27 Very Helpful Resources

For our last assignment that we had due in class, I read a very informative article that provided me with twenty-seven helpful digital tools and resources. I just wanted to share them with everyone.

For collaboratively constructing writing:
     Google Docs (docs.google.com)
     Zoho Writer (writer.zoho.com)
     Adobe Buzzword (www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword)
     TypeWith.me (typewith.me)
     Mendeley (www.mendeley.com)

For publically sharing notes in response to presentations, videos, or discussions:
     Twitter (twitter.com)
     TodaysMeet (www.todaysmeet.com)
     SoapBox (gosoapbox.com)
     Notepad (www.Notepad.cc)
     WallWisher (www.wallwisher.com)

For sharing and commenting on fiction writing:
     Fanfiction (www.fanfiction.net)
     Inkpop (www.inkpop.com)
     Pulse It (pulseit.simonandschuster.com)
     Wattpad (www.wattpad.com)

For creating multimedia books or curations of news stories:
     Sophie (www.sophieproject.org)
     Bookbuilder (bookbuilder.cast.org)
     Storify (storify.com)

For professional organizations’ resources:
     IRA’s Engage (engage.reading.org)
     NCTE’s Connected Community (for NCTE members: ncte.connectedcommunity.org)

For sharing teaching ideas:
     English Companion Ning (englishcompanion.ning.com)
     National Writing Project Connect (connect.nwp.org)
     #EngChat (www.engchat.org)

For sharing ideas for use of Web 2.0 tools:
     Classroom 2.0 (www.classroom20.com)
     Digital Is (digitalis.nwp.org)

For sharing lesson plans:
     ReadWriteThink (www.readwritethink.org)
     Sophia (www.sophia.org)
     Curriki (www.curriki.org)