Web 2.0 Tools to Boost Writing Proficiency

Web 2.0 Tools to Boost Writing Proficiency

 

In this article in Teaching Exceptional Children, Jill Olthouse and Myriah Tasker Miller (West Virginia University/Morganton) list the characteristics of exceptionally proficient writers:

  • They often seek out intellectual peers with similar talents.
  • They are precocious in their use of language.
  • They are intrinsically motivated.
  • They write in new and varied formats.

Olthouse and Miller recommend the following online tools to encourage and develop these qualities:

Elementary:

  • Kidblog: www.Kidblog.org - Students can post short entries on current topics and comment on other students’ submissions. 
  • Glogster: www.Glogster.com - Students create online collages with a mix of photos, text, sound, and video and can share them and comment on other students’ work.
  • Storybird: www.storybird.com - Students create storybooks using illustrations on the website; they can work with a partner writing a book, comment on others’ writing, and print final copies.

Elementary and secondary:

Secondary:

  • WritingKid: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/writingkid.htm - A newsletter with publication and contest opportunities for young writers.
  • NaNoWriMo: www.NaNoWriMo.org - Students can compete with others as they write a novel.
  • Figment: www.Figment.com - Discussion groups, contests, news about recently published novels, Facebook updates, and social rewards.
  • Teenink: www.Teenink.com - Students can publish nonfiction, poetry, and fiction on the website and in a national print magazine.

“Teaching Talented Writers with Web 2.0 Tools” by Jill Olthouse and Myriah Tasker Miller in Teaching Exceptional Children, November/December 2012 (Vol. 45, #2, p. 6-14); Olthouse can be reached at Jill.Olthose@mail.wvu.edu. 

 

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