Links to presentation resources
Seven steps to writing success
- Sizzling Starts – start with an image and have students write an opening sentence. My attempts below:
- Sarah added to the screaming hurricane by switching on her hair dryer.
- Neville was surprised that everyone else forgot their 3D glasses – what a bunch of pansies…
- Sometimes you just need to be held. Oscar was no exception.
- “Finally we caught the human”. It was the end of a long and stressful operation but eventually the donuts were triumphant.
“Technology must be like oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary and invisible.”
Chris Lehmann
TextEase Tools:
- Text prediction: I am not going anywhere until the end of the world of the world.
- Audio maker – select text and turn into an mp3
Other Tools:
- https://www.pixton.com/uk/ – create comics (see the above class photo)
- https://www.storyboardthat.com/
- https://www.thinglink.com/ – upload an image and make parts of the image clickable
- https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ – easily create your own comic.
- https://www.themostdangerouswritingapp.com/– has a countdown timer to encourage students to write. Writing disappears when time is up.
- https://ifaketextmessage.com/
