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Tools and Websites for
Developing Writing Skills
Teaching with Technology
Tools and Websites for Developing Writing Skills by English Online Inc.
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November 27 & 28, 2015
This webinar will be recorded
Agenda
• Tools for Creative Writing
• Working with Literary Elements
• Literary Contests to motivate your Learners
• Writing Recipes
• Microblogging
• Academic Papers
The Key to Improve Writing Skills
• Inspire your Learners
• Praise Big and Small
• Show your enthusiasm
• Publish Stories
• Track improvement
Image: Write the World by Dzikri Imaduddin licensed under CC BY SA
Create a Storybook!
Screenshot: https://www.mystorybook.com/
• A clever, fun site
• Brainstorm words and turn
into a book
• Develop literacy skills
https://www.mystorybook.com/
Edit Your Storybook
• Add items
• Pick characters
• Try drawing
• Write your text
• Change colors and add
backgrounds
• Add and delete pages easily
• Save and share
Screenshot: https://www.mystorybook.com/
Create o Photobook!
Screenshot: http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/
http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/
Create, Read and Share
Visual Stories!
Screenshot: https://storybird.com/
https://storybird.com/
• Combine Art and
Words
• Manage students
• Issue assignments
• Build a library of
beautiful stories
Interactive Literary Elements Handbook
Screenshots: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/ileh-ms/ielts.php
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/ileh-ms/ielts.php
Portal for Poetry
• Identify the literary
elements
• Rewrite in prose
• Create your
masterpiece
Screenshot:http://poetrystation.org.uk/
http://poetrystation.org.uk/
The Heart of Storytelling
Screenshot: http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/
• Get writing tips
• Watch interviews and get
top tips from established
writers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/
Need Inspiration?
• Put your skills to the test
• Win a prize!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1
Screenshot: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1
Inspire and Involve
Screenshots: http://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/shortstory/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079gw3
http://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/shortstory/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079gw3
• Participate in National or
International Contests
Learning and Revision
Resources
Screenshot: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zqxhfg8
• Learner guides
• Classroom resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zqxhfg8
Community of cooking enthusiasts
• Create an easy to
follow visual recipe
tutorial
• Leave comments on
recipes
Screenshot: http://visualrecipes.com/
http://visualrecipes.com/
Screenshot:https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard
Try Microblogging
• Short-form Blog
• Publish and share
• Start a discussion
• Post activities
• Research a topic
https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard
Creating and sharing Tutorials
• Create tutorials
• Sequence in the
correct order
• Make Rebus stories
http://www.tildee.com/
Screenshot: http://www.tildee.com/
Designed for Academic
Research
Screenshot: https://www.citelighter.com/
• Capture excerpts of online
texts and then use them as
citations
• Store citations in one place
• Outline the writing process
• Export data to Word and
Google drive
• Create bibliography list
• Organize online research
findings
https://www.citelighter.com/
Successful Academic Papers
Screenshot: http://www.yorku.ca/spark/
http://www.yorku.ca/spark/https://tutela.ca/article22-Tools-for-
Academic-Writing-Citelighter-and-Spark
Count the Words
http://www.wordcounter.com/
Screenshots: http://www.wordcounter.com/
• Ranks the most
frequently used words
• See what words you
overuse
• Find some keywords
from a document.
Share Experience with Colleagues
http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2009/09/22/teaching-writing-activities-and-ideas/
Screenshot :http://cliparts.co/share-clip-art
• Collaborate online
• Share “ideas that get
your student’s pencils
moving”
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session.
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