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The revised and final version of the Literacy Learning Progressions: Meeting the Reading and Writing Demands of the Curriculum was launched on 9 February 2010 and the documents are being sent to all schools during the weeks 15 - 26 February 2010.

Some sites for digital writing

Story writing onlin e, activities and help.

We used Story Jumper for our computer/writing time yesterday afternoon. The kids loved it, and were REALLY quiet. When I asked them why, they said they were having so much fun that they didn't want to annoy me lest I end the computer time!"

Classtime is often not enough to engage students in the individual spoken practice they need. Many students study foreign language for years without developing the speaking skills to communicate abroad. We know - we've been there. Use the Lingt editor to improve and assess spoken proficiency by making online spoken assignments as integral to your homework schedule as your usual reading and writing assignments.

The elements we describe in the pages that follow give you a great deal to consider in constructing your story. We emphasize our storytelling process in a group setting because we believe that most of us do not just read a book and do the work. If you are reading this disassociated from some group process, we strongly suggest you go find at least one collaborator or fellow storyteller. Storytelling is meant to be a collaborative art. It is much more realistic this way, and much more fun.

Nevada 6 traits and language games

Lots of language/reading ideas here.

This Digital Literacy Toolkit began with the premise that multimedia authoring, which is happening with the extensive use of PowerPoint in classrooms, must be taught as a skill, just as traditional text-based writing is taught. While teachers and students have become familiar with the technical skills required to use images in multimedia productions, they lack a critical language to determine whether an image or a sound is used appropriately.

Literacy and story writing opportunities using the web.