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How Not to Write a Novel: 7 Things That Will Doom Your Novel There are a lot of ways not to do something. Like the new boat owner a few years ago who was filling up his pleasure craft with fuel for that first time out. Only he mistook the tube meant to hold fishing poles for the gas tank. The gas fumes ignited and blew the boat owner into the sky. You can be just as creative in finding ways not to write your novel. So if not finishing or not selling are your goals, I’m here to help you with the following seven tips (also, grab this free download on how to write a novel): 1. Go to your favorite writing spot with your laptop or pad. You are waiting for inspiration. Until then, do not write a word. Of course, those who think it wise to finish their novels do things backwards. These poor souls think the secret to writing a novel is to write, and work through minor problems quickly, and major ones after the first draft is done. They do things like this: Establish a writing quota. And one day they look up and see a finished manuscript. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Domo Animate - Make your own Domo Animations and Slideshows with GoAnimate's super easy to use tools. Storyboard That: The World's Best FREE Online Storyboard Creator Home 5 free apps for digital storytelling and sharing kids’ ideas Digital storytelling simply means using computer-based tools to tell stories. The 5 apps below are some of my favorites for allowing kids to create, illustrate, record, and share stories and ideas. Digital storytelling is easy to do with these apps, and can be done even if you don’t have access to much technology at school. If you or your students have a single iPhone or iPad in the classroom, you can do this! Puppet Pals What it is: Puppet Pals lets kids choose their characters and backdrops and drag them to the puppet show stage. How to use it: This is a great app for practicing dialogue. See it in action: Toontastic What it is: Toontastic uses a “story arc” with characters, setting, plot, and a conclusion, so it’s perfect for kids who are learning the elements of fiction, as well as older kids who are exploring exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution. How to use it: Have students write and tell their own stories using the simple story arc. Voicethread Show Me See it in action:
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Civil War & Old West Photos Posted by Gerard Murphy – January 13, 2014 browse all Guest post by Terry Falk One day in the spring of 1975, my phone rang, and that call led me on an incredible journey. The call was from my brother, who was starting his career as an art researcher and historian. He specializes on forgotten or overlooked American artists. “Do you remember me telling you about the research I am doing on Alfred Waud, the Civil War artist”, he says, “well, I have tracked down his present day descendants living in Vermont. With that enigmatic proposal, we took off for Vermont and made our way to a quintessential country home in the southern part of the state. I turned back the ancient lid of the trunk and inside were stacks of boxes and folders wrapped in paper. The reason this collection exists at all is a story itself. It didn’t end with the Civil War, however. After my adrenalin came down to an operable level and I regained the ability to speak, the trunk was brought downstairs. Now my work truly began.
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view. However, as the name implies, digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the stories used in education typically last between two and ten minutes. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between. An Introduction to Digital Storytelling click here for more information about this video British photographer, educator and digital storyteller, Daniel Meadows defines digital stories as "short, personal multimedia tales told from the heart."
Facebook 8 Steps To Great Digital Storytelling | Samantha Morra First appeared on Edudemic. (Updated 3/14/2014) Stories bring us together, encourage us to understand and empathize, and help us to communicate. Long before paper and books were common and affordable, information passed from generation to generation through this oral tradition of storytelling. Consider Digital Storytelling as the 21st Century version of the age-old art of storytelling with a twist: digital tools now make it possible for anyone to create a story and share it with the world. WHY Digital Storytelling? Digital stories push students to become creators of content, rather than just consumers. Movies, created over a century ago, represent the beginning of digital storytelling. 8 Steps to Great Digital Stories Great digital stories: Are personalBegin with the story/scriptAre conciseUse readily-available source materialsInclude universal story elementsInvolve collaboration at a variety of levels 1. All stories begin with an idea, and digital stories are no different. Resources 2. 3.
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