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"There are different reasons why struggling writers have problems with composition. Some of them are internal such as a disability of some sort, lack of motivation and confidence…etc and others are externally oriented like irrelevance of writing topics, inappropriate writing strategies and so on. In today's post we are sharing with you a set of interesting iPad apps to help struggling writers build up their writing confidence and enhance their writing competencies.We have particularly focused  on three main areas: "

5 Incredible Tips on How to Write Blog Posts

Tips on how to write blog posts.

Interactive tool to aid inpoetry writing.

Interactive tool to aide in poetry writing.

Blog about 5 writing activities. 1. Dialogues, 2. Instant Message Peotry, 3. Chain Instant Message Poetry 4. Mobile Phone Compositions, 5. Questionnaires with Urtak.

Interesting ideas.

This site was so cool. I created my own comic story. I was able to play brain buster games I read stories and had stories read to me, and watched videos about how to create a comic.. This site was created by Jim Davis, creator of the comic strip Garfield, in conjunction with Ball State University and PAWS, Inc. It give kids the opportunity to explore, create and connect safely with kids around the world. Jim Davis created this site because he felt there was a need to provide a high-quality, free, and engaging web site that could motivate children to achieve their full potential. The approach is kid-centric and tries to close the achievement gap between what kids seek to do on the Internet and standards-based educational activities. The mission of Professor Garfield.org is encourage children to explore academically sound literacy activities and provide them with tools to express themselves through creative writing prorams. It's an Internet destination that is safe, free and fun! The Professor Garfield and Sparktop sites (both found on this link) provide all kids of ways for kids to shine and showcase their talents and abilities! Students can record their own "talent" for Sparkstage (our American Idol-like competition), arrange music with the awesome music mixer tool, create their own comic strip in the Comis Lab, learn to sculpt, or be taught to draw by professional artists in the Art-Bot section. On Sparktop.org kids safely connect with other kids who knwow what they are going through. They find information about how their brain works and get tips on how to succeed in school and life. And they get to showcase their creativity and be recognized for their strengths. Millions of children from around the world visit the web site every month.

"ter writing about iPad apps for elementary teachers, we are sharing with you today a list designed specifically for our colleagues teaching in high school. Of course there are tons of good educational iPad apps out there but limiting our list to only 10  titles forces us to selectively feature what we believe, based on our long app reviewing experience, are some of the best iPad apps for high school teachers. Have a look and, as always, your feedback is much appreciated. Enjoy"

"The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age. When students create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their story, learning becomes personal. With digital storytelling, students can: Improve their writing. Show creativity. Have a voice. Digital storytelling projects lend themselves well to portfolio assessment"

Resource for teachers about digital storytelling.

"A great way to engage students in productive literacy practices is to provide them with the tools and opportunities to help them compose and narrate stories through the use of  a mixture of multimedia materials that include pictures, text, audio, and video. Besides enhancing their writing skills, this form of composition helps them express themselves multimodally and develop complex ways  of communicating their ideas. In the list below, we are sharing with you a sampler of some of the best apps students can use on their iPads to create beautiful story books. Most of these apps are ideal for all grades from elementary to high school."

This is a collection of apps for making comics.

A collection of digital tools

I thought this might be helpful for your next class.

Kerpoof is one of my favorite creation tools for elementary students, it allows them to draw, create pictures, cards, books, and even movies. My original post about Kerpoof can be found here. Kerpoof has added some new features that make it worthy of another post. Students can now save their pictures, cards, stories and drawings locally (on their computers). On each canvas is a JPEG icon that will allow any picture to be saved to the computer locally. They are working on making it possible to download the movies locally soon. Kerpoof also introduced info bubbles. In the Make a Picture object library, students can drag out a picture onto the canvas. Now there is a new question mark button that shows up on an object. When students click on the question mark, a little bubble of information pops up. Students will gain all kinds of information from these little fact bubbles. They can learn everything from: who wrote Treasure Island, to learning the national animal of Austrailia.

Neat site for elementary

From A-Z classroom strategies for Teachers

Lots of resources for teachers.

Check out these 10 tools to create digital books.

Tech and Learning article about top 10 tools to create digital books. I think you all have this on your RSS, if not, you may want to add this blog to your reader.

"ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books."

This is cool. Users can create 3D books via what is called augmented reality.

" Calameo Calameo is a free platform where you can publish your magazine, presentations or documents and share them with the world. It also lets you embed rich-media content to your publications like videos and audios. 2- Docuter Docuter is a great tool to manage documents, projects, workflows, shared calendars and many more. You can also use it to store and share your documents online for easy access. 3- Wepapers Webpapers lets you store all your papers, exams, lecture notes and research work in one place, and get organized. You can also use it to share and make your documents available to the world. 4- Share Zoho Share Zoho allows you to browse files based on different file types ( ppt,pdf,doc ) and also collaborate in the form of : commenting. flagging, rating, bookmarking, and chatting. 5- Edocr This is another web tool that lets you lets you upload and share your documents with over 300 web services. You can also connect with other users through private messaging and many more. 6- Scribd Scribd is an awesome online library where you can search for, read, publish, upload and share documents and written words. 7- Eight Free Tools to Share your Slideshows and Presentations This is a post I have published earlier and where I have reviewed 8 awesome free websites where you can share and publish your docs and presentations. Check them out. "

"- Flipsnack Fipsnack is an online flipping book software that allows you to convert PDF documents into Flash page flip  digital publications ideal for publishing students work. 2- Issuu This is another popular website where you can upload and share your students work very easily and for free. 3- Tikatok Tikatok lets you easily create an unlimited books online . You can add author biography, upload images and save them in your persona; image gallery. 4- Mixbook Mixbook  lets you make completely customizable photo books, yearbooks, cards, and calendars and many more. 5- ePub Bud ePub Bud is another great platform that you can use to  create a digital publication and share it with the world. It is easy to use and free of charge. 6- Lulu Lulu is a website that lets you publish print books and ebooks for free. You can also control your work and reach more readers. 7- Other tools Check out these other tools that you can use to share and publish your students work . Courtesy of Larry Ferlazzo Newer Post Older Post Home Twitter Facebook Google+ Pinterest RSS Email Educators Technology Follow On "