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Following a sweet true-story-based and lovely introduction from Aaron Stroud, his wife Katie takes the stage to tell us about story for learning during session W202 of ASTD2014. She said that when ... 
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by Monica Burns "For students at all levels, creative writing is an important part of English language arts curriculum. Not only do the Common Core State Standards specifically outline the expectation that students should be able to express themselves through the written word, but this is also an essential real-world skill. Students should have the ability to write narratives that tell a story from their own life or a story that they've imagined. The following apps will inspire young writers and give them a vehicle for sharing their work."
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“The irony is the more personal your story is, the more universal it is. And, the more you keep that nuance that makes your story personal, the more it will spread,” Nirvan Mullick, the founder of Imagination Foundation noted during a webinar podcast earlier this year. Via cynthia jabar
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With the ongoing goal of narrowing the gap between the creative and tech worlds, The Tribeca Film Festival introduced Tribeca Innovation Week this year. Via Simon Staffans
Justin Nalepa's curator insight,
April 29, 2014 11:24 AM
I hadn't heard the analogy of Inception being a metaphor for Cinema. I also love the quote from Jason Silva:
"We already have dream sharing technology. It's called cinema."
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by Richard Byrne "Over the last few months I've shared an ebook about digital storytelling with comics and a list of tools for digital storytelling with comics. This morning I found another great resource for teachers interested in teaching literacy skills through comics and graphic novels.
"Comics in Education is a website run by Dr. Glen Downey for the purpose of sharing activities and ideas for using comics and graphic novels in literacy education. Head to the classroom section of the site to find five literacy skills development activities that can be completed online or offline. Those activities include wordless narratives, graphic poetry, cave art, visual note-taking, and symbolic language in words and images. In the classroom section you will also find curriculum connections and explanations of the rationale for using comics with all students."
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by Richard Byrne "This year I've hosted a handful of free webinars about using comics in the classroom. The three webinar recordings and slideshows embedded below provide a variety of ideas and directions for using comics created on Storyboard That in your classroom. Some of my favorite uses of comics include using them as story prompts, having students create them to tell personal stories, and to illustrate key ideas in a book as an alternative to writing a traditional book report."
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Deadway is a language-learning classroom role-playing game about rebuilding hope in a post-apocalyptic world. In this game your students will band together in small groups to forge a new society in... Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Lynnette Van Dyke
Judith Morais's curator insight,
April 25, 2014 6:37 AM
Writing of course is just one of many authentic skills developed in these type of game based activities.
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by Liz Losh "Selfies have been in the news a lot lately, particularly after the Oxford English Dictionary declared “selfie” to be the word of the year for 2013. During the last month I have been quoted in The Washington Post, USA Today, and Politico.com about this global Internet genre. An essay of mine appeared on the new website SelfieCity, an archive of thousands of selfies from five cities around the world, so reporters eager for an expert opinion have been calling and e-mailing. "Less attention gets paid to selfies as a teaching tool, although Jill Walker Rettberg has been studying online courses that promote women’s self-worth and empowerment by shooting selfies, as she explains in this blog post. Now, the Selfies Research Network, founded by Terri Senft, is working to expand the pedagogical possibilities of the selfie and explore these instructional potentials with others in the Association of Internet Researchers. "In an interview with DML Central, Bowling Green State University selfie professor Radhika Gajjala explained her rationale for teaching with a form of composition that is often considered too trivial for serious consideration in the classroom. “In high school and undergrad education, you go where the student is, and that’s what they are doing, whether you like it or not.” She explained that this approach emphasizes “the learning process, community responsibility, self-presentation, and the global access of others to what they do.”
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Storyboarding as we know it may have been pioneered by filmmakers and animators, but we can use many of the same concepts in the development of other forms of storytelling including keynote presentations or short-form presentations such as those made... Via Jim Lerman
Jeni Mawter's curator insight,
May 6, 2014 8:28 PM
Lost? Storyboarding can help you find the essence of you children's or young adult story. 
Samantha Melvin's curator insight,
May 11, 2014 6:14 PM
Great resource for CEDFA, this demonstrates the importance of planning "slides" in order to communicate our ideas effectively--teaching this to students is important, as they can learn to be efficient at getting their ideas out in the world #ufglobal #arted #communication #storyboarding
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by Crystal Sands "Earlier this month, Excelsior College launched a highly interactive, media-rich Online Writing Lab (OWL) and opened it up for free to the public. "If the more than 20 college campuses already incorporating the OWL haven’t proven its effectiveness, the Evaluation Consortium at the University of Albany has; its nationwide pilot study found the OWL boosted final student grades by 5 points. "The secret to the OWL’s success lies in its ability to bridge pedagogy with multimedia that engages, not just entertains."
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"Although there are many different archetypes, Jung defined twelve primary types that symbolize basic human motivations. Each type has its own set of values, meanings and personality traits. Also, the twelve types are divided into three sets of four, namely Ego, Soul and Self. The types in each set share a common driving source, for example types within the Ego set are driven to fulfill ego-defined agendas." Sarah McElrath's insight: Good list to help writers with character development. Via Sarah McElrath
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"Storytelling has been around since the start of Mankind. Storytelling was the basic communicational strategy through which culture, traditions, mores, ways of life and early literature was transmitted from one generation to the other. With the advent of internet and web technologies, storytelling has got some new and wider dimensions. The journey of storytelling from its early beginnings to its actual state is the subject of this wonderful graphic below. It documents the major periods and forms of storytelling that was pervasive during each era. It is really amazing to take a pause and take a look back into history to see how storytelling has evolved to be what it is now. Enjoy" Via John Evans, Elke Höfler
Marshall Van Fleet's curator insight,
May 14, 2014 8:47 AM
Story-telling is also very useful in the business and professional arenas as well..Tell your story to your target audience and people are more likely to listen and related to it... 
Dr. Helen Teague's curator insight,
May 28, 2014 10:56 AM
From www.educatorstechnology.com - May 14, 5:46 AM "Storytelling has been around since the start of Mankind. Storytelling was the basic communicational strategy through which culture, traditions, mores, ways of life and early literature was transmitted from one generation to the other. With the advent of internet and web technologies, storytelling has got some new and wider dimensions. The journey of storytelling from its early beginnings to its actual state is the subject of this wonderful graphic below. It documents the major periods and forms of storytelling that was pervasive during each era. It is really amazing to take a pause and take a look back into history to see how storytelling has evolved to be what it is now. Enjoy"
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Paul Zak's research is uncovering how stories shape our brains, tie strangers together, and move us to be more empathic and generous. Via cynthia jabar
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When Latitude released their ”Future of Storytelling II” research report last year, some things stood out as pretty exceptional to me. One of them was that of all the people they’d talked to – most... Via Simon Staffans
Dr. Pamela Rutledge's curator insight,
April 26, 2014 8:19 PM
The psychological experience of story doesn't recognize artificial boundaries. Simon Staffans' remarks underscore the fading distinction between 'online' and 'offline' in terms of how we experience life.
Jeni Mawter's comment,
April 29, 2014 5:13 AM
For those interested in the future of storytelling for Young Adults have a look at: http://www.slideshare.net/jenimawter/the-future-of-story-telling-transmedia-toe-dipping-2013
Jeni Mawter's curator insight,
April 29, 2014 5:15 AM
For those interested in the future of Storytelling for Young Adults you may want to have a look at:
http://www.slideshare.net/jenimawter/the-future-of-story-telling-transmedia-toe-dipping-2013
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Here is an infographic that shares insights on tips for storytelling in elearning.Read more › Via Ana Cristina Pratas
The Wordcanvas's curator insight,
May 7, 2014 8:39 AM
Five story-refining tips for developing learning objects. Read, absorb, and move on...
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Here are seven excellent writing apps that students can use to write journals, blogs, creative pieces, publishing or just take notes.
Melissa Marshall's curator insight,
May 12, 2014 1:24 AM
This is worth having a look at: writing on iPads for different subjects.
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by Richard Byrne "From creating simple comic strips to planning long stories, Storyboard That is a tool that has a bunch of potential uses in the classroom. I recently put together a PDF of five projects that your students can complete with Storyboard That. The projects outlined include creative storytelling, retelling of history, using comics in videos, crafting book reviews with comics, and creating multimedia ebooks. In addition to directions for using Storyboard That, the following PDF includes screenshots with directions for using WeVideo and WidBook."
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by Natalie O'Neil "Most teachers can empathize with the difficulty of teaching writing. You’ve likely experienced that hair-pulling moment after reading students’ unpolished, disorganized essays that lack support and analysis. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably asked yourself, “What can I do to help my students become better writers?” For years, I searched for some way to beat the writing blues. I read books about teaching writing by folks like Stephen King, Karen Spear and Donald Murray but nothing changed: students still feared writing assignments, and I still struggled with teaching and grading them. "But I was determined to find a way to make my students better writers, and even more determined to find a more effective way to guide them through the process. "That’s when I turned to technology. I had been following a few edtech blogs and publications, and sure enough, among the latest digital writing trends, I found exactly what I was searching for: a free trial to a tool promising a solution to teaching writing. After an introduction to the platform, creating teacher and student accounts, I embarked on the greatest writing teacher journey of my career and invited an edtech startup to be our classroom writing guide. Citelighter, an all-inclusive digital writing platform, has had an unbelievably positive impact on my view of teaching writing. In particular, Citelighter has changed my teaching and my students’ writing in three profound ways."
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"Storehouse, an app for iPad that functions as a story creation tool with images, video and text, is getting a nice update today. The update brings the ability to embed stories in blogs and on the web, as well as comments and an easy way to find Storehouse users on Twitter and Facebook." Via Sarah McElrath, Jim Lerman
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Jim Lerman's insight: Originally developed for ELLs, this prompt is good for learners of almost any age, regardless if their first language is English or another.
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description by The Scout Report "The Yale College Writing Center "supports writers and writing teachers through the resources on this website" and consequently support an audience far beyond New Haven. First-time visitors should look at the Advice for Students to get started. Here, they will find areas that include "What Good Writers Know" and "Model Papers from the Disciplines.” The first area contains short and succinct advice with detailed explanations while the second area contains thoughtful works from Yale students in fields such as philosophy, natural science, and literature. Moving along, Writing at Yale includes information about the various writing programs and initiatives at Yale College, along with links to writing award programs from around the country."
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The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. Sarah McElrath's insight: Good way to help students think through plot. Via Sarah McElrath
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One of my favourite “how to write” books is Nigel Watts’ Writing A Novel and Getting Published. My battered, torn and heavily-pencil-marked copy is a testament to how useful I’ve found it over the years. Via Sarah McElrath
A.K.Andrew's curator insight,
May 6, 2014 8:36 PM
I never get tired of looking at plotting and it's always good to discover a new 'how to book' even if you can just glean a little of the information. The eight point arc will keep you grounded. |
