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"Being able to write clearly is an essential skill for all students. With these simple online writing tools and apps, students get to practice writing informally in settings that won’t be too daunting. "This information comes from Common Sense Media and its new Graphite service, a free collection of teacher-written reviews of websites, apps, and digital games for the classroom. To join the Graphite community, got to http://beta.graphite.org."
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I want to show you how smoothly your writing can go if you just add a little planning and routine to your writing.
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Transmedia storytelling is a hotly debated term du jour that, on the one hand, is so broad that it’s nearly meaningless, while, on the other, seems to be incredibly difficult to replace with something better. Via Gary Hayes
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by Cate Conroy
"Storytelling has come a long way since the brothers Grimm, here are a few of rules of storytelling in the digital age."
Jim Lerman's insight:
Some very important points to consider.
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Jim Lerman's curator insight,
July 24, 2013 4:18 PM
Anderson is one of the most prolific sharers on the web and an ed tech leader in Winston-Salem, NC. This LiveBinders binder is set up just for English teachers.
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Frank Rose: "It's never been easy to market an indie film—but in a blockbuster universe, getting people to care about a low-budget production devoid of stars and lacking the enormous, built-in fan base of The Dark Knight or The Hunger Games can seem all but impossible." Via The Digital Rocking Chair, Digital Cinema in Transition, Alexandre Pierrin
Bart van Maanen's curator insight,
May 25, 2013 4:28 AM
Het promoten van 'kleine', onafhankelijk geproduceerde films is vaak moeilijk. Hier een schets van een andere weg naar een groter publiek. Productie en promotie van films kunnen door internet en IP tv sowieso niet meer op de oude manier.
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Julian Cheevers: "There’s increasingly a lot of talk about Transmedia storytelling; the idea of taking pieces of a story and systematically putting them across different media touch points for the purposes of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience. But why is Transmedia storytelling important for independent filmmakers in particular?" Via The Digital Rocking Chair, Alexandre Pierrin
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight,
June 24, 2013 4:12 AM
In a sentence ... "Transmedia has an element of marketing to it at times, but when done well it’s simply good storytelling, an extension of the film experience". Do you agree? 
Richard Stadler's curator insight,
June 25, 2013 7:18 AM
This could be a subtle shift in content creation. It might work, it might not, but I think test it. It might work for your company/market and not others.. 
Rob Erickson's curator insight,
July 2, 2013 3:49 PM
It's definitely an ally if done the correct way.
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This past April, several new media pioneers issued "The Web Documentary Via Gary Hayes, Alexandre Pierrin
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The documentary filmmakers and media producers who are venturing out into the world of transmedia or interactive storytelling have advanced storytelling, but have spent much time, elbow grease, and sweat on their projects. Via Alexandre Pierrin
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by Holly Clark
"It’s the inspiring glow of engagement and enthusiasm plus the fire in their eyes that makes me want to keep trying new projects. Their relentless desire to do collaborative-based work is proof that they enjoy the journey, the connections, and the role of play in their learning. One of the thrills about being an educator in 2013 is this ability to redefine the typical classroom landscape in this way. This year, we did it campus-wide with some pretty amazing projects that helped everyone see the value in collaborating, and the immense power of thinking outside the box – in this case, I literally mean the constrictive box of the traditional classroom."
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Building Storyworlds - the art, craft & biz of storytelling in 21c is an ongoing prototype and story R&D (research & development) project created by Lance Weiler. Via Yannick Vernet
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Readers go for a ride.
Illustrator and cartoonist Grant Snider has created “The Story Coaster,” a comic about the elements and pitfalls of narrative storytelling. Via Kim Zinke (aka Gimli Goose), Kristina Morgan Weber
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"Even the best writers from among us are prone to the odd mistake. Slick Write is an online tool which helps to correct and even improve your writing on a number of levels. "Slick Write enables you to evaluate the stylistic features and potential flaws of your work, as well as giving you the ability to identify spelling errors and grammatical mistakes. Interestingly, the tool gives you an insight into the structure of your content, breaking up paragraphs and sentences in a unique, informative way. "You can analyse the flow of your work, and assess some of the statistics which Slick Write provides for you. When using all the features in unison, it becomes relatively easy to turn an average piece of text, and turn it into a literary masterpiece.
Bart van Maanen's curator insight,
July 28, 2013 12:35 PM
Lijkt een mooie tool te ziijn, helaas alleen beschikbaar voor Engelse teksten en voor WordPress. 
Krysta Hammond's curator insight,
September 19, 2013 4:35 PM
Will be a great addition to my lower level writing class who struggle with grammar or ideas. Passing this on to other Writing teachers in my division as well, thank you!
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by Susan Karlin “It’s true transmedia storytelling,” says Arem, who started in entertainment as a Capitol Records composer and engineer. “It’s the creative vision of a book, with music, actors, and a social media viral campaign that brings users together as a culture and enables interaction with them on a daily basis.” "The novel and its backstory--presented through the eyes of the protagonist via fictitious websites and social media accounts initially followed by half a million people--chronicles a Russian scientist who lost his wife to cancer and defected to the United States to work at a company called Ingen Bio. There, he developed a cure, only to learn that it turned people into monsters and that the government sought to weaponize it. When the scientist’s daughter is afflicted with the same disease, he injects her with the cure, knowing it dooms her future. The father is killed for his technology and the daughter grows up not knowing about his involvement or her impending metamorphosis. "The app--18 months in the making--picks up when the daughter is 26 and wants to finish her father’s research. The father’s old business partner has suspected she has been given the drug and provokes its side effects, which sets the story in motion. "As an entry point, users scan their fingers, effectively becoming Ingen Bio employees. Users sign up through email, Facebook, and Twitter for a viral campaign that leaks clues via email and social media to unlock additional story elements in the app."
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Playing with Film Story – A presentation by Matt Costello, given at the StoryLabs & Screen Australia labs and digital ignition seminar held in Sydney in late Nov 2012. StoryLab’s Podcasts: Recorded and Produced by Gary P Hayes
Jim Lerman's insight:
Deep insights from a very accomplished professional
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Resources for storytelling performances, training, coaching, and research. Via José Carlos, Jim Lerman
Stephanie Diamond's comment,
July 25, 2013 4:15 PM
Oh! I could have sent it to you. There are editions 2 or 3 avail now. If you don't have the most recent version of the software, get edition 2. Love to talk!
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Make a newspaper clipping with your own headline and story. In example to surprise friends and coworkers, send a birthday greeting or to give your next blog entry a special look.
Jim Lerman's insight:
A very handly little set of tools to engage students in writing activities. The site offers apps for creation of original material with the following visual formats: -a newspaper -a movie clipper board -talking squirrels -a cigarette packet -talking cats -ninja text -wizard test -talking flowers -talking tomatoes -talking owls
via ChristinaSkyBox
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Transmedia activism is a framework that creates social impact by using storytelling by a number of decentralized authors who share assets and create content dis Via Alexandre Pierrin
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The Design of Narrative Platforms for Social Change: Transmedia Activism Lina Srivastava Fundación Telefónica | Transmedia Livi Via Alexandre Pierrin
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What happens when inspired, independent producers partner up with forward moving local radio and television stations to take public media outside traditional boundaries of craft and carry public media to more citizens? Via Alexandre Pierrin
Alexandre Pierrin's curator insight,
June 25, 2013 4:44 AM
Une très belle plateforme qui rassemble des histoires des quatre coins des états-unis...
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Joseph McCaleb's curator insight,
July 21, 2013 10:13 AM
Naomi Alderman: Three things really fascinate me about the new digital writing toolkit: the possibility of increased immersion in a story, the ability to represent choice, and the way the audience can influence the story.
"I write serious literary novels – and I write videogames. . . . lead writer and co-creator (with games company Six to Start) of Zombies, Run! You have to go out running to get supplies. That's you really running, in the real world. Yes, it's a game you have to get off your bum to play. We track where you go via GPS and an accelerometer, reward you with (fictional) item pickups, and tell you a story in audio drama clips that alternate with tracks of your own music. Naomi Alderman teaches both creative writing and digital media as a professor at Bath Spa University.
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Writing dialogue can be tricky. I happen to enjoy it, and usually end up with dialogue-heavy first drafts. Here are a few thoughts about writing good dialogue: 1. Become an eavesdropper: I lived f... Via Charles Fischer, Jim Lerman
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The following is a talk I gave June 1 in Toronto which sprang from my ongoing interest in The Hunger Games as a transmedia campaign. I wrote an earlier blog post, ‘Why The Hunger Games is Not Harry Potter, and Why You Should Care,’ in response to finishing the novels, which were far more disturbing than I had expected. Further mulling on Geoffrey Long’s How to Ride a Lion: A Call for a Higher Transmedia Criticism and Jeff Gomez & Fabian Niciezo’s “6 Reasons Why ‘the Avengers’ is Crushing it at the Box Office” resulted in this case study on ‘Transmedia Engagement: Participatory Culture to Activism.’ Your thoughts are welcome! Via siobhan-o-flynn, Yannick Vernet
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by Ingrid Sundberg
"Yes, it’s true, I’ve had story structure on the brain. I’ve also recently joined pinterest (of which I immediately became addicted). But there’s a happy side effect of these two obsessions… this post! I love visual representations of novels and narrative structure, and pinterest gave me a place to collect all these fascinating, beautiful, funny, and brilliant story diagrams."
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