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"If you're looking for a quick and thought-provoking writing prompt, a twitter bot account now could have a solution providing you with a random, fictional inventory for a list of items. Just post a tweet with 'i' or 'inventory' to the @YouAreCarrying account for your items." A great way to start writing or creating a do-it-yourself adventure game.

"In the past I have shared Google Drawing templates for students to create drag-and-drop "magnetic" poetry with a winter-theme as well as for Valentine's Day. "This time I have updated the template for Springtime. Just like before, doing this activity with technology such as Google Drawings provides many benefits: " No limit on the quantity of words provided. Just copy and paste more of them as needed. Great tech skills practice with dragging and dropping and copying and pasting. Ability to edit the words provided if needed. Ability to add your own words. Easy collaboration with others. Easy to share or download your final creation. No pieces to get lost. It's free! "See below to get your free copy of the Springtime Magnetic Poetry template to use with your students (or yourself) however you want, as well as directions on how to use it." A template and instructions follow. T/h to Eric Curts blog, Control Alt Achieve

A set of G-slides that can be used for writing a novel. This approach really works with short stories and poetry, and over the course of a semester or year term would work for a longer effort. Makes a great project for group effort as well. My niece wrote a novel in 2nd year of secondary school, and self-published on Amazon. Great idea for teaching writing, critical thinking, and long-range planning.

"Mote works through a Chrome extension that makes it easy for teachers to leave students voice-recorded feedback in Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Classroom. Students don't need the Mote extension or even an account to listen to recorded feedback. It's a real time-saver and a great way to provide effective feedback. " While Nick is right that voice annotation may be a good way to explain you thoughts on student writing, I think that MS Word has a voice annotation feature. And the written notes to students are still important if for nothing else than a reminder as the student re-writes. Mote requires uploading a document to Google Docs first, though that is no big deal. Worth a try, and Nick explains clearly how to run through the whole process.