DST resources

Writers Workshop Poster 100 Words to Use in Place of Said. Free Poster: 100 Colorful Words to Use in Place of “Said” Whispered, mumbled, roared… There are so many rich and colorful words that writers can use to convey the way a character speaks!

While there is nothing wrong with using ‘said,’ when it’s overused it can lead to blah writing. When we use words like “muttered” or “whined,” we get a clearer picture in our heads. Download this colorful mini-poster to display in your writing center or on a classroom wall to showcase 100 words your students can use instead of "said. " Print the poster at home or at school on 8.5x11 or 11x17 paper, or have a copy shop print a super-sized one for you. "Very" and Other Useless Words to Erase Forever - Writer's Circle. "Very" and Other Useless Words to Erase Forever "And then the meeting was suddenly interrupted by a very loud noise that startled the board members.

" If the previous sentence isn't a train wreck to you, it's perhaps time to analyze your own writing. The sentence should hopefully drive in this useful point: the best writing out there isn't determined by what happens, but rather by word choice. Nothing takes readers out of the moment like one poorly worded sentence. To help your writing, we compiled a brief list of words to avoid along with our reasonings and a few suggestions to help you get around some messy phrasing. 1. Mark Twain said it best: "Substitute 'damn every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be'. 2. "Sudden" or "Suddenly" is another practically useless word. 3. 8 Classic storytelling techniques for engaging presentations.

A good public speaker takes their audience on a journey, leaving them feeling inspired and motivated.

But structuring your speech to get your ideas across and keep your audience engaged all the way through is tricky. Try these eight storytelling techniques for a presentation that wows. You’re doing a presentation, so you start with the facts you want to get across. Wrong! Humans are hardwired for stories. Deliver a presentation that captures the hearts and heads of your audience by stealing one of these classic storytelling techniques. 1. The monomyth (also called the hero’s journey), is a story structure that is found in many folk tales, myths and religious writings from around the world.

7 Collaborative Storytelling Websites to Weave Your Own Digital Stories. Advertisement Everyone loves a good story.

Writing it is another matter. Come to think of it, crafting a good story shouldn’t be too difficult. We are surrounded by stories of all kinds. Films and soap operas are the visual ones. How Digital Technology "Broke" Narrative and What it Means for Our Students. I must confess that I don't read nearly as many books as I used to BC (Before Computers) and BK (Before Kids), but I have been stealing precious moments to savor the ideas and perspectives in Present Shock, the new book by Douglas Rushkoff.

Rushkoff is a media theorist who writes about society and our ongoing relationship with technology. (He has also guest blogged for Edutopia). In Present Shock – a play on Alvin Toffler's Future Shock -- he turns his lens to the human experience in a world that's always on, always connected, always in the now, now, now. The result is contemplative guidebook for making sense of and responding more intelligently to the new world where digital technology and big data are overwhelming us, breaking down our cultural narratives, changing our relationship to time, and tricking our internal biological mechanisms into thinking that unreal things are real.

DigitalStorytelling4Kids [licensed for non-commercial use only] / Sandbox. Welcome to the Sandbox The Sandbox area is where you can test several of the digital storytelling tools we didn't cover in the sessions.

First, visit the suggested tools and choose one or a few to play with. Digital storytelling in the classroom. Digital storytelling: A tutorial in 10 easy steps. “Thankful,” a digital story by Sarah Schmidt.

How to create a polished, powerful digital story for yourself or your nonprofit Target audience: Nonprofits, social change organizations, educators, foundations, individuals. This is part of Creating Media, our ongoing series designed to help nonprofits and other organizations learn how to use and make media. With millions of videos floating around on the Web, I’d like to make the case today for a genre that has received far too little attention: digital storytelling. Digital storytelling is a craft that uses the tools of digital technology to tell stories about our lives. Let the people your nonprofit is helping tell their own impactful stories. themes and stories, often touching us in deeper ways than one-dimensional videos that rarely probe beneath the surface of people’s lives. If you plan to do it yourself, see our Visual story checklist to make sure you follow all the steps involved in creating a compelling story. . • Recovery stories.

J.D. Digital Storytelling for Young Learners. Digital Storytelling Kit - Thank you! Digital Narrative.