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The collection of resources and links are currently being moved from the old website to this new site. You may find that some of the links are out of date and do not lead anywhere.
EdTech, as is life, is a journey with many dead ends.
| myths.e2bn.org/index.php | A good site for reading and writing mythical stories. |
| scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters | A useful one arm bandit story started generator to spark off creative writing. |
| oneword.com | A great way for children to learn the art of story openings. They have 1 minute to write from a one word stimulus. The site asks for a name & email. I usually just cut and paste the work into Word instead. |
| readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/bio_cube | A great idea. Make character bio cubes to help children write fictional characters and biographies. Prints as a cube net to assemble. |
| starwars.com/games/playnow/crawl_creator | A site that lets you write the opening writing sequence of the Star Wars films, complete with music. A geek’s dream-come-true. But also a great way to reluntant encourage writers to write story beginnings. |
| boomwriter.com/home/schools | Boomwriter is a site that provides a great place for your class to write and create. |
| createspace.com | Bring the power of the Amazon book store to your children’s stories. Use this great online publishing tool to show off your children’s writing and even produce paper copied. Thanks to Nikki Davies for this find. |
| wordtamer.co.uk | Story writing tutorial site with videos and tools to fire the imagination. But be warned – make sure you have a sofa to jump behind if viewing at night. |
| bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/storyplant.shtml | A good English site from the BBC that helps young learners plan and write stories. |
| nanowrimo.org | November is National Novel writing month. Use this site to get your budding authors writing their own novels. |
| thumbscribes.com | This is a great site for encouraging writers to create stories, poems and songs collaboratively. The site limits how much a user can write and can invite friends or the public to continue and edit a piece of writing. |
| playfic.com | This is an interesting site that feels like a cross between coding and story writing. Make branching stories where readers choose what happens next. |
| writingprompts.tumblr.com | This site has a huge number of compelling visual writing prompts with text and questions to get your students thinking. There is something for everyone here! |
| lightningbug.com.au | This site provides writing stimulus and advice for young writers. It explores a range of methods and thinking activities to help develop writing ideas. |
| inklestudios.com/inklewriter | This site provides a easy to use platform to create branching stories. Add a new story thread at the touch of a button and you can even add images from the web. Preview your story as a map, publish online and share with the link with others. |
| edtech.jcisd.org/things-to-think-about-ipad-app.html | This ipad/Android app gives 100 idea prompts to get your children thinking and writing. |
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