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started by Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11

#1 Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11

The 6 Best Online Writing Resources for Teachers

Teaching writing can be a fun and creative experience, but it can also be difficult to keep up with 30 different students who are each working on their own reports. Having enough time to teach concepts, answer individual student questions and conference with students one-on-one can be very challenging.

Luckily, these six websites can help. Some of these sites are more beneficial for teachers to plan out their lessons and teach composition concepts, and others are better for students to use as resources during their writing process. Regardless, all of these websites can benefit any class that requires clear, intelligent writing.

1. DailyWritingTips.com
DailyWritingTips.com is a great source for everything writing-related. It's a series of tips in blog form that offer guidance on all aspects of the written word. You can subscribe to the blog and have tips emailed directly to you on a daily basis, or you can search for guidelines on the writing minutia. The site includes information not just for student reports, but on all types of writing - book reviews, business writing, fiction, freelance, grammar 101 and much, much more.

2. WritingFix.com
WritingFix.com is a website where teachers can post their own strategies and other resources that they have found beneficial in teaching composition. Other educators then have access to this pool of concepts, lessons and sources to use in their own classrooms. WritingFix.com is essentially a conversation between many teachers about the different ways to approach writing instruction. Similar to DailyWritingTips.com, you can have a lesson from WritingFix.com emailed to you every month, and freely browse and use material from their database. WritingFix.com also offers a daily writing prompt generator, information on six-trait writing, lyric and poetry tutorials and even chapter book-inspired lessons.

3. Duplichecker.com
Duplichecker.com is free online plagiarism checker. The tool is simple to use and does not require users to download anything. You can go to the site, insert a few sentences, a section or even the entirety of a paper, and then simultaneously scour search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN to see if any instances of plagiarism come up. Talk about a timesaver!

4. The Purdue Online Writing Lab
The Purdue Online Writing Lab, also known as the Purdue OWL, helps users learn how to research and cite sources in AP, MLA and Chicago style. The website also includes information on subject-specific writing and a huge section dedicated to helping instructors plan writing-related curriculum and day-to-day lesson plans.

5. EBSCO Host
EBSCO Host is one of the most thorough and reliable academic search engines. Type anything into the search engine and then narrow the results by journal, database and even library to find trust-worthy and often times even peer-reviewed articles and books to use while teaching or to cite in a research paper. It's great for teachers and students alike! EBSCO Host also offers an iPhone application, text-to-speech downloads and text translation into 30 different languages.

6. The National Writing Project
The National Writing Project is a set of websites that serves teachers throughout all disciplines and levels of teaching, from kindergarten to college. The National Writing Project provides resources and their own original research to improve writing instruction at schools across the country. The website also features advice on educational development for writing instructors, including reviews of many professional and curriculum-based guide books.

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<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The 6 Best Online Writing Resources for Teachers Teaching writing can be a fun and creative experience, but it can also be difficult to keep up with 30 different students who are each working on their own reports. Having enough time to teach concepts, answer individual student questions and conference with students one-on-one can be very challenging. Luckily, these six websites can help. Some of these sites are more beneficial for teachers to plan out their lessons and teach composition concepts, and others are better for students to use as resources during their writing process. Regardless, all of these websites can benefit any class that requires clear, intelligent writing. 1. DailyWritingTips.com DailyWritingTips.com is a great source for everything writing-related. It's a series of tips in blog form that offer guidance on all aspects of the written word. You can subscribe to the blog and have tips emailed directly to you on a daily basis, or you can search for guidelines on the writing minutia. The site includes information not just for student reports, but on all types of writing - book reviews, business writing, fiction, freelance, grammar 101 and much, much more. 2. WritingFix.com WritingFix.com is a website where teachers can post their own strategies and other resources that they have found beneficial in teaching composition. Other educators then have access to this pool of concepts, lessons and sources to use in their own classrooms. WritingFix.com is essentially a conversation between many teachers about the different ways to approach writing instruction. Similar to DailyWritingTips.com, you can have a lesson from WritingFix.com emailed to you every month, and freely browse and use material from their database. WritingFix.com also offers a daily writing prompt generator, information on six-trait writing, lyric and poetry tutorials and even chapter book-inspired lessons. 3. Duplichecker.com Duplichecker.com is free online plagiarism checker. The tool is simple to use and does not require users to download anything. You can go to the site, insert a few sentences, a section or even the entirety of a paper, and then simultaneously scour search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN to see if any instances of plagiarism come up. Talk about a timesaver! 4. The Purdue Online Writing Lab The Purdue Online Writing Lab, also known as the Purdue OWL, helps users learn how to research and cite sources in AP, MLA and Chicago style. The website also includes information on subject-specific writing and a huge section dedicated to helping instructors plan writing-related curriculum and day-to-day lesson plans. 5. EBSCO Host EBSCO Host is one of the most thorough and reliable academic search engines. Type anything into the search engine and then narrow the results by journal, database and even library to find trust-worthy and often times even peer-reviewed articles and books to use while teaching or to cite in a research paper. It's great for teachers and students alike! EBSCO Host also offers an iPhone application, text-to-speech downloads and text translation into 30 different languages. 6. The National Writing Project The National Writing Project is a set of websites that serves teachers throughout all disciplines and levels of teaching, from kindergarten to college. The National Writing Project provides resources and their own original research to improve writing instruction at schools across the country. The website also features advice on educational development for writing instructors, including reviews of many professional and curriculum-based guide books. Subscribe to Certification Map's monthly newsletter to receive updates about teacher certification, education news and much more.</div>

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