Writing

=Web Resources to Support Written Language & Creative Writing=
 * ==Create your own books & Digital Storytelling Links==
 * ==Spelling and Word prediction==
 * ==Vocabulary==
 * ==Fun with pictures, voice and words and links to copyright free photos==
 * ==Help with spelling and word prediction==


 * [|Read, Write, Think’s] student materials index – www.readwritethink.org/
 * [|Writing Fun]/www.writingfun.com/ templates for writing
 * [| Zimmer Twins] www.zimmertwins.com/about/teachers Lesson plans for writing and creation tools for digital storytelling

 Tools to have students create their own books, reports, timelines, presentations or digital stories
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 * [|Bookbuilder]  bookbuilder.cast.org Have students create books for others, supports text to speech, and coaches for prompting, scaffolding, directions, or vocabulary
 * [|CAST Strategy Tutor] cst.cast.org/cst/auth-login Teach strategy
 * [|Science Writer] sciencewriter.cast.org/ Reading and writing a science report
 * [|ToonDoo]  www.toondoo.com & [|Teachers Guide] toondooguide.wordpress.com Students can create a comic to describe <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">process  or tell a story.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Make Beliefs]Comic Strips www.makebeliefscomix.com/ write in different languages to create your comic strips, what are people saying
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Strip Generator] stripgenerator.com/ Create your own comic strip
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Professor Garfield Comic Books]www.professorgarfield.com/pgf_comics_lab.html
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Pixton Comics] www.pixton.com/schools/overview Create and view comics
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|StoryBird]  storybird.com/ Collaborative digital <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">StoryTelling
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Little Bird Tales] littlebirdtales.com/ Digital Storytelling for young children
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|KerPoof]www.kerpoof.com/ Create <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">cartoons or a movie (will be <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">closing April 15, 2014)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|VoiceThread] voicethread.com Collaborative story telling with pictures and voice
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Animoto]  animoto.com/ Similar to Photostory allows you to put together pictures and narrate
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Prezi] prezi.com create animated and splashy stories and presentations
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|PhotoPeach]  photopeach.com/ <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct">slideshows to go
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|FlipBook]  simplebooklet.com/ Create <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">flipbooks  or presentations online
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Zooburst]  www.zooburst.com/ Create popup books online, no text to speech
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|DoInk]  doink.com create, collaborate and discuss graphics, drawings and animation
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Imagination Cubed] www.imaginationcubed.com/ collaborative drawing or writing just for fun
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Crayola Coloring and Drawing Application] www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Creaza]  www.creazaeducation.com/ Limited free version available to create movies, cartoons
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|ABCya] www.abcya.com/animate.htm <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">create animation
 * [|Culture Street]- www.culturestreet.org.uk/ Create an account to experiment with art and animation
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Digital Storyteller] www.digitalstoryteller.org/ a web based tool to provide frictionless access to digital images and materials
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Aviary Education] www.aviaryeducation.com/ Tools: Image editor, Audio Editor and Music Creator
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Story Jumper] www.storyjumper.com/ <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">publish your own children's book
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Dipity]  www.dipity.com/ Create an interactive timeline
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|SpicyNodes]  www.spicynodes.org/ Present information with links to <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">web sites , put in your links & embed
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|GoAnimate]  goanimate.com Make an animated video
 * [|Voki] www.voki.com/ Create a talking avatar to have it read a student's speech
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Blabberize] www.blabberize.com create a speech and then have different characters speak

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Digital Storytelling - Links for Teachers and Teaching
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Digital storytelling is just good writing with the added bonus of students getting excited about publishing on the web with movies and sound. These resources will provide you with hints on teaching techniques and tools. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">--TOP--
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Center for Digital Storytelling] www.storycenter.org/index1.html
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling] digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Teaching Teachers Digital Storytelling] teachingteachers.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Elements of Digital Storytelling] www.inms.umn.edu/elements/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Digital Storytelling Resources] www.techteachers.com/digitalstorytelling.htm
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Digital Storytelling] with links and information on tools to use for storytelling electronicportfolios.org/digistory/

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Tools to work on vocabulary, learn about word connections, and obtain ideas for composition

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|WordWeb] wordweb.info/free/ vocabulary in your toolbar and use with any application
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Shahi] blachan.com/shahi/ a visual dictionary using pictures from Flickr
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Visuwords] www.visuwords.com/ online graphic dictionary Creates a Visual graphic organizer for a word.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Wordia] www.wordia.com/ online textual dictionary, where words come to life with videos
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|The Visual Dictionary Online] visual.merriam-webster.com/ see vocabulary come alive
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Wordsift] www.wordsift.com Visualize text with this tool, create a visual tool to analyze text and look up vocabulary
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|PicLits] www.piclits.com/ picture writing, choose a scene and then drag and drop words on the image to create sentences. Help get started on writing.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Museum Box] museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php allows students to place items into virtual boxes to create a presentation about a topic or content - useful for science and social studies.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|WordSmyth] new.wordsmyth.net
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Word of the Day] dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Vocabahead] www.vocabahead.com/ Search word lists view a cartoon photo depicting the word and listen to a clear description of the word within <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">context.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|WolframAlpha] www.wolframalpha.com/ computational Knowledge Engine but also works for vocabulary words too.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|CAPL] Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon capl.washjeff.edu/browse.php
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Idiom Dictionary] www.idiomdictionary.com/ Excellent for those learning English or students who have difficulty understanding idioms

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tools to have fun with Text or pictures
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Wordle] www.wordle.net/ Create word clouds of a series of related words (see header on RTI page)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Tagxedo] www.tagxedo.com Create word clouds and choose the type of shape for words, paste whole documents
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Word it Out]worditout.com will also work on the iPad in the browser Doodle Buddy (this is an <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">app but if you create a word cloud in Word it out you can edit it in Doodle Buddy)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|You are your words] www.yourareyourwords.com Import your picture and then use words to create your own image.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Spell with Flickr] metaatem.net/words/ Create a banner with letters in different patterns (see header on Mathematics page)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Cool Text] cooltext.com/ Text and graphics generator (see header on content practice page)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Paint.net] www.getpaint.net free image and photo editing software for Windows
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Teacher Files] www.teacherfiles.com <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Website that allows you to create 3-D headers
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|BeFunky] www.befunky.com add a special effect to a photo
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Shape Collage] www.shapecollage.com create a collage with photos
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|BigHugeLabs] bighugelabs.com/ have fun with digital images to make motivational posters, color palettes, & more
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|DaFont] www.dafont.com/ free funky and fun fonts express yourself with letter shapes
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Glogster] www.glogster.com a way to create your own online posters
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Wondersay] www.wondersay.com/ Animate text
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Pixlr]  pixlr.com/editor/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Web Resizer] www.webresizer.com
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Pic Resize] www.picresize.com

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tools to have fun with Text or pictures

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Spezify] www.spezify.com a search engine that provides links with pictures, and objects (use with caution for potential inappropriate images)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|SearchCube] www.search-cube.com/ alternative search engine that displays images in a cube, individual items can be viewed.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Free Photos and Image

 * [|Google Safe Search Images] www.safesearchkids.com/safe-image-search.html
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Pixabay] www.pixabay.com Free images (use the ones under the line)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Free Photos] www.morguefile.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Pics4Learning] www.pics4learning.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Free Digital Images] www.freedigitalphotos.net/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Stock Exchange]- Royalty Free Pictures www.sxc.hu
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Search Engine for [|Stock photo] www.everystockphoto.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|FreePixels] freepixels.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Public domain Photo Data base]www.pdphoto.org/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|EdtechTeacher] edtechteacher.org/publicdomainimages.html
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Creative Commons] wiki.creativecommons.org/MozCC
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Flickr Storm] www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|CompFight] compfight.com/ searches Flickr for images, be sure to respect copyright notices
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Clker] www.clker.com/disclaimer.html images uploaded by users certified as public domain
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Digital Saskatchewan] <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">digitalsask <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">.  <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">nesd  <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">.ca  /index.php Images movies and sounds from Saskatchewan and around the world.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tools to help with word support: spelling and word prediction

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Click N’ Type’]s word prediction and keyboard with scanning option – www.lakefolks.org/cnt/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Google Scribe] scribe.googlelabs.com/ auto-completion tool in a text editor
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Ginger Software] www.gingersoftware.com (not free, corrects spelling and grammar)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Ghotit] [| Context Spell Check] www.ghotit.com
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|LetmeType] www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/ Autocomplete for applications beyond <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">office.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Writing Sample Analyzer]–bluecentauri.com/tools/writer/sample.php word counts, paragraph analysis
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Spell Checker] www.spellchecker.net/ online spell checker, grammar and thesaurus
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Free Online Spell Checker] www.jspell.com/public-spell-checker.html English, French, Spanish, Italian, German
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Free Spell] hcidesign.com/freespell/ download spell checker to work with all Windows-based programs

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Voice and Speech Recognition

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|eSpeaking] www.e-speaking.com/ telling your computer what to do (windows only)

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tools for <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">purchase that make life easier!

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Live Scribe] www.livescribe.com/ records & links audio to what you write
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Dragon Naturally Speaking] www.nuance.com/ speech recognition for Windows, Mac and iPhone, includes word processing
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Word Q] & SpeakQ www.wordq.com word prediction
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Write Outloud & CoWriter] www.donjohnston.com word processing and word prediction
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Intellitalk] www.intellitools.com word processing and word prediction, templates available
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|WYNN] www.freedomscientific.com/ comprehensive program for reading and writing
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Kurzweil 3000] www.kurzweiledu.com/ comprehensive program for reading and writing
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Read and Write Gold] www.texthelp.com

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ideas for using word processing and technology
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Word processing activities]www.ed.sc.edu/caw/wpactivity.html
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Visuals for writing prompts] www.ed.sc.edu/caw/photos/visuals.html
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Diana King Method for Keyboarding]www.ed.sc.edu/caw/keyboard.html for complete <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">information see : Diana H King’s book, “Keyboarding Skills,” available through <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Educator’s Publishing Service] [|,] 1-800-225-5750 intervention.schoolspecialty.com/