I was just watching a ted talk by Alan November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebJHzpEy4bE&t=11m10s
where he talks about a student who uses the site, as many do to write in the style of an author. Apparently there are a lot of kids who do it, motivation is intrinsic, their writing improves but most importantly they choose to do it and it is because they are published authors writing for the world, they have an audience, who reads there stuff and interacts with it.
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:
* Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
* Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
* View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
* Print out the stories and poems to make your own book."
"Poetry Blender This fun tool lets you combine text, symbols and photos.
Enter text you want on the right, and pick photos clicking the photo boxes on the left. "
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