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simple collaborative writing tool. no sign-up, you can start writing directly.

Mozilla's Thimble tool makes making websites and learning HTML and CSS easy. You can pick a project, edit its CSS and HTML, and directly see the results in your browser. MOZILLA THIMBLE Thimble makes it ridiculously simple to create your own web pages. Write and edit HTML and CSS right in your browser. Instantly preview your work. Then host and share your finished pages with a single click. Easy, huh?"

Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.

Storybird is a service that uses collaborative storytelling to connect kids, families and teachers. Two (or more) people author a Storybird-one with words, one with pictures-and then share it with their network. The final product can be printed, watched on screen, played with like a toy, or shared through a worldwide library. For the teachers is possible to create thematic assignments within seconds to support their lesson plans. Assign privacy settings, turn Spellcheck on or off, and issue due dates. All using an intuitive interface. Pedagogical uses: developement creativity, language skills, foreign languages skills, creative writing, storytelling. Intermediate level Tags: free, storytelling

Digital storytelling is simply using computer-based tools to tell stories. There are many different ways to do this - from making movies, recording voices, creating animations or electronic books. In schools they can help to take a task that might be seen as mundane - write a report, write a story, explain a process, describe an experiment - and turn it into something a whole lot more interesting.There are a great many tools out there that could be used for digital storytelling. Here are a few mentioned.

quite nice drawing tool that allows you to draw and write on your screen on top of the application of desktop. sort of overlay drawing tool

making your own font based on your hand-writing

My First Font is a tool that allows creating fonts based in someone's handwriting. Pedagogical uses: It can be used with low skilled learners to introduce them in the use of devises like scanner, printer and software packs. It's a kind of learning game. It can be used also as an international game.

Jott to Self - Send emails to yourself Jott Reminders - Get text message and email reminders Jott to List - Add items to your to-do list Jott to Someone Else - Send emails and texts to your contacts Jott to Group - Email and text a group of contacts Jott to Link - Send messages to web services Messagingon the go -- Reminders at work -- Lists at home -- Web services at play

speech recognition software that allows obtaining written documents. Not free, but educational licenses. Pedagogical uses: Improve core skills for students * Provide greater independence for students with physical disabilities * Level the playing field for students with learning disabilities * Improve writing fluency for students learning English * Increase productity in students

visualization tool

nice interactive tool to learn more about the concepts around words, their connection to other words without subscription only a limited amound of checks allowed a 14 day risk-free trial is available languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish pedagogical use: illustrate the connection between several terms

Extremely cool product: a kind of paint/pencil that can be used (and erased from) any kind of surface.