An animation presents KS2 English students with the chance to undertake creative writing.



This animation, told simply through pictures and without dialogue, provides an opportunity for imaginative and descriptive writing for...

This video delves into the world of puns, a form of wordplay that utilizes words with multiple meanings or similar sounds for humorous or thoughtful effects. It explains different types of puns, such as homophonic, homographic, and...

This video is a discussion on the importance of scenes in storytelling and how to make them effective by focusing on behavior, desire, and subtext. The speaker shares tips on how to evaluate and improve scenes, and warns against being...

The point of fiction is to cast a spell, a momentary illusion that you are living in the world of the story. But as a writer, how do you suck your readers into your stories in this way? Nalo Hopkinson shares some tips for how to use...

In this video, a playwright shares insights on writing for theater, including the importance of writing about what you find interesting and emotionally connect with, the freedom to structure a play in any way you want, and the need to...

Scot Osterweil is the Creative Director of the Education Arcade and a research director in the MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing Program. He is a designer of award-winning educational games, working in both academic and commercial...

Learn how to be creative at school. You can also play during recess, but school has rules so pay attention. A Day at School, Part 4

This video showcases how the company has created unique and creative meeting spaces to make the work environment more interesting. They have incorporated elements like grass-covered meeting rooms, films on glass windows, and glass...

The Fly pen computer is a revolutionary device that combines the functionality of a computer with the simplicity of a pen. It allows children aged 8 to 12 to draw a calculator and do math, or create a piano keyboard and play tunes on it....

This video features a playwright discussing the evolution of her voice and style, touching on the importance of form in relation to content and the power of verbatim theater to heighten audience engagement and appreciation for the beauty...

Nikki Moustaki, author of the memoir, The Bird Market of Paris (Henry Holt, 2015), holds an MA in poetry from New York University, an MFA in poetry from Indiana University, and an MFA in fiction from New York University, and has taught...

Herman Beavers has taught at Penn since 1989. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana Studies and teaches courses in African American and American literature, including courses on Southern Modernism, 20th...

Two parts math and one part writer make Jordan Ellenberg a very readable mathematician. Yes, Ellenberg is a professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard that allows him to...

Looking at illustrations before reading the words in picture books helps children see that there are many different ways of telling stories.



In this activity, children aged 8-11 will look at the pictures in a book, then retell...

Co-presented by NEW INC, the New Museum’s incubator for art, design, and technology, and Kill Screen, a video game arts and culture company, Versions is a new conference on creative practice and virtual reality (VR) that will explore VR...

Japanese really does have the most complex writing system in the world. Here I spell out its history and my struggle to learn it. Subscribe for language!https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang' target='_blank'...

Computers just got a lot better at mimicking our language. Join the Open Sourced Reporting Network='http://www.vox.com/opensourcednetwork' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Network Something big happened in the past year: Researchers...