Village workshop - Tech Ideas to Make Writing Fun
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This document provides summaries of several online tools that can be used to make writing fun for students: - Scholastic Story Starters allows students to generate writing prompts and complete stories online or by pasting responses typed in a Word document. - Voki allows students to create talking avatars that can narrate stories, explain concepts, and more in any subject area. - The Postcard Creator lets students send virtual postcards for occasions like thank you notes, from a character's perspective, or for holidays. - Build Your Wild Self has students create and write about an illustrated wild avatar. - StoryBird provides illustrations to inspire creative writing assignments that can be embedded on websites.
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This document provides summaries and recommendations for several online tools that can be used for educational purposes:
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- Voki creates avatars that can speak text provided. Students can have characters retell stories, explain concepts, or demonstrate their knowledge across subjects.
- Postcard Creator lets students design digital postcards they can "send" to classmates for occasions like thank you notes, book character perspectives, or holidays.
- Build Your Wild Self has students design an avatar and write about it to foster creative writing using adjectives and figurative language.
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structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
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