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Blog post by Chris Bugaj about using the Voice Note feature of Read&Write for composing and written expression.

Story sequence cards provide powerful visual supports for students to express their knowledge. This website provides links to free downloadable story sequence picture cards for a variety of stories.

CALL Centre provides free downloadable passport templates, customized booklets that enable individuals with communication challenges to express themselves and provide information about their most effective means of communication.

Engaging kids in creative video productions allows them to develop communication skills and enhances their technical know-how. It also gives them an avenue through which they can practice multimodal expressions and present information in numerous ways.This multimodality in communicating information does not only help students understand topics much better and at a deeper level but is also an elemental feature of the 21st century learning.

In this webcast, Howard Shane and Meghan OBrien describe the use of the Visual Immersion Program to develop the comprehension and expressive language skills of individuals with autism.

Use Smart Notebook files online for free

The Pic-Lit website provides vivid pictures. "Drag and drop" or type words to express your message and creativity!

The storyboard creator uses a familiar drag and drop interface that users of all ages pick up in seconds. Our creator allows you to fully customize numerous aspects of your storyboard; from coloring in your own character, to adding text, we have everything you need to get the story straight! *Detailed Image Library:Creating a beautiful and expressive storyboard is easy with our extensive and well curated library of over 325 characters, 225 scenes, and over 45,000 images in search. If that still isn't enough we offer another powerful tool; the ability to upload your own images! *Focus is on The Story: By using a storyboard like a graphic organizer it helps structure students work into a linear and concise story. Although it feels easy at first, breaking down ones thoughts into just a few cells works critical skills in prioritizing the right information and creating a good story flow.

Adobe Youth Voices is the Adobe Foundation's signature philanthropy initiative empowering young people to Create with Purpose. Youth use digital tools to express themselves about issues important to them.

Data about elementary and secondary schools in the US?

This site has activities and related resource files that can be tried both at school and home.

Create your own newspaper clipping for use in a project, to give instructions, or as a way for students to express what they know about a subject.

Web tool that allows a user to insert hyperlinks on top of a picture, making it interactive. Use this tool as a way for students to express what they know or for representing the content you're teaching.

Narrated original, non-fiction picture books support beginning readers of all ages. Features include predictable, rhythmic language; images with clear, familiar subjects; and text that ranges from one word up to a few sentences per page. Our books provide unique audio support to families who speak (or are learning to speak) English, indigenous or foreign languages. Simple audio buttons on each page allow you to hear narrations by native speakers in warm, expressive voices.

offers free digital picture books, with a twist. Parents can not only sit and read these original English texts from the Unite for Literacy website, but also hear them read in a variety of languages. The intent is to eventually support the 300 languages spoken in American homes.

Create animated .gif out of pixels. Implementation ideas might be to create and animate characters, create short visualizations of language concepts, or just was a fun form of expression!

Build Comics from your favorite DC SuperHeroes! Use the comics as a form of expression or as an alternative way to give directions. Students can use characters they know to tell a story, practice typing, and more!

Paul Hamilton's resource on Universal Design for Learning. Gives overview and then ideas/examples of tool use based on representation, expression, and engagement

Use this visualization of language development to chart a student's progress.

The Internet has drastically changed the way that children interact with the world. They have access to in-depth knowledge, tools to express their creativity, and people from all over the world. Yet along with offering a fascinating, new way to connect with the world, the Internet also offers new risks 

Graphic organizer for five paragraph essay with embedded directions for inserting audio using Voice Note from the Read & Write Gold toolbar