Writing+Support

Writing involves two types of support, those that help generate and produce around content and tools that assist with the mechanics. Digital Story Telling Wiki: Nice examples of projects and idea/how tos on using digital tools to tell the story. http://digital-stories.wikispaces.com/
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Squiggly Story Builders: Offers a number of story starters originally created by kids, Web based but also works on iPad and Android devices, completed story can be saved on the computer or copy/ pasted to a word document on the mobile devices. Wacky webtales also offers this type of activity []

Check out the comic page on this wiki for comic creators. Research is showing student engagement is high using these tools and that the limited writing spaces work well as a writing format for reluctant or struggling writers.

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[] Weekly writing contest given a topic, a prop and a place. Stories are submitted online and10 are picked from the pool to share with others.

Why reinvent the wheel. Spectronics has a nice summary wiki on keyboard alternatives: []
 * MECHANICS**

Word prediction: []