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Using ICT to teach writing

Module 7 Contents
  1. Writing Guides
  2. How to Write a ...
  3. Creative Stimulus
  4. Collaborative Writing
  5. Internet publishing
  6. Task 18
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This is one of four sections containing useful web links for you to explore.

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There are a lot of resources in these sections! Can you share out the research amongst your departmental colleagues? Don't forget the suggestions in the Task at the end.

Writing Guides

It took some careful thought before I added a link to these sites, but I believe that, firstly, teachers should be aware that they exist, secondly, they are a good source of model essays for enabling students to see how a mark scheme works, and finally, for you to be amazed by the fact that some people can charge you $23 just to copy their homework !

  • The following sections give specific help with writing different kinds of essays, how to structure an essay for a specific audience, work on collaborative writing and how students can get their work published on the web.

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    How to Write a ...

    APlus: How to write a Research Essay. How to write an essay, for students. Particularly good on structuring an essay, and on research topics.

    http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/

    Creative Writing - How to write a story.

    http://www.eduweb.com/

    Writers Complex

    http://www.esc.edu/writer

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    Creative Stimulus

    Cognac, Roses and Graveyards * * *

    http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/cognac.html

    A stranger has visited the grave of Edgar Allen Poe to leave strange gifts since 1949. This page speculates on who and why. A good prompt for creative writing, perhaps in response to reading Poe's works.

    Another useful site on this theme is The House of Usher, which, as well as providing very detailed hyperlinks relating to the story, introduces the true-life mystery of who is really buried in Poe's grave, at: http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/

    Voice of the Shuttle: Creative Writing

    http://www.qub.ac.uk/english/humanitas_home.html

     MoMA / The New York Museum of Modern Art *

    http://www.moma.org

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    Collaborative Writing

    Electronic Emissary

    http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/index.html

    Explanation of 'telementoring' - teachers can contact experts in any subject, who will e-mail a class twice a week to give a 'job diary', and will also answer questionnaires from pupils. You must e-mail organisers with an explanation of your project IN ADVANCE!

     Bookread School Partnerships

    http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/bookread.txt

    E-mail project. Matches classes through the Net with the intention of classes agreeing to read/discuss a text together.

    Screenwriters On Line

    http://screenwriter.com/insider/news.html

    There are many sites in the USA that look at writing as a serious profession, and screenwriting can bring high incomes for successful authors. Here, the tricks of the trade are explored by linking beginners with the professionals.

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    Internet

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    Task 18

    As with other modules, you need to spend some time sifting through some of these wonderful resources and deciding what is appropriate for your needs.

    A good place to start might be with the 'KidPub' site which allows students to publish their work.

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