Blackout Poems .....

Check out this unusual idea for a variation of 'found poetry'.

These rely on 'blacking out' sections of newspaper stories to create a poem. Check it out at this link - Blackout Poems...

Wordle..

There just has to be a way to use this tool in class !!

Wordle tales a chunk of text and turns it into a word cloud - like the one below made from a Yr13 piece of writing on 'Teenage Drivers'

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A word bank for writing tasks...

Digital Storytelling ...

Take a look at this fascinating site - Penguin Books had six of its' authors tell a story digitally over six weeks -
6 authors, 6 stories, 6 weeks...

A fascinating look at how new technologies can be used to engage readers ...

Bitstrips - new cartoon application

Take a look at this site - Bitstrips - a beta program in the early stages of development - great for students to create their own character and comic strip...