Cooperative Games in Education is the first comprehensive guide to the world of cooperative play and games for preK–12 learning. It includes a thorough pedagogical rationale and guidelines for practice, a survey of related research and scholarship, engaging anecdotes, illustrations, historical background, and an array of sample games to try. In cooperative games, players win or lose together, sharing the experience of fun and challenge. No one can be eliminated in a cooperative ga...

Indie Film Producing explains the simple, basic, clear cut role of the independent film producer. Raising funds to do your dream project, producing award-winning films with a low budget, putting name actors on your indie film-it's all doable, and this book guides you through the entire process of being a successful producer with bonus tips on how to effortlessly maneuver through the sphere of social media marketing and fundraising tactics. Indie film producer Suzanne Lyons pilots you throu...

"A delightful book about the creation of Pixar from the inside . . . and like a good Pixar film, it'll put a smile on your face." —Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York TimesWinner, Axiom Business Book Award * Fortune Favorite Books of the Year Top Pick * Amazon Best Book of the Year in Business & LeadershipAfter he was dismissed from Apple in the early 1990s, Steve Jobs turned his attention to a little-known graphics company he owned c...

Dream of launching a new product, project or startup? Wish granted! Thanks to crowdfunding, today’s hottest form of investment, suddenly anyone can bring any idea or invention to life on the Internet.The world’s leading guide to raising money online, The Crowdfunding Bible shows you how to launch, market and successfully run a high-tech fundraising campaign, regardless of industry or budget. It reveals the secrets to catching the media and public’s eye, and at...

"A corporate thriller that does a superb job of bringing to life the dramatic story of Yahoo." — Financial TimesWhen Yahoo hired star Google executive Marissa Mayer to be its CEO in 2012 employees rejoiced. But one year later, Mayer sat in front of those same employees in a huge cafeteria on Yahoo's campus and took the beating of her life. Her hair wet and her tone defensive, Mayer read and answered a series of employee-posed questions cha...

Tired of clocking in and losing out? Want to pursue creative, fulfilling work on your own time and also make a living in the process? My So-Called Freelance Life is a how-to guidebook for women who want to avoid the daily grind and turn their freelance dreams into reality.Michelle Goodman, author of The Anti 9-to-5 Guide and self-proclaimed former "wage slave,” offers tips, advice, how-to’s, and everything else a woman needs to pu...

Have you ever dreamed of turning your passion for makeup into a fun and rewarding career but aren't sure how to get started or what to expect? 'How To Be A Professional Makeup Artist' is not a step-by-step makeup application manual but a career guide that provides clarity on what it takes to become a professional makeup artist.You'll find answers to questions aspiring makeup artists have such as:• Is a license necessary to be a makeup artist?• How can I build a profes...

X-treme Couponing is a step-by-step guide for everyday people who want to achieve extreme savings by shopping with coupons. Learn how the author saves anywhere from 50% to 90% on her grocery bills by using these coupon techniques. From finding a steady source of coupons to getting stuff for free, this book will show you how to shop like the couponing experts that we have all seen on TV.

Anyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right?Wrong.Roberta Munroe screened short film submissions at Sundance for five years, and is an award-winning short filmmaker in her own right. So she knows a thing or two about how not to make a short film. From the first draft of your script to casting, production, editing, and distribution, this is ...

This new edition has undergone a comprehensive update to address the shifting balance between digital and film technologies. The book includes everything a filmmaker needs to know, from budgeting to managing the production office, and comes with downloadable forms.

Complete guide for Producers for film and tv projects

"A guidebook to the world of professional humoring . . . Randazzo pulls off the rare trick of being funny while discussing comedy." —Michael Ian Black, The New York Times Book ReviewIt takes guts to be a comedian, and it takes smarts to make a living off it. In this insider's guide, former Onion editor Joe Randazzo delivers a funny and insightful blueprint for those looking to turn their sense of humor into a vocation, and solicits advice and stori...