Dr. "TKA" Kulla-Abbott's List: Writing Literacy Resources/LA/CA

WritingFix: For Teachers, Students & Writers
interactive prompts, lessons, and resources for writing classrooms

Since 2001, the Northern Nevada Writing Project has proudly sponsored this free-to-use website, which aims to "fix" those teachers who don't believe that the teaching of writing can be both fun and rewarding.

If you explore our website's pages, you will find prompts, lessons, and resources that were created and shared--and then posted here--during workshops and in-service classes sponsored by the NNWP. The Nevada teachers who participate in these professional development opportunities discover ways to be passionate about teaching writing, and here we share the very best, hoping that our passion is contagious to the teachers across the globe who have discovered what we've proudly posted here.

"One of the banes of many writers’ existence (including my own!) is inheriting a slew of documents where the people working on them previously haven’t paid much heed to document versioning, leaving you trying to make sense of a mishmash of documents. On more than one occasion, I’ve been left hoping for a tool that would enable me to compare documents in bulk so I can get a mess of a documentation library under control before I can begin the real work on a project."

"NewsCred Create and discover newspapers
about the things you love."

"I’ve Got It Covered! Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts"

CrocoDoc
"Invite anyone to collaborate on PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint slides (View demo)"

"The primary focus of this project is to develop a curriculum for an after school program or "club" for at-risk students at the middle and/or high school level. This program would use the game, World of Warcraft, as a focal point for exploring Writing/Literacy, Mathematics, Digital Citizenship, Online Safety, and would have numerous projects/lessons intended to develop 21st-Century skills."

"Connect, collaborate & be heardMixedInk takes a fresh approach to collaborative writing. It's a fun, democratic and elegant way for people to weave their best ideas together. (Plus, it's free!)"

Paper Rater
* Grammar & Spelling Check
* Free Online Proofreading
* No Downloads

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"Will You TypeWith.me? "

"[Primary Pad Logo]

Primary Pad is a web-based word processor

designed for schools that allows pupils

and teachers to work together in real-time.
"

"In this fast-paced, hands-on session, participants will works as teacher leaders to digitize the writing workshop. Often, our focus is on students use of digital tools during the writing process. Learn how you can digitize the writing workshop with safe, free, easy-to-use Web 2.0 technologies and software.
"

"This site has over 1000 pictures of Idioms. They do not illustrate what an idiom means, but show the literal meaning. Sometimes the children knew what the idioms meant and drew pictures of the actual real meaning but most of the time the students drew the literal meaning and the results are often funny. You can add your drawings to the website! See this one by Heath! who contributed a "wolf in sheep's clothing." Mr. Nakanishi's class have done a number of idioms. Check them out."

The What-if question genie

"Kids,do you want ideas for writing a What If story? I, your genie, am here to serve you. Use the What If question you see above to start your own strange tale.




But what if you do not like the "What if" story starters I have posed above? Fear not! Simply click on me and I shall provide another.

And another. And another. When it comes to story ideas for kids, your wish is my command!"

Secret Annex on line about Anne Frank

"Top 10 Sites for Creating Digital Magazines and Newspapers
In my never ending quest to find useful "top 10" lists, I was inspired on Twitter to create one for digital magazines/newspapers. While this is something that can be done in any word processor, there are dedicated sites that bring this to a whole new level.

Top 10 sites for Creating Digital Magazines/Newspapers

1. Iussu - One of the most popular and successful online digital magazine creators/publishers around, w/ a very nice user interface.
2. Yudu - Upload a document or PDF to create an online magazine that can be emailed our or embedded into a site.
3. Openzine - Very user friendly site w/ an abundance of templates and layouts to create a professional looking magazine and share online.
4. NewsCred - Create a terrific looking online newspaper in 5 minutes, similar to Openzine.
5. Scribd - A very popular "web 2.0" site for creating online content and publishing.
6. Fodey - A fun site to create a newspaper and then download to print out or put on a blog/site.
7. Zinepal - A great way to bring the news to students by "clipping" online articles. This is a wonderful site for those making the move to ebook readers.
8. Paper.li - A fantastic site to turn Twitter into an online readable magazine.
9. Guzzle.it - Is a news aggregator that puts online news in one customizable place.
10. Crayon - Create a professional looking newspaper w/ this nice online creator. There are a bunch of options to choose from so has a bit of a higher learning curve.

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Posted by dkapuler at 9/08/2010
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"Instructions

*You will need a Wikispaces Account and a VoiceThread Account.*

Registration Open: September 22-October 8

Classes will be grouped: October 8-October 17

During this time I will put the classes into groups of 4-5. Classes will be grouped by grade levels (ex. K-1, 1-2, 2-3, etc).

Writing the Stories: October 18-November 20

1st Part and Pictures: Due October 23
2nd Part and Pictures: Due October 30
3rd Part and Pictures: Due November 6
4th Part and Pictures: Due November 13
5th Part and Pictures: Due November 20

Shared Writing Experience (typed onto your group's page on the Wiki):

The first class brainstorms and writes the intro paragraph(s).
Then the next class reads the paragraph(s), brainstorms and decides how they want to continue the story.
This will continue until the last class on the list writes the ending and gives the story a title.
Classes can edit their section of the story on the Wiki.

Optional: If you are one of the first few classes, you could have your individual students continue the story on their own, so they can compare their stories to the finished products.

You will need to create 3 colored pictures (on paper and take a photo or use a computer program, ex. Kidpix) to illustrate events in the section that your class wrote. The three pictures will need to be sent to me as .jpg and I will put them into the VoiceThread. When you send the pictures, please include the story name, your section and the order of the pictures in the email (ex. story12section3picture1). That way I can place them correctly into the VoiceThread.

VoiceThread Set-Up: November 20-December 5

The VoiceThreads will be put together. Be sure your pictures are done and have been sent to me before this week.

Recording the VoiceThread: December 6-December 18

I will embed the VoiceThreads on the Wikispace and you can record some students reading your section of the story to go with the pictures."