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BoomWriter adds a 21st-century twist to a time-tested writing technique - 1 views

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    Here's how it works: Teachers choose or produce the beginning to a story, then challenge students to continue writing the story. Each student submits the next chapter, and then they vote on which entry is the best. (Students can't vote for their own submission, and they don't know whose chapter they're voting for.) The winning chapter is then added to the story, and the process continues. Co-created by a teacher and the CEO of a technology company, BoomWriter is a free, easy-to-use group writing website that challenges students to produce their best work-and makes them published authors at the end of the process. Students earn BoomDollars for voting and for having their entries chosen, and they can use this currency to buy accessories for their site avatar. The teacher determines the total number of chapters to be completed, and when the story is finished, it's published as a book that students and their families can own. Students are captivated by this unique approach to writing, and it's extremely easy for teachers to incorporate into their curriculum.
Allison Hart

ProWritingAid - Writing Improvement & Editing Software - 1 views

  • ProWritingAid is your free online writing editor and personal writing coach. Of course it checks your grammar but it does much more to help you improve your writing: Online grammar and spelling checker; Online plagiarism checker; Improve readability; Find overused words; Improve dull paragraph structure; Find repeated words and phrases; Check for consistency of spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization; Eliminate clichés and redundancies; Create a word cloud of your text; Eliminate vague, abstract, and complex words from your writing.
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    free turnitin alternative
Allison Hart

Storybricks - 1 views

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    combines a video game mentality with writing... 
Allison Hart

inkle » inklewriter - 1 views

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    choose your own adventure style writing
Allison Hart

If You Teach or Write 5-Paragraph Essays--Stop It! | The White Rhino: A Chicago Latino ... - 1 views

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    Shared by Alexis Richardson (former ASD HS English teacher) on Facebook today
Allison Hart

Storybricks Web Demo - 1 views

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    you have to install a small browser plug in before using this, but looks like a cool way to engage kids in writing
Allison Hart

digitalwritingworkshop - home - 1 views

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    this book is available in the ASD library (a few copies) and discusses how technology can enhance writing instruction - themes include an "expanded definition of literacy" to include multiple media and the benefits of "published' work.   (Dwain, this is sort of in response to my last post...)
Allison Hart

Middle School Writing Apps and Websites - 0 views

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    15 Tools to Inspire Middle School Writers
jremingtonasd

First Twitter Fiction Festival- Idea for writing project - 0 views

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    "Tell us how you are going to explore content formats that already exist on Twitter - short story in tweets, a Twitter chat, live-tweeting - or, even better, how you'll create a new one," says the call for ideas. "How will you work with our real-time global platform, where anyone can contribute to your story at any moment? The proposal must fit into the time window of our five-day festival - but that means that a project could run for the length of the festival, or just for an hour."
jremingtonasd

AMAZON GIVES FANFIC AUTHORS A SHOT AT A PUBLISHING PAYDAY WITH KINDLE WORLDS - 0 views

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    A way kids/teachers could make money from their writing...more info at the site A new initiative from Amazon called Kindle Worlds, introduced yesterday, is offering fanfic authors a cut of the sales when their works are published through the program. Amazon's first partner in this project is Alloy Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros TV Group, which is providing the licenses to the franchises Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and The Vampire Diaries. (All three are book series that have been turned into TV shows.) Amazon promises that more licensed worlds are on the way, from "movies, comics, music, and games" as well as books and TV shows
jremingtonasd

Tips for having kids publish their books through Amazon Kindle - 0 views

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    Publishing a real book for free, that people will buy! A great way to motivate kids and give them a world-wide audience...
Allison Hart

NoRedInk makes learning grammar fun and easy - 1 views

  • Help your students improve their grammar and writing skills Create assignments and quizzes without doing any grading Target Common Core skills using your students’ interests Provide students with unlimited help whenever they need it Track growth using our color-coded heat maps
dwain confer

The Readability Test Tool - 0 views

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    A tool that tests the "grade/age level" of a webpage. 
jremingtonasd

Snapshot of a Deeper Learning Classroom: Aligning TED Talks to the Four Cs - 0 views

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    Using TED Talks videos to help teach: Collaboration Communication Critical Thinking Creativity As a Language Arts teacher, I get the honor of encouraging any content area as a topic since my focus is on communication of that topic. I say "honor" because it means I get to learn from them. However, with the Common Core standards, and the four Cs, which are peppered throughout them, stressing the importance of communication is no longer limited to English class. All classes must find a way to use these skills to communicate subject matter expertise. This year, I have decided that I don't call my class Language Arts. I instead refer to what happens in my room as The Art of Using Language. This unit, therefore, focuses on as many aspects of using language and communicating as I could think of: Creating a website Designing an infographic Recording a podcast Developing a Powerpoint or Prezi more......
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