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Excellent annotated list of narrative non-fiction

"No matter how strong your math and science skills are, you still need to know how to learn, think and even write. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon (and the owner of this newspaper), insists that his senior executives write memos, often as long as six printed pages, and begins senior-management meetings with a period of quiet time, sometimes as long as 30 minutes, while everyone reads the "narratives" to themselves and makes notes on them. In an interview with Fortune's Adam Lashinsky, Bezos said: "Full sentences are harder to write. They have verbs. The paragraphs have topic sentences. There is no way to write a six-page, narratively structured memo and not have clear thinking.""

Good list of prompts for writing.

virtual world for kids - Kids create a "Poptropican" character to travel the many Islands of Poptropica and use gaming literacy to enjoy a narrative that is often rooted in factual history. Problem-solving skills are honed as kids discover and solve mysteries unique to each Island. There are always new areas to explore in this ever-expanding world where kids can collect objects, read digital books and comics, watch movies, and compete in head-to-head competition. 

narratives from americans

A GREAT example of social media in action. Also a very good example of the power of Prezi. This would be great as a homework assignment prior to a lesson on social media and/or an example of a well constructed, web-based narrative. Students could analyze all the elements and evaluate the sources.

"We are our stories, we compress years of experience, thought and emotion into a few compact narratives that we convey to others and tell to ourselves" Daniel Pink, a Whole New Wind

"The time is well overdue for non-Indigenous Australians to engage with the First Nations of this country, and their narratives, on their terms."

Investigates the personalisation of news stories based on robot journalism - will I get a different article than somebody else when I click on the same link because of the rest of my search preferences?

A new study from the Pew Research Center on young Americans' library habits defies the conventional narrative of today's youth as a generation who have abandoned print. Despite being heavy Internet users, the press release states that "Americans under age 30 are strong supporters of traditional library services," including in-person assistance and-yes-books.

Students Prefer Print for Serious Academic Reading http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/students-prefer-print-but-not-books-for-serious-academic-reading/44871

Adventures in Fantasy offers an exciting approach to