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A place to get young teens to write and even read!  Figment users-most of whom are between 13 and 24 years old-create a profile and upload their work, giving it a title and picking from a large selection of stock images to use as cover art. Other users can read the pieces online and leave comments and provide feedback. The site is free and there is capabilities to create educator/ group profiles to have privacy within your own class before making writings public.Rally good for self expression, releasing feelings thoughts and creativity.    

This is a site that allows the users to take a photo and ask a question related to the photo and the participants give back responses in texts, writing, drawing or voice. It is really cool . This was probably placed on the Diigo before, but this post is from Byrne on how this is implemented in the classroom. Check it out

This is another version of online student response system that seems to go a step further than the Socrative learning tool.  This system allows you to record the questions in audio, use pictures and set up different classrooms.  You can even provide a link where each of the students can view the same web page at once while the teacher discusses a topic.  The tool allows the students to respond with a drawing which is great for dyslexic students struggling with writing.  

Take a minute to share your thanks for one (or a bunch) of your favorite teachers and what they inspired you to do. Brownie points for sending your story along to them! (We've got a feeling they'd love to hear from you too.) Excellent tool to use with students to enhance writing and social emotional development

This app was developed by a teacher in Chicago at Whitney Young Magnet School. NoRedInk.com is a web-based learning platform that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills.

Created by someone in chicago