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The popular Lucidpress platform has this library featuring a number of excellent free templates to use for a variety of educational (a
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Jim Lerman
October 16, 2016 10:22 AM
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Through our technology dependence, from smartphones to laptops, we seem to have a keyboard attached to our fingertips at all times. Have you thought about the last time you wrote something by hand? Research shows that our brains benefit from handwriting in multiple ways.
Melissa Thompson talked with Dr. Marc Seifer, a graphologist, expert in handwriting, and the author of The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis (published in 2008). According to Seifer, the following are the main ways in which handwriting helps our brains.
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Jim Lerman
October 12, 2016 12:47 PM
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I asked TEDxKyoto founder Jay Klaphake which of the many good talks at TEDxKyoto was a great example of storytelling, he replied immediately that it was the 2014 talk by Sahel Rosa. Sahel’s presentation is a wonderful example of a presenter using their personal story to (1) shine a spotlight on a social issue, and (2) to make a pitch for people to support her cause.
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Jim Lerman
October 12, 2016 12:04 AM
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We took three ingredients that we identified as both important and enjoyable: Writing prompts, choosing your own adventure, and collaboration.
Writings Prompts
The great thing about writing prompts is that you don’t have to come up with the original idea for what you want to write about. Besides using regular writing prompts, what if someone could drop a writing prompt in the middle of your story to rekindle your imagination and interest?
Choose your own Adventure
“Choose your own adventure” is a classic way of getting the reader involved in the story. The reader becomes invested in the story as they can actually affect it. This is the first step towards collaboration.
Collaboration
Coming from the world of development, collaboration is second nature for me. I have worked in companies with over 30 developers working on the same code. We also rely on code that people write all around the world to make our own code better. Besides learning to work with others, we also learn how others work and learn from them.
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Jim Lerman
October 8, 2016 3:03 AM
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via The Scout Report "Each month, The New Yorker invites an author to select a short story from the magazine's extensive archive to read aloud for the Fiction Podcast. Fiction editor Deborah Treisman then conducts brief and illuminating interviews with each guest author to accompany these readings, allowing each guest a chance to explain their choice and discuss themes, characters, and literary devices employed in their selected story. Treisman's interview style allows listeners to get a glimpse into how each story personally resonated with each guest author and, at times, impacted their own work. In one recent episode, author and MacArthur Genius recipient Karen Russell reads and discusses Mavis Gallant's 1978 story "From the Fifteenth District." Other episodes feature Joseph O'Neill reading Muriel Spark; Ben Lerner reading John Berger; and Edwidge Danticat reading Jamaica Kincaid."
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Jim Lerman
October 4, 2016 4:27 PM
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As a professional writer and a writing specialist, I know that not everyone is as hepped up about words as I am. (What, you mean you don’t want to spend the next five hours chatting about the relationship between a character’s syntax and their familial history? Say it ain’t so!). I know that if I have any hope of maintaining student (and teacher) attention spans, I have to keep it relevant to the here and now.
My secret: use the news! With all of its of-the-moment relevancy and juicy tidbits, the news is the perfect lens through which to teach the ins and outs of craft – or, probably more accurately, the perfect mask to distract students as I sneak in the real lessons. Let’s take a look at some of the most creative and effective techniques out there today.
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from AdLit
October 2, 2016 12:58 AM
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from AdLit
October 2, 2016 12:55 AM
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Once a month, I'll send you a Common Core-friendly writing lesson (inspired by WritingFix) and a writer's notebook idea from my own website.
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Jim Lerman
from Digital Storytelling 2.0
October 2, 2016 12:51 AM
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A companion site to Troy's Heinemann books , this wiki empowers teachers as they learn how to teach digital writing.
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Jim Lerman
September 28, 2016 4:42 PM
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Engaging, multimedia-rich digital stories can capture the attention of students and increase their interest in exploring new ideas.
Combining storytelling with powerful digital creates a truly authentic learning experience that helps students develop a wide range of intellectual skills.
Hope you like my Facebook Page full of knowledge-sharing goodness https://www.facebook.com/sociallearningcommunity/.
My blog is a treasure trove too http://www.sociallearningcommunity.com/.
I love creating content that offers people value. Let me know what you think :)
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from :: The 4th Era ::
September 28, 2016 12:54 AM
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via The Scout Report "Civic media is the practice of using media and technology to promote a collective good. The Civic Media Project (CMP) "is a collection of short case studies from scholars and practitioners from all over the world that range from the descriptive to the analytical, from the single tool to the national program, from the enthusiastic to the critical." These case studies are written by scholars across a number of fields, including journalism, digital media, political science, and education. Case studies highlight civic media projects in four Sections: Play + Creativity; Systems + Designs; Learning + Engagement; and Community + Action. Highlighted projects include Presenting our Perspectives on Philly Youth News (POPPYN), a youth- produced TV News show and Aliens on Campus, an Alternative Reality Game at the University of Western Cape designed to address gaps in digital literacy education. Many of these projects focus on youth empowerment and education, so CMP may especially be of interest to youth workers and educators in alternative or out-of-school settings."
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We are the stories that we tell and it is the stories we share which unite us. This was the seed of an idea planted by a day with author, artist, musician and story teller Boori Pryor. Understanding the power that our stories have allows us to better value their role in our lives, to see them as more than recounts of the past or imaginings of the future. Stories should be viewed as the powerful agents that they are with the force to shape who we are as much as we shape them.
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from Education 2.0 & 3.0
September 22, 2016 7:21 PM
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via GIPHY It's so simple to ask students to be creative. It's so easy to offer them a choice of digital tools and let them get o
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from Writing Rightly
October 18, 2016 11:54 PM
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In November, nearly half a million people around the world will embark on a remarkable quest. National Novel Writing Month.
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Jim Lerman
October 12, 2016 12:52 PM
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Akira Kurosawa was one of the masters of cinema. Below is a six-minute interview where Kurosawa offers advice to aspiring filmmakers, but the advice can be applied more widely to other creative disciplines as well.
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from Into the Driver's Seat
October 12, 2016 12:37 PM
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I love writing activities that will stimulate the students’ creativity. Whether you have a writing club, or you are looking for ideas for your high achiever students in your classroom, here is a cool blog that will spark the creativity in your lessons.
Writing Prompts is a blog that has more than 800 writing posts for your intermediate+ students. My favorite ones so far are:
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from Coaching Leaders
October 8, 2016 1:10 PM
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Have you ever gotten a sense of déjà vu while reading a book or watching a movie that’s otherwise totally new to you? Obviously you have— so many stories are built on the same foundations of archetypes and tropes. Stripped of complexities, all stories are basically the same: an individual ventures into the unknown to acquire something they desire.
That’s not a new idea— Joseph Campbell broke the door down in 1949 with his book, The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Odysseus, Christ, Captain Ahab, Gautama Buddha, Jane Eyre, Luke Skywalker… different names and faces, different times and places, but all the same story. Not only that, the same effective story. What Campbell called “The Hero’s Journey” has resonated with humanity for millennia, and is the root for so many stories that we cherish.
So why wouldn’t this apply to public speaking? Any muttonhead can tell you that good speeches tell a story. This infographic will show you exactly how Campbell’s 17 Steps can lead to storytelling success. It doesn’t matter if you want to discuss Martin Luther King’s march to Selma, why you deserve a raise, or Walking Dead plot summaries. The Hero’s Journey can apply to almost any presentation.
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from Into the Driver's Seat
October 4, 2016 7:56 PM
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In February, Erin Bried was perusing the magazine rack with her 5-year-old daughter, Ellie, when she noticed something unsettling about the magazines for girls: Their covers all had dolls, lip gloss and princesses on them; they all had articles about "how to get pretty hair, how to have good manners" and "how to handle friendship drama," Bried said in an interview.
The problem? Ellie didn't like princesses all that much; she liked outer space and climbing trees. "We left that day empty-handed," Bried said. "She wasn't interested, and I was annoyed."
The more she thought about it, the more she realized "we have to do better" in the content we offer young girls, Bried said.
The idea for Kazoo, a feminist magazine for girls with diverse interests, was born.
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Jim Lerman
October 3, 2016 2:03 AM
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Summary: How can teachers integrate inquiry-based research approaches with digital reading and writing in the classroom? This is the question that Dawn Reed and Troy Hicks explore in their 2016 book, Research Writing Rewired: Lessons that Ground Students' Digital Learning. We talked with the authors about strategies, lessons, tools, and principles for supporting connected learning in the English Language Arts classroom.
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from AdLit
October 2, 2016 12:56 AM
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Because sometimes periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes, hyphens, apostrophes, question marks, exclamation points, quotation marks, brackets, parentheses, braces, and ellipses won't do.
Via Sara Rosett, Lynnette Van Dyke
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Jim Lerman
October 2, 2016 12:53 AM
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, we should be able to take some pointers from that picture to write our words. Great design succeeds for a reason. . .
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from Learning & Technology News
September 30, 2016 2:32 PM
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During revision, students should work closely together, share often, discuss models, add details, delete the unnecessary, and rearrange for clarity and effect.
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Jim Lerman
September 28, 2016 4:32 PM
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Do you want to help students love writing? In this segment, we talk about a new book including 300 strategies to get students excited about writing. So, if you’re struggling to teach writing and get students engaged, listen to Jennifer Seravallo’s ideas. From peer review across the entire process to engaging students in writing, Jennifer is full of high-impact ideas to improve classroom writing.
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September 26, 2016 12:18 AM
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Description by The Scout Report "Digital storytelling in it's many forms - including podcasts, online magazines, and interactive websites - provides Americans with increasingly popular ways to seek out news, commentary, and insights. Storybench, a project from the Media Innovation Program at Northeastern University, is dedicated to sharing and developing "the art and science of digital storytelling." Designed for journalism professionals and students, web designers, and novice coders, Storybench explores the technological, journalistic, and aesthetic techniques of digital journalism through articles, interviews, and online tutorials. Recent Storybench features include a guide to using the data analysis and visualization tool RStudio; an interview with Matthew Jockers, who used RStudio in order to create the Syuzhet package, a unique program that produces "story shapes" to outline the plot of a novel; and an analysis of how to create longform writing that can be easily read on mobile devices. Tutorials available on this site include a variety of map-making techniques. Educators, meanwhile, will want to check out the For Educators tab, which features a variety of workshops and activities designed for the classroom. Interested readers can subscribe to receive email updates."
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from Cultivating Creativity
September 22, 2016 8:51 PM
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This year’s gathering of the Online News Association brought together more than 2,200 digital journalists and innovators from all over the world for a three-day showcase of the latest trends and ideas moving journalism forward. There were many discussions that took place in Denver this year — on topics including virtual reality, distributed content, interactive tools, audience engagement, analytics and impact.
But there were four key topics dominated both the conference schedule and hallway conversations: automation, immersive storytelling, social media platforms and experimentation. We sat down with two ONA leaders — Joshua Hatch, ONA president and assistant managing editor of data and interactives at The Chronicle of Higher Education, and David Cohn, ONA treasurer and senior director at Alpha Group — to talk about major themes and key takeaways from this year’s conference.
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