Writing+Tools


 * [|Google Docs for Students] toc**

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See also: Digital storytelling [|The Differentiator!] (Bloom's options for differentiating projects)
 * NCTE's** [|Writing in the 21st Century]

**Writing Tools** (also see the tools under Digital Storytelling)
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 * [|Google Docs and Spreadsheets]
 * [|21 Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom]
 * [|Recipes for Good Writing]
 * [|GoogleDocs Templates]
 * [|Google Apps Education]
 * [|Google Docs for Educators]
 * [|Crocodoc] (collaborative editing tool)
 * Exploring Google Docs Wiki
 * [|Google App for Storyboarding]
 * [|Personalizing Writing Using the New Google Docs]
 * [|WritingFix](interactive writing prompts)
 * [|LooseStitch] (collaborative outliner)
 * [|MyBrochure Maker]
 * [|Thumbscribe]
 * [|Ozline Thesis Builder & Outliner](Tom March)
 * [|Online Outliner]
 * [|iOutliner]
 * [|Primary Pad]
 * [|ReadWriteThink Notetaker]
 * [|Best Online Tools to Help Students Learn to Write Persuasive Essays]
 * [|YuDu] (publishing tool)
 * [|The Google Suite] (KKelley visual tutorial)
 * [|BookRix] (create digital books)
 * [|Zoho]
 * [|OpenOffice](downloadable suite similar to Microsoft Office)
 * [|LetterPop] (Web-based newsletter, flyer, invitation production)
 * [|TitanPad]
 * [|ThinkFree]
 * [|WriteBoard]
 * [|MixedInk] (create documents by sharing, editing, and rating various drafts)
 * [|xtimeline] (collaborative timelining tool)
 * [|Versionate (remembers previous versions)]
 * [|Interactive Poetry Tools and Lesson Plans]
 * [|AbiWord] (downloadable word processor)
 * [|ScriptBuddy]
 * [|50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Writers]
 * [|Newspaper Press] (template for interactive newsletter creation)
 * [|PicLits] inspired picture writing
 * [|CuePrompter] Free online teleprompter
 * [|Online Stopwatch](for timing presentations)
 * [|Write Rhymes] (for rhyming poetry)
 * [|Making the News] (writing your own newspaper)
 * [|Notalon] (for Cornell Style Notes download)
 * [|View Docs Online]
 * [|Wix] (free web-based Flash website builder)
 * [|Awesome Highlighter] (highlight and share text on Web pages)
 * [|Google for Educators: Google Docs]
 * [|Google Teachers' Academy: Google Docs]
 * [|Tikatok] (Kids write, illustrate, and publish their own books)
 * [|BigUniverse (Read create and share children's books)]
 * [|Springnote] (for creating personal and group notebooks with text and media)
 * [|Scribd] (for sharing and storing docs)
 * [|bookr] (create online photobooks)
 * [|Calimeo] (publishing platform)
 * [|WritingFun] (suite of organizers to promote writing)
 * [|Samanimation] (From Tufts, a stop-action video creation tool for download)
 * [|Tools for Vocabulary] (Jen Madison)
 * [|PeKay] (create digital storybooks for younger children)
 * [|WordMagnet]
 * [|Scholastic Story Starters]
 * [|File2.ws] (convert any file into a public website)
 * [|Notepub] (online notepad)
 * [|Introduction to forums] (and assessment strategies)
 * [|Vermillion Parish 18 Literacy Strategies]
 * [|Sketchcast] (record your writing or drawing)
 * [|Typeit.org] (foreign language keyboards)
 * [|WackyWebTales] (madlibs online)
 * [|Zooburst] (create 3D pop-up books)

**Tools for Documentation**

 * [|NoodleTools] (citation generator, notecards, much more)
 * [|Bibme] (pulls some of the data from a database)
 * [|Citation Machine]
 * [|EasyBib]
 * [|Digital Index Card] (Warlick Landmark Project)
 * Hacker & Fister's [|Research & Documentation Online] (sample papers)
 * [|Son of Citation Maker] (David Warlick)
 * [|OttoBib]Just enter the ISBN
 * [|Zotero] (downloadable tool)
 * [|Citebite] (links directly to quotes in websites)
 * Bill Ferris [|Top Five Citation Applications]

**Vocabulary Tools/ 2.0 Dictionaries**
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 * [|Visuwords] mindmaps color code word relationships
 * [|Wordnik] dictionary and thesaurus
 * [|Lexipedia] mind maps as well as traditional stuff
 * [|Shahi] definitions connected to [|Flickr] images
 * [|Wordia] video definitions and personal //takes// on words


 * [|Leximo] definitions from contributors and word-related video
 * [|Wordie] like Flickr, but without the photos
 * [|Memidex] complete inflections, simple interface, fast
 * [|VocabSushi] (word practice connected to current news articles)
 * [|Big Huge Thesaurus]
 * [|Easy Define] (multiple words with advanced options)

**Plagiarism Detection**

 * [|Plagiarism Detect]
 * [|Turnitin]
 * [|Plagiarism Checker]
 * [|Plagium] (Beta)
 * [|Article Checker]
 * [|Doc Cop]
 * [|Quote Finder]
 * [|Plagiarism Checkers] (five free services)

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