Prezi meeting is a tool that students are using in the brainstorming and planning phase of a project. This presentation shares how this works.

there is a reason that this resource is going viral over at Tes. This masterful set of lesson uses comic books with a wide range of writing activities: short story, informative, biography, and comic strip. You have lesson plans and instructions for how to use this. Use comics to teach biographics. Many teachers groan about teaching nonfiction. I love this.

If you're interested in writing a book, you'll find a lot of nuggets of truth in this article.

This is interesting. ETS has launched a website about:

"Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world's leading measurement and research organization, has launched a new website to stimulate discussion, debate, and promote empirical research to help teachers and students meet the goals of the English language arts (ELA) Common Core State Standards." but this is most definitely a wiki (looks like wikispaces.) I find it fascinating that a company would use a wiki because so many have resisted this. I wonder who can join and who can edit. Interesting.

It says you can join. It will be interesting to see what they are doing with this. Perhaps some of you common core experts should join.

Language arts teachers of all ages will love the free lesson plans on this website. They are standards based and organized by grade level.

Did you know that on Wikispaces that you can comment and annotate individual items on the page? It was rolled out earlier this year and is a great feature, especially for writing teachers. If you want to know how to use this little known feature, here is where you go.

This 2004 study on second-language writers determined that although students prefer oral feedback that e-feedback has a greater impact on the revisions process. Online feedback is a valuable tool in the revisions process.

Nice overview of exercises and activities for prewriting.

Ideas for encouraging writing.