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How you can use websites, apps & PC Applications to help young writers.
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Using ICT for Writing
By James Abela
Today’s Sharing
Prompts
Format
Organisation
Workflow
Accuracy
Audience
Prompts – Video Trailers
Prompts – Video Trailers
• http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/Downloadable on iPads
• http://www.youtube.com/Seriously, there’s a clip for everything….
• Vimeo – Some call it an up-market Youtube!
iMovie Action Movie FX iTunes Movie Trailers
Randomisers
Inspirational Appsbut don’t overuse…
Story Dice Epic Citadel WeeMee Avatar Creator
Morfo 3D Face Booth Talking Tom
& Ben NewsWriting Prompts
nightzookeeper.com
B-Rhymes Dictionary
Word Clouds http://www.wordle.net/
WordPack
http://www.tagxedo.com/
Other cool prompts
• Slide Show of pictures for plot points http://animoto.com/
• Online Sticky Notes -http://en.linoit.com/ or http://jn.padlet.com/
Writing Formats
Blank page
Shared
storiesScripts Prezi
With Prompts
Trumps
CardsComics Caption
Get Them Writing
Use Publisher to make Top Trumps Cards
Comic Life for comics and captions
PowerPoint for stories, instructions or captioning
Great for passingdocs around & can create form for shorter writing
Format – iPad support
Book Creator for iPad
Quick office
Dictation software
Puppet pals
Organisation
MS Office Smart Art
MS Office Smart Art
Which Smart Art tools could help your students?
Mind Maps
• https://bubbl.us/
• X-Mind / Freemind
• http://biggerplate.com/
Idea Sketch Total Recall
Set
assignment
Students
work on it
Share &
peer review
Share with
teacher
Teacher
review
Check in
Final
Marking
A+
Work
flow
Live Writing
Live Writing
Students write their work using a chat style interface: http://livewriting.net/
Software used: http://www.coveritlive.com/
Accuracy
• Learn English (British Council)Large number of grammar games
• Noredink.com Enables you to quickly create grammar lessons.
Audience
Quad
Blogging
Guest Spot
on Blog
3 way
Conference
TV Screens
in the
building
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