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Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Smruti m shetty — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:53:38 -0000

Great information. I teach maths and I have a blog http://mathsstudy.com . I will bookmark this page and share with my students

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Colleen Young — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:05:00 -0000

What about Storybird? Younger children would love this - all free and now with Teacher Accounts.
I put some links together here.
http://staffweb2tools.wordp...

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

DSninja — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:24:56 -0000

Not bad. You might add SoundSlides to your list. Also pretty cool.

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Zobeida Zoleto — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:25:59 -0000

GReat stuff!
THX

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Conchi — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:58:10 -0000

Hi Tom,

Really helpful post. As you said some I already knew about them but others are completely new for me and I would love to try them. There is another tool that is quite popular here in Spain where you can upload stories and activities related to them, best of all, it's free. Spanish teachers are uploading their projects and everyone is welcome to use them and contribute. It's called Jclic http://clic.xtec.cat/en/ind...
A nice example of what you can do with it, is the project Brown bear, you can find it by clicking in Library of activities, then Search activities and choose Languages/English/primary.
Thanks for sharing those tools
Cheers,
Conchi M. Tejada

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Audrey Nay — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:44:28 -0000

Great summary , Tom
Thanks for collating

Have you used tagul?
Tagul - Gorgeous tag clouds
Tagul is a web service that enables you to create beautiful looking tag clouds and embed it on your web page. very similar to Wordle but allows you to isolate each tag after created..
cheers Audrey :-)

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Eva Büyüksimkeşyan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:15:27 -0000

Very useful tools. thanks for sharing. To see some of my favourites here is also very good.

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

feargalhogan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:27:34 -0000

Great blog Tom. That is a fabulous reference point for anyone wanting to use technology to support learning, rather than learn ICT.

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

julie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:59:13 -0000

Tom, that is a good list. I have used Wordle for character attributes of book characters. The piclit is really a good one. I have just recently discovered Glogster.com which is a type of scrapbooking. They have wonderful examples of literature and social studies projects that kids have done. There is an EDU version with no adds and they are all private. Besides book projects, they would make great e-portfolios for parent conferences when the children participate. They would be a great way for kids to showcase their work and also a way for parents to respond to their work. Keep keeping us informed!

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Celeste — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:18:53 -0000

Tom,
Your first 10 reaffirm what I already use to help teach literacy in my classroom, while your second 10 are new to me and tools I will be looking into to spice things up. Thanks for sharing!

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Nicholas — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:21:59 -0000

Hey Tom,
I am Nicholas from Nicholas' Soccer Blog. I really like your blog. I think you put a lot of thoughtful effort into your posts. Do you have a favorite soccer team. If so, which team. I look forward to your feedback.
Bye

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Michael — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:20:04 -0000

Hey Tom! I have always wanted to do that.
See you later.

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Grace Kat — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:25:49 -0000

Thanks so much for sharing your work Tom. Much appreciated.

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Lola — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:30:22 -0000

Hello Tom!
This is a great list!
I'm sorry. My english it's terrible. But I will try to write.
I use with my pupils Publisher. You can create a newspaper (We did one " La Tijereta" published with the local diary), a calendar with photos or produced phrases by the Kids.
I hope that my offer serves.
Lola

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Michael Coghlan — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:49:00 -0000

Wonderful stuff Tom - thank you!

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Educationalapp — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:46:36 -0000

Fantastic post... Thank

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Meera — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:08:58 -0000

Hi Tom,

This is a great list!

You can also add ToonDoo, a free and easy-to-use comic strip creator with loads of cool features.

To know more about ToonDoo in education, you can also write to us at the address mentioned in this contact form. We'd love to hear from you!

Meera
ToonDudette from www.jambav.com

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Mr O. — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:08:06 -0000

Great list Tom! Does exactly what it says on the (virtual) tin!

PicLit and Woices are new discoveries to me.

Will need to think this through for Reading also...

Rich.

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Bill Boyd — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:27:56 -0000

Sorry Tom,
That should of course say Tom!

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Bill Boyd — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:26:41 -0000

To,
This is a great list for teachers. Some I was familiar with and others I will definitely have a look at especially Strip Generator. I am working on a resource which looks at improving literacy through moving image.

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Mark — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:39:39 -0000

Great list. Some I use. Others I'm planning to use. The strip generator might be my favorite.

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Alice Wilder — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:40:43 -0000

This is a fantastic list! I just wanted to add another that you may or may not know of: www.thinkitinkitpublishing.com. We offer professionally illustrated wordless picture books in which kids write the stories and we publish them. The illustrations provide the scaffolding that many writers need as a starting point to express themselves. Thanks for this wonderful resource list!

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Linda — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:31:07 -0000

Great post - as we make slow steps to incorporating ict in literacy*, it's good to see people constantly looking forward. Like Martin I'd not come across PicLits before - another idea to testdrive, thanks!

*I was looking at one of the new Y5 literacy units with an LA consultant who has made huge efforts to overcome her IT reluctance to ensure that schools receive the right message about ICT. The unit suggests that children are introduced to new software (the example given is the Hot poatoes suite) and asked to explore and determine the purpose of the software, before writing a set of instructions for new users. I'm sure her reaction, of total bewilderment, isn't untypical. Why not pick on something with the obvious appeal of Wordle, Toodoo or Pivotmaker - another opportunity to engage lost?

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Andrew Williamson — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:06:16 -0000

Hi Tom, Fantastic post! Our school year is just about finished so I have just tagged it to my delicious account for future reference in 2009. Comic Life is another amazing literacy tool http://plasq.com/comiclife. It's not free we were lucky that it came with our iMac suite. Here are some student examples that I have posted on my blog. http://willie42.globalteach...

Re: 10 Digital Writing Opportunities You Probably Know and 10 You Probably Don't

Martin Jorgensen — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:09:26 -0000

A wonderful list Tom! I particularly liked PicLits.com, which I hadn't come across before. Lots of potential there.

Martin Jorgensen