Instructional Video3:36
Curated Video

How to Stay Positive to Increase IELTS Speaking / Writing Scores

9th - Higher Ed
Today you’ll learn the strategy and vocabulary for staying positive in your IELTS answers.



Are you repeating negative words and ideas in your IELTS Speakin
g
answers?

For instance,...
Instructional Video6:07
Curated Video

KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Writing: Planning to Write Non-Fiction Part 3 - Explained

3rd - 5th
SchoolOnline's Primary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners and skilled teachers. Ideal for ages 9-13, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in...
Instructional Video10:19
TED Talks

TED: How comic strips create better health care | Sam Hester

12th - Higher Ed
Comics creator Sam Hester is part of a growing movement within health care: graphic medicine. In short, literally drawing attention to a patient's needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking. Hester...
Podcast4:15
KERA

"Baldo" Comic Strip Features Latino Voices

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The comic strip Baldo has been published in newspapers across the United States for 20 years. It was the first ever to feature a Latino family as the main characters. Hector Cantu, the author of Baldo was inspired to create the comic...
Instructional Video4:46
Curated Video

Black Girl Geek Magic – She’s Blazing The Trail For All Like Her

3rd - Higher Ed
Her family’s love of good stories, whether they were comics, anime, video games or even the Harry Potter Books, were all a key part of shaping the “geek” in Jamila Rowser’s personality while traveling the...
Instructional Video10:11
PBS

Are Graphic Novels... Novels? (Feat. Princess Weekes)

12th - Higher Ed
In the past few decades, literature has expanded to not only mean the “novel” but “graphic novels” as well. Today we are gonna break down how the graphic novel went from the comic book store to the classroom. Hosted by Lindsay Ellis and...
Instructional Video7:17
Wonderscape

The Power of Narratives and Literary Devices

K - 5th
This video explores the significance of communication through storytelling, emphasizing the power of the pen in shaping perceptions and actions. It introduces five key literary devices—narrative, plot, tone and mood, setting, and...
Instructional Video9:30
TED Talks

Randall Munroe: Comics that ask "what if?"

12th - Higher Ed
Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions ("what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?") using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader's question about Google's data...
Instructional Video8:33
Curated Video

Where the "comic book font" came from

9th - 11th
So...why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox's Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for
Instructional Video6:12
The Guardian

Neil Gaiman author of Stardust and The Sandman comics takes over the Guardian books site

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Neil Gaiman author of Stardust and The Sandman comics takes over the Guardian books site Subscribe to the Guardian HEREref='http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>HERE Writer Neil Gaiman spent a day editing the...
Instructional Video3:33
World Science Festival

Jonathan Coulton on Science, Crying, and Comic Books

6th - 11th
Jonathan Coulton doesn't write your typical songs about pain and heartbreak — instead he brings us inside the hearts and minds of robots, zombies, squid, and sentient monkeys. You may even accidentally learn something about DNA and math....
Instructional Video7:14
Entertain The Elk

Writing For Comics

9th - 11th
The first 500 people to click my link will get two months of Skillshare Premium for FREE!ef='http://skl.sh/theelk' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>FREE! The Killing Joke isn't just one of the best Batman comic books, but one of the...
Instructional Video2:40
ProTeachersVideo

Writing a Monologue: Bride

Higher Ed
This short monologue about a bride-to-be can be used as an example of a comic script with secondary English students. Actor Tamsin Greig plays the part of an infant teacher who is so dedicated to her job that she plans wedding around the...
Instructional Video6:31
Extra Credits

Comics and Hard-Boiled - Pulp! Noir - Extra Sci Fi

9th - 11th
Many sci fi writers, especially in the United States, had backgrounds in reading and writing detective stories. They introduced to the sci-fi genre the action hero--no longer just scientific or philosophical protagonists. Subscribe for...
Instructional Video4:20
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How to make a sad story funny | Jodie Houlston-Lau

Pre-K - Higher Ed
It may seem counterintuitive, but comedy is often key to a serious story. As a writer, you need your audience to experience a range of emotions, no matter what your genre. Comic relief is a tried-and-true way of creating the varied...
Instructional Video18:39
TED Talks

Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist

12th - Higher Ed
This talk paints the funny and touching story of a little boy who pursued a simple passion: to draw and write stories. With the help of a supporting cast of family and teachers, Jarrett J. Krosoczka tells how he grew up to create beloved...
Instructional Video4:36
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The chaotic brilliance of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat - Jordana Moore Saggese

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Like Beat writers who composed their work by shredding and reassembling scraps of writing, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat used similar techniques to remix his materials. Pulling in splintered anatomy, reimagined historical scenes and...
Instructional Video14:18
PBS

How Manga Took Over American Bookshelves (Feat. Princess Weekes)

12th - Higher Ed
Astro Boy, Dragon Ball, Akira, Sailor Moon, Demon Slayer, Death Note all these interesting, iconic anime have something very much in common they started off as: manga. Manga, by its most simplistic definition, are comics or graphic...
Instructional Video5:13
Curated Video

3 Strategies to Become a Wonderfully Winning IELTS Writer

9th - Higher Ed
Today you learn about 3 strategies that will turn you into a high-scoring IELTS writer!



Students often ask, “How do I improve my

writing?”

Or, also often, IELTS teachers hear, “How do I come up...
Instructional Video6:08
Curated Video

11 Experiences You Need Before Your IELTS Exam

9th - Higher Ed
Today we’ll talk about the experiences you need before your IELTS Exam. Put them in your study plans!



Students are fearful of being asked questions on the Speaking or Writing Exam about unfamili

ar...
Instructional Video7:43
Curated Video

ChatGPT for Creatives - Let's Close It Out

Higher Ed
In this video, we will discuss the final steps to take before wrapping up the creation of a manga or comic story, reviewing the story and characters to ensure consistency and coherence, refining the dialogue and pacing, and making any...
Instructional Video4:27
Curated Video

ChatGPT for Creatives - How to Save Your Work Right Away

Higher Ed
In this video, the author talks about the importance of saving work while creating comics or manga. He also shares his personal experience of losing work and the lessons he learned from it. Finally, he offers practical tips on how to...
Instructional Video8:57
Curated Video

Musical Theatre's Most Iconic Duo | The Life & Times of Arthur Sullivan

12th - Higher Ed
Arthur Sullivan was one of those kids that made everyone hate themselves because while his friends were learning how to carry the one, he composed an anthem about weeping for Jerusalem on the shores of Babylon and he could play all of...
Instructional Video5:54
Wonderscape

Hyperbole: The Art of Exaggeration in Literature

K - 5th
This video unpacks hyperbole, a figure of speech that uses intentional exaggeration for emphasis or humor. It demonstrates hyperbole's widespread use in literature, referencing works by Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll, and includes an...