Interactive Writing Tools – there are many ways to inspire and improve writing skills …. try some of these resources!
(Facilitator: Michelle Morley)

Getting Started   “I don’t know what to write about”

• Brainstormer: this is the tool if you need help coming up with writing ideas
• Googles – Key Word Tool – helps to narrow your search to more specific focus

Jotting Ideas

• Evernote
• Google Notebook
• Awesome Highlighter

Writing Ideas

• Blogger  -Students now have access to “Google Accounts”
• Blogger Tutorials – learn all you need to know about Blogging
• Class Blog - teacher managed

Writing Practice – Keeping you Sharp!

• Oneword - random words are presented and you have 60 seconds to write about it
• 6 Word Memoir - Sum up your thoughts on a subject in 6 Words
• One Sentence Stories – really inspiring

Brainstorm & Organize

• Popplet – brainstorm together
• bubbl.u : web-based version of Inspiration – students have access to this from home

Collaborative Writing – Assist Students as they write or assign peer mentors

• Google Docs – using Google Docs allows you to provide feedback as the student writes
• Crocdoc – Collaborative Document Editing

Word Clouds = Creativity

• Tagxedo
• Tagul
• Wordle
• create and share poetry
• edit your writing – ie the more you use a word the larger it appears, revealing overused words
• brainstorm ideas
• summarize what you learned
• Word Cloud Resources

Other Creativity Tools

• Comix - allow students to share their thoughts/writing through comics (very motivating and highly intuitive site)
• Stripgenerator – comic strip creator
• Pic Lits – Inspire Writing Pictures

 

More than just words to tell a story …. Use Muti-Media

Slideshow

• Photopeach – Example Little Lov’s
• Photosnack
• Animoto - 30 sec. videos

Art

• Graffiti Maker – tell a story through art
• Sumo Paint
• Flash Face – let students create a character from a novel and write about it

More Multi-Media Resources

• Multi-Media Resources

Intensive Writing Support

• WordQ - Word Prediction Licensed Software
• Try a 30 day free trial

 

Writing Support Tools

• Macmillan Dictionary & Thesaurus
• Conjugation Tool – Conjugate verbs
• Easy Define – Define multiple words at the same time
• Lexipedia – nouns, verbs, adjectives and more
• Paper Rater – submit your paper and get spelling, grammar and writing  suggestions and check for plagiarism
• Free Summarizer - online tool to summarize an article or any text
• Visuwords
• Thesaurus – turn on your SMART board on during writing and display a huge thesaurus
• Rhyme Zone
• Idiom Dictionary
• Tip of my Tongue – can’t quite think of the wword perhaps this can help
• Orangoo – Never turn in a paper with misspelled words again
• Confusing Words – make sure you have the right word
• The Alphabetizer – put a list into order automatically
• Web Source It – uncertain about a certain word or phrase try this tool
• EasyBib – citing resources
• Citation Machine
• Evernote – ipad apps

Cools Tools

• Google Street View Map – allow students to take their story to streets or follow the footsteps of a character in a book
• 360 Cities
• Let Them Sing To You
• Max My Dream
• Fontdemusic
• Online Teleprompter