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Although this site heavily promotes a book (Fear of Writing), it has some useful parts. This site includes writing prompts, examples written from the prompts, and information about starting a writing circle.

Sponsored by the Northern Nevada Writing Project, "WritingFix believes this: No one writes with just the right-side of his/her brain. The brain is too complex and cross-wired to believe that. But we believe this too: Ideas that spark a writer's inspiration can start on the right-side of the brain. And for that reason, all writing activities categorized on this page celebrate a right-brained approach to beginning a piece of writing. This page celebrates approaches that are serendipitous. This page celebrates approaches that are random. Devote part of your journal or your writer's notebook to right-brained sparks."

Seven  quotes from Lois Lowry about writing.

Writing Lesson Plan using Google Docs. Students write, eidt and publish a weekly newsletter using Google Apps that records and reports the learning that took place in the classroom that week. Students and Teachers share equally in the evaluation. Developed by Andrea Zellner of the Red Cedar Writing Project.

From the Financial Times. Discusses how the use of email and social media changed and (in the author's opinion) improved the way we write.

Writer's Digest.com home page presents you a new prompt each week. This is page for people who love to write with an eye on publishing their work. This promotes the magazine Writer's Digest There is a very active writer's community here. Also it has numerous writing contests.contests

A wide variety of writing prompts-some are visual, some are verbal-almost all are useful!

Digital Is Resource for Digital Writing and the Common Core

Article on how to cite social media in writing. Includes: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Blog Posts, and email. APA, MLA, and Chicago Style. Graphic is from Teachbytes and is free to reuse. per http://teachbytes.com/2013/04/09/how-to-cite-social-media-mla-apa-formats/

Writing in Digital Environments 2010 hosted by the Red Cedar Writing Project. Great Resource. 

Three places to go to post and get feedback on your creative writing. Description give you pros/cons of each

What fun. Input a sample of your writing and it applies statistical analysis and determines which famous writer your word choice and style match most colsely.

Great list of writing ideas from the NWP

From Miguel Guhlin's blog. HIs reflections on the book Digital Make Over for Writing Lessons.

A few more websites for writing prompts

This is a site dedicated to the practice of using writing as a means for self improvement. There s a page of photographs that can be used as visual writing prompts.

Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Whatever you're into, from sonnets to mysteries, from sci-fi stories to cell phone novels, you can find it all here.

Nice piece about teaching argument writing from NWP's Digital Is... website.

Joe Wood, A3WP, about how Digital Tools and Digital Writing fit in the Common Core.