Apps to Support Writing

Climbing the ladder to Bloom's Taxonomy - Writing




Naea Site:  http://www.arteducators.org/learning/blooms-taxonomy

  How do you find quality apps?

Apps for Bloom Taxonomy:  http://www.appitic.com/index.php/bloom-s/apps-for-bloom-s-taxonomy


Interactive Ladder to assign apps to Bloom's Taxonomy:
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/08/web-tools-to-use-with-blooms-digital.html

Kathy Schrock Bloomin Apps - http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

How to find good educational apps that have been evaluated by educators – http://www.graphite.org/

    Questions when evaluating apps for writing:

Does it have a story starter feature?
Does it walk the student through the writing process?

Can you add photos or drawings?

Can you add text?

Can you add voice recording?

Can you share or publish?

How do you see yourself using this in the classroom?

Resource List  

      Story Starters
 Scholastic Story Starters
 http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/

      Build Content Knowledge
 BrainPop – www.brainpop.com
 netTrekker – www.nettrekker.com
  

     Organization – Mind mapping - Brainstorming
Inspiration/Kidspiration
PC/Mac/iPadTemplates:  https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0Sc9yjrWb1DeTJ0RUJWSEQ2Wjg&usp=sharing

Brainstorming Visually - grades 6 thru 12
http://www.inspiration.com/sites/default/files/filemanager/file/Brainstorming%20Visually.pdf
Mind Maps - tapping prior knowledge and Developing Ideas
http://www.inspiration.com/sites/default/files/filemanager/file/Mind%20Maps-Tapping%20Knowledge.pdf
Additional Inspiration Lesson Plans:
http://www.inspiration.com/lessonplans/inspiration

ReadWriteThink.org:

Story Map:  interactive story planning tool

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/story-30008.html

Story Cube Creator:  templates designed to break the writing process into six distinct parts. There are templates for writing biographies, mysteries, short stories, and a blank template that you can customize.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

Story Creation/Presenting

iPad

Toontastic:

Lesson Plan 1: Pre-writing with Toontastic

http://www.launchpadtoys.com/edu/PDF/LaunchpadLeaders_KimberlySimpson.pdf

Lesson Plan 2:  BrainPop Inspired Movies (Create using Toontastic)

http://www.launchpadtoys.com/edu/PDF/LaunchpadLeaders-AndrewGardner.pdf

Video:  http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/video/digital-storytelling-with-toontastic/

Story Design Worksheet:

http://www.launchpadtoys.com/edu/teacher-resources/StoryDesignWorksheetPortrait.pdf

Additional Toontastic Lesson Plans:

http://www.launchpadtoys.com/edu/learning-goals/#common-core


Story Patch
http://storypatch.com/
Demo - http://youtu.be/fCZ5xCHj2iE

Story Creator

   http://ipadapps4school.com/2013/03/10/story-creator-create-your-own-narrated-picture-books-on-your-ipad/

Book Creator - http://www.redjumper.net/bookcreator/

Little Bird Tales - http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/02/little-bird-tales-digital-storytelling.html#.U6gx-vldUrU

Speech Journal - supports UDL
http://mobile-educationstore.com/apps/narrative-skills/speech-journal

Animoto - Book projects
http://www.cajonvalley.net/webpages/lzitren/podcasts.cfm?subpage=773582

Web-Based

Story Jumper - http://www.storyjumper.com/

Voki – www.voki.com

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Upload to app website – Ex:  Toontastic Toontube