroe Islands' entry by putting the camera on a sheep and letting it wander free, then uploading the photos."
Jim Lerman's insight:
This is such a rich story; using technology in a pre-industrial way to exploit the attractions of an isolated set of islands. This could make a marvelous multi-disciplinary inquiry and I can just imagine students mounting cameras on their pets to tell the stories of their neighborhoods.
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Michael Lewis is the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books of nonfiction, including Moneyball, The Big Short, Flash Boys, and most recently, The Undoing Project. At Authors@Wharton, a speaking event with award-winning Wharton professor Adam Grant, Michael offered this sage advice on writing and storytelling.
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A blog that documents the use of BYOD, cooperative learning, flipped instruction, and therapy dogs in the HS English classroom. Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , michel verstrepen
Rose Garofano's curator insight,
December 20, 2016 11:37 AM
interesting use of descriptors for achievement
Willem Kuypers's curator insight,
December 28, 2016 2:32 AM
Une grille intéressante pour les portfolios.
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If this guide helps you to find some reliable information, that's great — but remember one more thing: Never stop looking. Learning the truth is not a goal, but a process. As a journalist, I can never express everything in the world in a single day's program. The saving grace is tomorrow's program, when we try to do a little more. It is the same for me as a news consumer: I will always be learning more.
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here are the picture-books I found most imaginative, intelligent, and warmhearted this year — books that speak, even sing, to hearts of all ages and embody E.B. White’s proclamation that successful writers of children’s books “have to write up, not down.”
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We’ve created a comprehensive list of 120 of the best websites for writers in 2016. No more searching aimlessly around the internet. Via Sarah McElrath
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A companion site to Troy's Heinemann books The Digital Writing Workshop and Crafting Digital Writing, this wiki empowers teachers as they learn how to teach digital writing.
Jim Lerman's insight: A treasure trove of resources! If you have anything to do with teaching writing or language arts, you're bound to find something useful here. An amazing labor of love.
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How are you using videos in your classroom? The folks at Plotagon Education have an awesome iOS app for teachers and students called Animate Your Classroom. This app was designed to make it super easy for educators and their students to create their very own videos using a mobile device. Perfect for any age level of subject area, Plotagon can be used to create animated videos that are totally shareable. This particular app was designed especially for schools making it perfect for educators looking to introduce students to a new way to create media.
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In this post EdTechTeacher Instructor Greg Kulowiec demonstrates how to publish eBooks from G Suite like Google Docs using ePub and Issuu. Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
MFaculty's curator insight,
January 7, 2017 8:34 AM
Give your students the opportunity to publish their work to a larger audience, and ignight their interest in writing well! Particularly in genre such as fiction, poetry, and areas of self expression, students need more than their audience of one (you).
Here is a simple means for sharing beyond you; and if they solicit feedback, they can improve their writing and perhaps find an untapped outlet for self expression! 
Heriberto Manriquez's curator insight,
June 14, 2018 2:20 PM
When Google Slides assists with even publishing eBooks with team members. It is more than just creating an eBook when it comes to collaborating with your team members to work on a project.
G Suite's comment,
July 23, 2019 4:45 AM
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ROCAFORT's curator insight,
December 19, 2016 2:19 AM
LitLift - A FREE online novel and story writing application
Ricard Garcia's curator insight,
December 19, 2016 4:43 AM
One more attempt to foster creativity through collaborative storytelling... it looks good... worth a try!
Bart van Maanen's curator insight,
December 19, 2016 9:54 AM
Ziet er veelbelovend uit, deze gratis online editor. Je zou hem kunnen gebruiken om een serie blogs te maken die uiteindelijk in een e-book terecht moeten komen. Dat geeft overzicht.
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Every month from 2007 to 2017, Corbett Harrison posts a writing lesson. You're sure to find something here to spark an idea. -JL
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Mention robots to many English teachers and they’ll immediately point down the hall to the science classroom or to the makerspace, if they have one. At many schools, if there’s a robot at all, it’s located in a science or math classroom or is being built by an after-school robotics club. It’s not usually a fixture in English classrooms. But as teachers continue to work at finding new entry points to old material for their students, robots are proving to be a great interdisciplinary tool that builds collaboration and literacy skills. Via John Evans
Stephania Savva, Ph.D's curator insight,
December 26, 2016 10:41 AM
Robotics in Education: not so far away from school routine.
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"...here are the picture-books I found most imaginative, intelligent, and warmhearted this year — books that speak, even sing, to hearts of all ages and embody E.B. White’s proclamation that successful writers of children’s books “have to write up, not down.”
Jim Lerman's insight: The always impressive Popova selects her 16 favorite illustrated books of 2016. At the bottom of the page, find links to her lists of favorites going back to 2010.
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6. Create a brand new holiday with its own traditions, rituals, foods, and activities.
This really is a useful list. -JL
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Teaching students to use textual evidence is a key component of the Common Core. Learn how to teach students to cite textual evidence, engage in collaborative discussions and draw evidence from literary text in preparation for writing.
Jim Lerman's insight
Instructive 5-min video. Comments are also quite interesting. Focus in this one is middle school.
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Popova's best books of the year from 2009 to 2016. This should keep your bookstand full, you wallet depleted, and your brain tickled pink. -JL
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A story arc is the chain on which the pearls, or scenes, of your novel are strung. The story arc--or narrative arc--is the same thing as "plot." Via Penelope, Sarah McElrath
Penelope's curator insight,
August 2, 2016 7:15 PM
Simply explained, this article is a great keeper to explain story arc. What it is, why it's important, and how to use it to make your novels pop with tension.
***This review was written by Penelope Silvers for her curated content on "Writing Rightly" *** Link to the original article: http://maryleemacdonaldauthor.com/story-arc-plot-explained-simply/
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Rather than bombard teens with fancy pens and motivational reading, direct them to a comfort zone: the Internet. These sites are great resources for future storytellers. Via Sarah McElrath
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An absolutely fantastic collection of links dealing with the many, many aspects of Digital Writing. A wonderful service to all who teach and coach emerging writers. -JL
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