Writing+Tools

‍**Tools to help with writing: Written publications** Using one of the writing tools listed below, create a product you could currently use with your students or your Unit of Study. Upl oad the finished product to your personal website.


 * ======[|Tagxedo] -turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes -into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text. Tagxedo FAQ Tagxedo Tutorial ======
 * ======[|Wordle]  is a toy for generating “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. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. 38 interesting ways to use Wordle in your Classroom How to save a Wordle ======
 * ======[|Tagul] : Tagul clouds are designed to be used on blogs, web pages or any kind of sites as a replacement of ordinary tag clouds. Tagul is a web service that enables you to create gorgeous tag clouds. Each tag in Tagul cloud is linked with an URL and is “clickable” that enables visitors to use it for navigation. Tagul has some features that Wordle doesn’t, like custom shapes selection and multiple fonts usage in one cloud. Tagul Tutorial ======
 * ======[|WordSift]  was created to help teachers manage the demands of vocabulary and academic language in their text materials. WordSift helps anyone easily sift through texts -- just cut and paste any text into WordSift and you can engage in a verbal quick-capture! The program helps to quickly identify important words that appear in the text, with the ability to mark and sort different lists of words important to educators. WordSift has also been integrated with Visual Thesaurus and Google image and video search. With just a click on any word in the Tag Cloud, the program displays instances of sentences in which that word is used in the text. ======
 * [|Shape Collage]: Create a collage of shapes with links
 * [|Teloscopic Text:] Is an online set of tools for expanding a students writing. Very cool!
 * [|Pic.Lits:] Is a creative writing site that hooks up images and keywords. Capture the essence of the story by putting the right images and word together.
 * [|Primary Wall:] Is a web-based sticky note tool geared towards primary grades.
 * [|StoryBird:]Storybird allows you to write stories based on art inspired images.
 * ======<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Word Mosaic] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Write a comment or poem in the shape of hearts or other symbols. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__[|Toon Doo]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a few clicks, drag and drop and you have a comic. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__[|Comic Creator,]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on). ======
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make Beliefts: Create your own Comix Strip - can write in different languages!
 * ======<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__[|Tika Tok book publishing]__Create a book by uploading images. View online, embed and send via email. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Brochure Maker Create and print a brochure or flyer in minutes. ======