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Storyboard That: The World's Best FREE Online Storyboard Creator New Script that will create Google Forms from questions in a Spreadsheet There was a query posted in the GEG Singapore about automatically creating forms from spreadsheet questions. g(Math) kind of does this, so I threw a script together that will create a form from a highlighted range. It will even create multiple choice questions from option in the sheet (I am especially proud of that aspect). Check it out here and make a copy to play around: How to do it: 1. Create your questions in a Spreadsheet, picking the type of question from the dropdown in the cell in column C. 2. 3. 4.Select the questions that you want to use: 5. 6. 7. Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling Everyone from Kurt Vonnegut to Ernest Hemingway has shared his ideas on crafting solid narrative writing. One of the most recent sages to join the canon is Emma Coates, Pixar’s former story artist. Her list of the 22 Rules of Good Storytelling gleaned on the job has been gaining Internet traction since it was published last June. Twenty two? By all means, sample Coates' Pixar 22 (see them all below). As for myself, I am repurposing #4 - the only rule that doesn't contain an implied order or some derivative of "you" - as an extremely jolly parlor game. Here it is in its original form: Once upon a time there was ___. While it's entirely possible to fill in those blanks with the fruits of your own imagination, it's a true joy to subject one's most cherished literary, cinematic, and dramatic works to this retroactive Mad Lib. Warning: there are some major spoilers below. Once upon a time there was a poor family in Oklahoma. How about this? Once upon a time there was a poor young soldier.

Trees, Shrubs, and Groundcovers Tolerant of Wet Sites The list shown below includes such plants. Plant roots require oxygen in order to function. Plants cannot tolerate extremely wet sites because soil that is completely full of water has no room for air. Sloped sites are not necessarily well drained. Some sites are wet for extended periods only during spring and fall when rainfall is abundant but evaporation is low. Soil amendments are only effective in relieving soil moisture problems if the entire root zone of the mature planting can be changed. Shrub beds may be amended with additions of large amounts of organic matter such as compost, peat, and composted sludge. Trees and their USDA Hardiness Zone Shrubs Ground covers *Indicates Evergreens Prepared by N.

Emblematic Group and Mozilla Team Up to Showcase Next Generation of Storytelling on the Web Everything you share on the internet is a story. You read blog posts and watch videos that make you feel connected to people across the world. Virtual Reality has made these experiences even stronger, but it wasn’t available to most people as a storytelling tool, until now. This breakthrough in accessibility comes from VR pioneer and award winning journalist, Nonny de la Peña, who is founder & CEO of the immersive technology company Emblematic Group. VR for Storytelling De la Peña was one of the first to recognize that VR is a powerful way to tell stories. The stories de la Peña tells in virtual reality are beautiful and sometimes, gut-wrenching. The team at Emblematic wanted to do more than create, they wanted to make it easy for people without coding experience to tell their own stories in VR. VR for Creation “What if VR took you somewhere you didn’t necessarily know you wanted to go, but needed to see to fully comprehend? With the REACH platform, you can host and distribute 3D models.

Home - Innovation Studio Story Practices: A Master Class with Joe Lambert — StoryHost Story Practices Two Sessions: ThursdaysJuly 9-Aug. 27, 202612 noon - 2 pm Eastern, 9am - 11 Pacific, 5pm - 7pm UKOn Zoom Asia Session:Wednesdays, July 8-Aug. 26, 202610 am - 12 Noon Melbourne/Sydney9 am - 11 am Tokyo12 noon - 2 pm Auckland US Time Tuesdays, July 7 - Aug. 25, 5 pm - 7pm Pacific, 8pm - 10 pm EasternOn Zoom Overview This masterclass is designed for practitioners — people who facilitate, teach, organize, or accompany others through change. The arc moves from knowing story → making story → facilitating story → releasing story into the world. Final Deliverables Autoethnographic narrative piece 1,000–2,500 words. Contextualized story curriculum A facilitator’s guide designed for their specific setting — from a single 90-minute workshop to a semester-long course — grounded in the facilitation principles of the masterclass. Curriculum(subject to revision) Phase 1 — Knowing Story (Weeks 1–2) Session 1 What story is — and what it does Where does story live in a life?

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