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How often have you heard students say, 'I can't think of anything to write'? The fact is, we can assign incredibly specific, prescriptive prompts, but what does that teach students about creativity?This is where Interactive Writing Tools come in. As I teacher, I have found that these low tech, Internet-based writing tools inspire the most reluctant writers while enabling the most gifted writers to really stretch their imaginations. More importantly, these writing sites will help you to build students' critical thinking skills which are necessary for effective writing.Every site featured here is student friendly, easy to navigate, and absolutely free! I've limited the suggestions to those I've personally used, but I absolutely welcome recommendations for others. Enjoy these tools, and let me know how you've used them!

Parabola video. This is a good example of how to make a informational video that we might expect our students to make, an exemplar. Also, this is good information for algebra students

This is a really cool online planner. It will text you cell phone or email and remind you of an upcoming assignment.

I think it would be great if the school encouraged non traditional media skills. Most kids have a cell phone that will create short videos, or a digital camera that will film short films. How about teaching students how to upload these into a free program that will allow them to make a movie to tell a story. We could get some really cool projects that would allow students to have a lot of fun. If they have to write out the shot list and think out their movie before they make it, there can be some really great critical thinking they can display. Id like to see the students have to submit the work they put into the film BEFORE they make the film and then turn in the film.

Guide to creating a digital storytelling

Florida Virtual School is an accredited, public, online e-learning school serving students in grades 6-12 all over the world.

Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.

I saw this on the moodle forum, can embed an iframe code and students can record a voice message. So I can assign that the student say something to me.

This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!

The smae math problems worked out by different students

You want to give your kids the best, and you want to increase their chances of qualifying for the finest colleges and universities. The University of California's high quality online high school courses and services give students a head start to higher education with sophisticated multimedia courses taught by experienced California teachers-all in the comfort and safety of your home.

Seems to allow students to turn in assignments and show assignments, FREE

Powered by the number 1 non-fiction media brand in the world, Discovery Education transforms classrooms and inspires teachers with engaging content and services that measure and improve student achievement.

This looks awesome! It allows for students to get help with their writing so the teacher doesn't have to spend all the time... which can be super overwhelming and too much for one person.

Students can do visual blogging by making a visual mix mash of pictures, sounds, etc...

Students and teachers can make their own INTERACTIVE cartoons

Don't even have to log in, you can do FREE photo editing, this might be a tool we can use with our students!

study with flashcards, matching, hangman, crossword, etc...

Okay this looks cool, students can create their own study materials and it generates a bunch of different ways to study! I wonder if we could assign them to make their own as an assignment.

This website is awesome. It is a collection of website from a lot of different sources that contain web elements appropriate for student learning.