Let's Write! Resources, Tips, & Activities
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The document discusses the increasing importance of digital writing among young people, emphasizing the role of mobile devices in facilitating their reading and writing habits. It offers various strategies and resources for educators to enhance digital writing skills, such as creating a safe environment, integrating multimedia, and providing opportunities for peer editing. Additionally, it highlights the need for teaching research skills and visual literacy to support effective digital communication.
Let's Write! Resources, Tips, & Activities
- 1. Photo by Drew Coffman, Flic.kr/p/8kvbSL ShellyTerrell.com/writing Motivated to Write!
- 2. “… young people are reading and writing more than I ever did at their age, but they are doing it using their computers and mobile phones … The mobile is central, and will become even more so as time goes by.” - David Crystal Crystal, D. (2012). On myths and mindsets. From DavidCrystal.com
- 5. Photo by Lupuca, Flic.kr/p/ehBnRE Comic Video Audio Ebook Poster Multimedia ePortfolio Infographic Blog Essay Scrapbook Ezine Newspaper Types of Digital Writing
- 6. Teach the process Create a safe environment Make it a ritual Integrate multimedia Give them an audience Change it up Cite & attribute accurately Use graphic organizers Evaluate resourcesVisual literacy Digital research skills ShellyTerrell.com/writing
- 9. Makebeliefscomix.com 350+ Free Printables Visual writing prompts & challenges
- 11. Corndogart.com
- 14. Bit.ly/RWTCube
- 15. Creately.com
- 18. Hemingwayapp.com
- 19. Grammarly.com
- 20. It!
- 21. Google Drive
- 23. Google Docs
- 27. Read & Write Draftback Tackk.com/googledocsquickcreate Quick Create
- 30. Storyboard
- 31. Peer editing!
- 32. Create a safe environment!
- 34. Photo by Ross Goodman: Flic.kr/p/ddRBxr Send them on journalism missions!
- 35. Photo by Flickingerbrad: Flic.kr/p/b9wFbv Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. - Joseph Pulitzer Writing for an audience
- 37. Music Images
- 40. Reconstruct the news story based on this word cloud of the article!
- 42. Take it outside!
- 45. Get a copy of Learning to Go- Gum.co/learn2go ShellyTerrell.com/writing Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell Twitter.com/ShellTerrell Google.com/+ShellySanchezTerrell 30Goals.com