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"The premise is simple - five random images are shown on a screen. The idea is that the reader then becomes the writer. Taking the images shown, students then write, trying to link and weave a story through the five images."

Great with the projector!

"This application takes the idea of those word magnets that are for refrigerators and makes them interactive in your classroom. When I showed this application to some colleagues they were excited about the potential it could provide for class learning and one on one lessons. I'll continue this post as steps in using Word Magnets."

Use this with your writers.

"The web has given rise to collaborative storytelling. Collaborative storytelling involves a group where one writer starts the story and others keep on adding threads to it, and thus the story evolves. The imagination of the community gives a digital story a path one wouldn't have thought of at the start. If you are into digital storytelling ideas of any kind, try out these seven websites for a spot of collaborative writing."

A Film Like No Other Our groundbreaking film, directed by Academy Award nominee Richard Robbins, tells the stories of 10 extraordinary girls in 10 developing countries, written by 10 acclaimed writers and narrated by 10 world-class actresses. Woven together, the 10 stories give voice to the daunting challenges faced by girls navigating adolescence in much of the developing world.

diigo like, sort of? looks useful for gathering info from the web, collating it and editing/printing it.

Cute could be used to help kids read /decode messages, look at ancient writing forms.

"Last Friday I utilised a website called OneWord as a writing prompt for my kids. The basic premise of the site is that a single word is given, and the students have 60 seconds to write something on that word."

nice idea

Welcome to Wikijunior The aim of this project is to produce age-appropriate non-fiction books for children from birth to age 12. These books are richly illustrated with photographs, diagrams, sketches, and original drawings. Wikijunior books are produced by a worldwide community of writers, teachers, students, and young people all working together. The books present factual information that is verifiable. You are invited to join in and write, edit, and rewrite each module and book to improve its content. Our books are distributed free of charge under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

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Here we have compiled a list of great sites that will help you with your writing, whether it is your career or you are just doing it for fun. These 31 useful sites have been divided into five different categories of tools and resources that you may need as a writer. Have a look at what we came up with.