E-tools to support WritingJ. Kellow

Google AppsGoogle Apps for Education• Google Docs – sharing• Google Forms• Google Spreadsheets• Google Presentation

• Google Docs for writing

Google Sites

Weebly

Wikis

Edmodo

Video to motivate writing• http://

machoarts.com/15-amazing-animated-short-films• http://antsict.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/9-videos-you-

could-use-to-inspire-writing/• http://antsict.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/4-more-video

s-to-inspire-writing-in-key-stage-2/• http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Teachers-TV-W

hiteboard-Literacy-Story-Starts-3006993/• http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6203160

Blogs

• Blogging info• Blogging Guide• Quadblogging• NZ Quadblogging on the VLN• Blogger• Edublogs• Wordpress

Voicethread• Students’ poems or stories can be posted and they can

read them aloud then share with others for feedback• http://damiddle.ed.voicethread.com/?#q.b722045.i0.k0

• http://damiddle.ed.voicethread.com/?#q.b965530.i5307613

• Trout: https://ed.voicethread.com/share/59990/

• Voicethreads for Education

Digital storytelling• http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Digital-Storytel

ling-tools-online-6176830/

• Powerpoint, Keynote or Google Presentation can be very effective tools for storytelling.

Story creation sites• E.g.• Picture Book Maker

• Storybird

• Myths and Legends Creator

• Piclits

• Kerpoof

Powerpoint• Write, illustrate, narrate,

animate • Retelling – Animated • Pick a path• etc

Use student art work or photographs

Comic strips – Free creators for comics and graphic novels

Most require registration• Toondo Basic version free• Read Write Think Comic Creator – fairly basic• Chooger – harder to use but can draw own characters• Comic Master• Domo - animated• Comix• Zooburst - animated

Story Starters• Scholastic story starters• The Story Starter• 7 Steps to a Perfect Story• Picture Prompt Per Day• http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/• http://

www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html• http://www.boomwriter.com/home/Schools

Writing Activity websites

• Study Ladder

• Website list

• ICT Games – Literacy

• Wicked & Wicked Te Reo Maori

• etc

Exploring text• Telescopic text - example

• Telescopic Text – write – write your own

• Skitch – annotating notes

• Note-taking

• Editing

• http://discussion.evernote.com/forum/90-evernote-for-schools/

Mind Maps• Mindmeister – Free account has 3 maps• Freemind• Inspiration

Graphic Organisers• Mindmaps• Word• Graphic Organisers• Enchanted Learning Graphic Organisers• Education Place• Literacy Graphic Organisers• Scholastic

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organizers/• http://pinterest.com/search/boards/?q=writing