Contract data management and analytics - Knowable
Contract data management and analytics. Most companies don’t know what’s in their contracts, and don’t have an easy way to find out. This blind spot costs
This Is Your Brain on Writing (Published 2014)
This Is Your Brain on Writing - NYTimes.com
Hook Your Reader: Story Starters/Mini Posters for the ELA Classroom
10 Story Starter Posters (free)
18 Simple Essay Hacks Every Student Needs To Know
Turn off Netflix for starters.
All Stories Are the Same
From Avatar to The Wizard of Oz, Aristotle to Shakespeare, there’s one clear form that dramatic storytelling has followed since its inception.
Be a better writer in 15 minutes: 4 TED-Ed lessons on grammar and word choice
There’s no denying it — the English language can be mighty tricky. When writing a paper, a novel or even an e-mail, you might look at a sentence you just wrote and think, “Is that…
EssayTagger Common Core Rubric Creation Tool
A free tool to help teachers create their own customized Common Core-aligned rubrics.
The art of storytelling, according to the founders of StoryCorps and Humans of New York
Between them, Dave Isay of StoryCorps and Brandon Stanton of the photography website, Humans of New York, have collected more than 75,000 stories from regular folks around the world. They share the…
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
“Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?”
9 reasons why writing in a journal should be your only resolution in the new year.
If you've got a list of resolutions, this one thing will cover them ALL.
Pixar offers free online lessons in storytelling via Khan Academy – TechCrunch
There are few organizations in the world that can claim more expertise when it comes to storytelling than Pixar. The Disney-owned animation studio is known for its ability to consistently create world-class movies with gripping narrative alongside stunning visuals. Now, Pixar is helping others lear…
Experimental Game Turns Players into Poets and Writers
What do British Romantic Era poets and video games have in common? The answer is Elegy for a Dead World, an unlikely game that leaves the players with “no game to play,” but to explore three long-dead civilizations, observe, and make notes... or stories — or poems — or songs. The three lost worlds f...
Learning From Peers’ Strengths
Students can improve their work by learning to recognize the strengths in the work of their peers.
Cure writer's block with writing prompts, exercises, generators & gizmos
Cure writer's block with writing prompts, exercises, generators & gizmos
6 Types of Stories Scientifically Proven to Make You Emotional
How many kinds of stories are there? From Harry Potter, to Oedipus and Romeo and Juliet, scientists at University of Vermont use data modeling to figure it out.