Teaching Writing on the Web
Storybook Wesver, software published by the Learning Company now at Broderbund, incorporates many writing enhancers for young children, such as music, graphics, and short plot lines for expansion...
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Storybook Weaver incorporates many writing enhancers for young children, such as music, graphics, and short plot lines for expansion.
The English departments at UTexas and Purdue contain courseware for teachers to teach writing on the Web. It is designed for older students but will give you some tips for more general applications.
The Student Press is the home of the national organization for student journalists, with may resources for both teachers and students. Future political commentators can research the voting records of elected officials across the US. VoteSmart is a useful introduction to research tools.
The Concord Review (tcr) publishes academic essays of high school students, especially on topics for college AP exams.
Opinion-Pages contains diverse opinions from many publications for analysis. It is a site for most high school students who do not have such access in their school or community libraries.
Microsoft Word now has capacities for editing student writing with s strikeout (like legal document) and underlining as graphical aids.
The Southern Oregon ESD Instructional Technology Department maintains a comprehensive and up-to-date (2004)writing project, designed especially for the Web. The site provides a variety of strategies, instructional materials, and links and resource links.
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Time-savers.
