Writing Tools
Publishing:
Smories
A place to publish original stories for kids, read by kids
StudentPublishing
Make paperback storybooks and professionally typed, hardback classbooks. Make free books from every student's story. Make a free book for the classroom where every student is an author and illustrator of a page in a classbook.
Bookr
Create books with turning pages. Direct link to flickr for images.
PageFlip-Flap
Transform your doc, pdf, word, movie in an interactive flipbook. It's very easy: upload your file and you will receive an email with the url to your creation. You can share this with your friend, family... by email, on your blog, on facebook or twitter
FlipSnack
Online flipping book software that allows you to convert PDF documents into Flash page flip digital publications.Embed a book, magazine, catalog, newspaper, portfolio or any other kind of document into a website or blog.
Mixbook
Create book with turning pages. Upload images from your computer or from web. Embed into any webpage. example
Tikatok
Create a book. Upload images. Comment of the book. View online, embed, send via email or purchase hard copy tutorial tutorial
ClassTools
Create books with turning pages. Embed into any webpage.
SimpleBooklet
Create booklets, promotions, brochures and leaflets you can post anywhere across the social web.
ArtisanCam
Picture book maker. Make your own children's book
PeKay
Using very simple operations on the screen, tell your story through PeKay the piglet and friends. Print it out and you have a one-of-a-kind original picture storybook.
Bookrix
Connecting writers to readers. Upload and share your writing, read, review and critique
Yudu
Self-publish your own digital magazines, eBooks, digital brochures. Simply upload your PDFs to create search engine friendly page-turning publications that can be emailed or added to your website. Create your own personalized library to store and share your content.
Penzu
Free online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. You can keep your thoughts and ideas to yourself and share only if you want to!
Zooburst
Create customized 3D pop-up books. Books can be inspected from any angle from with a 3D space by rotating. Items can be made "clickable," allowing you to learn more about individual characters within a story. If you have a webcam installed on your computer simply click on the 'Augmented Reality' button at the top of the screen and watch as the book appears in the palm of your hand!
Storybird
Make stories in minutes. Free Class accounts to manage students without emails, create assignments, and build beautiful libraries. tutorial
Little Bird Tales
Capture your child's voice and imagination with our creative story building tool and share them with friends and family. tutorial video
StoryJumper
A place to create and discover stories for kids. Teach children to write a story in just 7 steps.
My Storymaker
Control characters and objects, creates sentences for you. Once you are done with your story, you can print it out. If you share it with others, you can print it out again by entering the magic number it gives you in the box on the right. Save the .pdf file that prints to your own computer.
PrimaryAccess
A suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.
Myths and Legends Story Creator
Wizard to create your story from start to finish.
Comic Strip Makers:
Toondoo
Create cartoon strips and cartoon books. Use your own photos or site graphics. Embed into any webpage.
Comiqs
Create cartoon pages, choose layout and design. Use your own photos or site graphics.
Pixton
Create your own comics without having to draw. Share and remix with your friends. Embed into any webpage.
Make Beliefs Comix
Use simple tools to create comic strips
Pikistrips
Create your own comic strip. Choose your layout, upload your photos, add your speech bubbles and effects. Share with friends.
Bitstrips
Create awesome comics and characters. Embed into any webpage.
Funny Times
Build your own cartoon.
Toonlet
Make your own cartoon strip or comic. tour
Chogger
Create your own cartoon strip or comic. Use your own drawings from scratch or upload your own photos or drawings.
Super Action Comic Maker
Create a story using super action comic heroes. Make a futuristic sculpture and watch it react.
Writing Tools:
MixedInk
Find a topic you care about and jump in,or create a new one and invite others to join. Contribute your ideas, mix & match others' ideas, or simply rate as you read. Create a single text that's more powerful because of the many contributors behind it.
DigitalIs
A collection of ideas, reflections, and stories about what it means to teach writing in our digital, interconnected world. Read, discuss, and share ideas about teaching writing today.
Zhura
Online script writer
Storymash
A creative writing community for authors, amateur writers, readers and anyone interested in collaborative fiction and collaborative creative writing.
Novlet
A web application designed to support collaborative writing of non-linear stories in any language. With Novlet you will be able to read stories written by other users, create your own ones, and choose the plot you like most from several alternatives.
WritingPrompts
These are some of the daily writing prompts that I use in class.
Springnote
An online notebook. Create pages, work on them with friends, and to share files. A great tool for group projects as it allows group members to easily collaborate. Advanced search, numerous templates, and 2GB of free file storage. Access it from anywhere anytime.
Fivesprockets
Screen writing software - import scripts from other screenwriting programs. Scheduling, casting, crewing story boarding and more!
Writeboard
Write, share, revise, compare. Sharable, web-based text documents that allows you to save every edit, roll back to any version. Write solo or collaborate with others.
WriteWith
We make writing online work for groups. In just a few seconds, get your own account where you can upload documents, share with other people, chat, assign tasks, and track everybody's actions with a comprehensive history.
Collab-O-Write
Enter your own story, add to an existing story, illustrate a story, write a story from an illustration or just get some writing tips.
Adobe Buzzword
Write and collaborate on documents anywhere, anytime. Online word processor, perfect for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others. It looks and behaves like your normal desktop word processor, but it operates inside a web browser, so there's no installation required.
Webnote
A tool for taking notes on your computer. Create a workspace and create notes in the workspace. You can save your workspace at any time and return to them from the same computer or any other computer. You can also share your notes with others by providing the workspace name (or url) to a friend. Great for collaborative ideas and brainstorming as many people can work on the same page at the same time, just by using different notes.
Linoit
Simple and easy web sticky note. Use lino anytime, anywhere. Post stickies not only from your PC, but also from outside via Email. Paste it, see it, and peel it off anywhere.
Webnotes
With WebNotes you can highlight text and stick notes to web pages. All highlights and notes are stored in folders within your WebNotes account. Pages you annotate can be shared through email or online links.
NotePub
Online notepad
Jotform
JotForm is a completely web based form builder. It has an intuitive drag&drop and instant edit form editor. You can create web forms, collect submissions and payments from your web site visitors.
Xpad
The ultimate notepad, TextEdit and Stickies replacement for Apple's OS X. You can create as many documents as you like, all of which are managed in one window. Attached to that window is a drawer containing a list of all the documents you've created. Any document can be selected and loaded instantly, at any time, allowing you to easily create and manage hundreds of documents without cluttering your desktop.
Piclits
A creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.
Writing Fun
Using text organisers to assist students with the writing process.
aMap
Create an 'argument map'. Argue by mapping out complex debates in a simple visual format. Embed your argument maps into any other website.
Webook
Write, review, vote, get published. Write alone or collaboratively. Give and receive feedback.
Phrasr
Write a phrase, Phrasr will find images to go with each word. You can change these to suit.
Paperrater
Grammar check, plagiarism dectection, free online proofreading
Wordle
Generate “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
Tagul
A web service that enables you to create gorgeous tag clouds. The words can be interactive - rollover effects, link to google search. Can use text or url link to make the tags. 20 clouds per user allowed.
Tagxedo
Turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.
WordMosiac
Write a comment or poem in the shape of hearts or other symbols.
WordItOut
Word cloud generator that gives you control with many custom settings. Free to use and no sign up required. Create from sentences, whole documents, web addresses or tables. Display or remove words and tweak their importance with ease. Choose your own colours, fonts and sizes. Easily embed them on your own website (as big or small as you want)
Wondersay
Animate your text. Find the style you want. Can embed and share.
example
TypingWeb
Free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. Also offers officially sanctioned typing and 10 Key certification.
DailyWritingTips
Daily articles on grammar, spelling, misused words, punctuation, fiction writing, freelance writing and more!
Dictionary, Grammar Tools, Plagiarism Tools and Spell Checkers:
Tip of my Tongue
Find that word that you've been thinking about all day. Search under part word, letters or meanings.
Grammar Grater
A weekly podcast about English words, grammar and usage for the Information Age.
GrammarBook
Free grammar tools such as rules, commonly confused words and grammar and punctuation videos.
Grammar Girl
Search for grammar rules and offers tips for better writing. Also, available via podcasts.
Lexipedia
Type in your word - parts of speech appear in different colors, with meanings attached.
Memidex
Free online dictionary/thesaurus with extensive cross-referencing, complete inflections, simple interface, and frequent updates.
WordAhead
Vocabulary videos for word meanings and use in sentences. Can upload own.
SavetheWords
Interactive site of challenging and unusual words to 'adopt'. Meanings and usage given.
Confusing Words
A collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.
The Free Dictionary
The world's most comprehensive dictionary: many languages, medical and legal dictionaries. Thesaurus, acronyms, abbreviations, idioms, encyclopedia, literature reference and a Search Engine all in one!
BigHugeLabs
Synonyms, antonyms, and rhymes. Also blog post ideas and story plot/logline resources for writers.
Spelling Cow
Can spell check as you type on any web page. Just add one line and your website will have a spell checker. You may also run SpellingCow on any website you visit via the use of a favelet.
Orangoo
Free Online Spell Checker. Spell Check your text or website. Fast and Accurate Results. No Software Required.
WordStash
Create your own digital flashcards and learn whatever you want in a fun and easy way. Half flashcard, half dictionary.
VisuWords
Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.
Plagium
Track plagiarism by pasting your original text and checking.
Dupli Checker
Track plagiarism by pasting your original text and checking.
Quoting and Referencing Tools:
Citebite
Paste a chunk of text and the URL of the page containing the text and in return get a link that opens directly to your selection and highlights it.
Citation Wizard
Automatically generates citations according to MLA style speficiations. In addition to instant citation generation, it allows you to create an entire bibliography document from scratch! You will be able to begin a document, add entries to it, and save the document to your computer.
Zotero
Free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage and cite your research sources.
CitationMaker
Create records for books, web sites, interviews, images, music and sound effects, videos and animation, and more. Records can be formatted in either APA or MLA format.
Bibliobouts
Play the BiblioBouts online game to learn the process of finding high quality information while you complete your assignments.
EasyBib
Free automatic bibliography and citation maker. Search for your source, build your bibliography, print or export it.
OttoBib
Make a bibliography by entering ISB numbers.
APA Website Citation
Create your APA website citation
Smories
A place to publish original stories for kids, read by kids
StudentPublishing
Make paperback storybooks and professionally typed, hardback classbooks. Make free books from every student's story. Make a free book for the classroom where every student is an author and illustrator of a page in a classbook.
Bookr
Create books with turning pages. Direct link to flickr for images.
PageFlip-Flap
Transform your doc, pdf, word, movie in an interactive flipbook. It's very easy: upload your file and you will receive an email with the url to your creation. You can share this with your friend, family... by email, on your blog, on facebook or twitter
FlipSnack
Online flipping book software that allows you to convert PDF documents into Flash page flip digital publications.Embed a book, magazine, catalog, newspaper, portfolio or any other kind of document into a website or blog.
Mixbook
Create book with turning pages. Upload images from your computer or from web. Embed into any webpage. example
Tikatok
Create a book. Upload images. Comment of the book. View online, embed, send via email or purchase hard copy tutorial tutorial
ClassTools
Create books with turning pages. Embed into any webpage.
SimpleBooklet
Create booklets, promotions, brochures and leaflets you can post anywhere across the social web.
ArtisanCam
Picture book maker. Make your own children's book
PeKay
Using very simple operations on the screen, tell your story through PeKay the piglet and friends. Print it out and you have a one-of-a-kind original picture storybook.
Bookrix
Connecting writers to readers. Upload and share your writing, read, review and critique
Yudu
Self-publish your own digital magazines, eBooks, digital brochures. Simply upload your PDFs to create search engine friendly page-turning publications that can be emailed or added to your website. Create your own personalized library to store and share your content.
Penzu
Free online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. You can keep your thoughts and ideas to yourself and share only if you want to!
Zooburst
Create customized 3D pop-up books. Books can be inspected from any angle from with a 3D space by rotating. Items can be made "clickable," allowing you to learn more about individual characters within a story. If you have a webcam installed on your computer simply click on the 'Augmented Reality' button at the top of the screen and watch as the book appears in the palm of your hand!
Storybird
Make stories in minutes. Free Class accounts to manage students without emails, create assignments, and build beautiful libraries. tutorial
Little Bird Tales
Capture your child's voice and imagination with our creative story building tool and share them with friends and family. tutorial video
StoryJumper
A place to create and discover stories for kids. Teach children to write a story in just 7 steps.
My Storymaker
Control characters and objects, creates sentences for you. Once you are done with your story, you can print it out. If you share it with others, you can print it out again by entering the magic number it gives you in the box on the right. Save the .pdf file that prints to your own computer.
PrimaryAccess
A suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.
Myths and Legends Story Creator
Wizard to create your story from start to finish.
Comic Strip Makers:
Toondoo
Create cartoon strips and cartoon books. Use your own photos or site graphics. Embed into any webpage.
Comiqs
Create cartoon pages, choose layout and design. Use your own photos or site graphics.
Pixton
Create your own comics without having to draw. Share and remix with your friends. Embed into any webpage.
Make Beliefs Comix
Use simple tools to create comic strips
Pikistrips
Create your own comic strip. Choose your layout, upload your photos, add your speech bubbles and effects. Share with friends.
Bitstrips
Create awesome comics and characters. Embed into any webpage.
Funny Times
Build your own cartoon.
Toonlet
Make your own cartoon strip or comic. tour
Chogger
Create your own cartoon strip or comic. Use your own drawings from scratch or upload your own photos or drawings.
Super Action Comic Maker
Create a story using super action comic heroes. Make a futuristic sculpture and watch it react.
Writing Tools:
MixedInk
Find a topic you care about and jump in,or create a new one and invite others to join. Contribute your ideas, mix & match others' ideas, or simply rate as you read. Create a single text that's more powerful because of the many contributors behind it.
DigitalIs
A collection of ideas, reflections, and stories about what it means to teach writing in our digital, interconnected world. Read, discuss, and share ideas about teaching writing today.
Zhura
Online script writer
Storymash
A creative writing community for authors, amateur writers, readers and anyone interested in collaborative fiction and collaborative creative writing.
Novlet
A web application designed to support collaborative writing of non-linear stories in any language. With Novlet you will be able to read stories written by other users, create your own ones, and choose the plot you like most from several alternatives.
WritingPrompts
These are some of the daily writing prompts that I use in class.
Springnote
An online notebook. Create pages, work on them with friends, and to share files. A great tool for group projects as it allows group members to easily collaborate. Advanced search, numerous templates, and 2GB of free file storage. Access it from anywhere anytime.
Fivesprockets
Screen writing software - import scripts from other screenwriting programs. Scheduling, casting, crewing story boarding and more!
Writeboard
Write, share, revise, compare. Sharable, web-based text documents that allows you to save every edit, roll back to any version. Write solo or collaborate with others.
WriteWith
We make writing online work for groups. In just a few seconds, get your own account where you can upload documents, share with other people, chat, assign tasks, and track everybody's actions with a comprehensive history.
Collab-O-Write
Enter your own story, add to an existing story, illustrate a story, write a story from an illustration or just get some writing tips.
Adobe Buzzword
Write and collaborate on documents anywhere, anytime. Online word processor, perfect for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others. It looks and behaves like your normal desktop word processor, but it operates inside a web browser, so there's no installation required.
Webnote
A tool for taking notes on your computer. Create a workspace and create notes in the workspace. You can save your workspace at any time and return to them from the same computer or any other computer. You can also share your notes with others by providing the workspace name (or url) to a friend. Great for collaborative ideas and brainstorming as many people can work on the same page at the same time, just by using different notes.
Linoit
Simple and easy web sticky note. Use lino anytime, anywhere. Post stickies not only from your PC, but also from outside via Email. Paste it, see it, and peel it off anywhere.
Webnotes
With WebNotes you can highlight text and stick notes to web pages. All highlights and notes are stored in folders within your WebNotes account. Pages you annotate can be shared through email or online links.
NotePub
Online notepad
Jotform
JotForm is a completely web based form builder. It has an intuitive drag&drop and instant edit form editor. You can create web forms, collect submissions and payments from your web site visitors.
Xpad
The ultimate notepad, TextEdit and Stickies replacement for Apple's OS X. You can create as many documents as you like, all of which are managed in one window. Attached to that window is a drawer containing a list of all the documents you've created. Any document can be selected and loaded instantly, at any time, allowing you to easily create and manage hundreds of documents without cluttering your desktop.
Piclits
A creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.
Writing Fun
Using text organisers to assist students with the writing process.
aMap
Create an 'argument map'. Argue by mapping out complex debates in a simple visual format. Embed your argument maps into any other website.
Webook
Write, review, vote, get published. Write alone or collaboratively. Give and receive feedback.
Phrasr
Write a phrase, Phrasr will find images to go with each word. You can change these to suit.
Paperrater
Grammar check, plagiarism dectection, free online proofreading
Wordle
Generate “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
Tagul
A web service that enables you to create gorgeous tag clouds. The words can be interactive - rollover effects, link to google search. Can use text or url link to make the tags. 20 clouds per user allowed.
Tagxedo
Turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.
WordMosiac
Write a comment or poem in the shape of hearts or other symbols.
WordItOut
Word cloud generator that gives you control with many custom settings. Free to use and no sign up required. Create from sentences, whole documents, web addresses or tables. Display or remove words and tweak their importance with ease. Choose your own colours, fonts and sizes. Easily embed them on your own website (as big or small as you want)
Wondersay
Animate your text. Find the style you want. Can embed and share.
example
TypingWeb
Free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. Also offers officially sanctioned typing and 10 Key certification.
DailyWritingTips
Daily articles on grammar, spelling, misused words, punctuation, fiction writing, freelance writing and more!
Dictionary, Grammar Tools, Plagiarism Tools and Spell Checkers:
Tip of my Tongue
Find that word that you've been thinking about all day. Search under part word, letters or meanings.
Grammar Grater
A weekly podcast about English words, grammar and usage for the Information Age.
GrammarBook
Free grammar tools such as rules, commonly confused words and grammar and punctuation videos.
Grammar Girl
Search for grammar rules and offers tips for better writing. Also, available via podcasts.
Lexipedia
Type in your word - parts of speech appear in different colors, with meanings attached.
Memidex
Free online dictionary/thesaurus with extensive cross-referencing, complete inflections, simple interface, and frequent updates.
WordAhead
Vocabulary videos for word meanings and use in sentences. Can upload own.
SavetheWords
Interactive site of challenging and unusual words to 'adopt'. Meanings and usage given.
Confusing Words
A collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.
The Free Dictionary
The world's most comprehensive dictionary: many languages, medical and legal dictionaries. Thesaurus, acronyms, abbreviations, idioms, encyclopedia, literature reference and a Search Engine all in one!
BigHugeLabs
Synonyms, antonyms, and rhymes. Also blog post ideas and story plot/logline resources for writers.
Spelling Cow
Can spell check as you type on any web page. Just add one line and your website will have a spell checker. You may also run SpellingCow on any website you visit via the use of a favelet.
Orangoo
Free Online Spell Checker. Spell Check your text or website. Fast and Accurate Results. No Software Required.
WordStash
Create your own digital flashcards and learn whatever you want in a fun and easy way. Half flashcard, half dictionary.
VisuWords
Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.
Plagium
Track plagiarism by pasting your original text and checking.
Dupli Checker
Track plagiarism by pasting your original text and checking.
Quoting and Referencing Tools:
Citebite
Paste a chunk of text and the URL of the page containing the text and in return get a link that opens directly to your selection and highlights it.
Citation Wizard
Automatically generates citations according to MLA style speficiations. In addition to instant citation generation, it allows you to create an entire bibliography document from scratch! You will be able to begin a document, add entries to it, and save the document to your computer.
Zotero
Free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage and cite your research sources.
CitationMaker
Create records for books, web sites, interviews, images, music and sound effects, videos and animation, and more. Records can be formatted in either APA or MLA format.
Bibliobouts
Play the BiblioBouts online game to learn the process of finding high quality information while you complete your assignments.
EasyBib
Free automatic bibliography and citation maker. Search for your source, build your bibliography, print or export it.
OttoBib
Make a bibliography by entering ISB numbers.
APA Website Citation
Create your APA website citation