Sophia Learning
Sophia: Easy to Create Graphic Organizers
Two PDF's that can be viewed online or downloaded and printed. The first is one page showing students several examples of abbreviations that can be used when taking notes. The second is a four pages and shows how different types of...
Other
Shauna Kelly: How to Create a Table of Contents in Word
This article explores how to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word using the styles tool. Written with step-by-step instructions, the article includes information on how to create the table of contents, how to customize it, and...
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Online vs. Print Publishing
A thorough and well-researched resource on the history and advantages/disadvantages of print and online publishing. W.9-10.6 Techno
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Writing for the Web
A resource for writers who are interested in writing, planning, and coding their own websites. Includes step-by-step instructions and links to further information.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing for an Audience
A seven-slide presentation discussing the importance of writing to an audience in order to establish tone, strengthen word choice, and determine what supporting details to include.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Standard Documentation Formats
Documenting Internet resources is becoming standardized. You'll find some of the basics here, plus links to more detailed guidelines now included in respected academic style guides. L.9-10.3a Standard Format, W.11-12.6 Technology,...
Other
Designing a Readable User Manual
An article with information and strategies for technical document writing. More article under "Resources".
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Success Skills: Computer Based Writing
This instructional activity focuses on using word processing programs to complete writing assignments. It uses Microsoft Word 2013 as a model for videos that show basic, intermediate, and advanced word processing skills. It also lists...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Typing
Resource provides factsheets, a video, and worksheets on how to improve typing.
CBS
Tech Republic: Project Manager: Graphics 101
Detailed beginner's tutorial in creating online graphics. Requires access to a bitmap editor. Choose among topics, or work the entire 15 page tutorial in order.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using Google Docs to Write for Audience
Students write and digitally publish a weekly newsletter using Google Docs. The content will be a synthesis of interesting issues from their class as well as some outside news and issues which directly impact students. The target...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Do You Know How?
Students will write in a technical genre. "Technical writing conveys specific information about a technical subject to a specific audience for a specific purpose. The words and graphics of technical writing are meant to be practical:...
FNO Press
From Now On: Graphical Organizers as Thinking Technology
From Now On explains the purpose and advantages of graphic organizers such as converting complex information into meaningful displays, helping students plan their research, and sometimes acting as mind maps. There are several examples...
Other
Newswriting for Radio
Students and writers can get pointers on improving writing skills for newscasts. Click through all the tabs to get the most out of this tutorial. This site also links to other radio journalism websites.
Other
Write Words: Word Frequency Counter
A simple writing tool where one can paste in a piece of text, and count how many times each word appears in the text. A good tool to use to avoid over-using words.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: 10 Graphic Organizers for Download
These graphic organizers will engage students in planning strategies for writing assignments. Students will participate in planning stories and critiques via story maps and critique planning sheets.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: In the Newspaper
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is In the Newspaper. Other links are included.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Formatting Your Paper
This site gives general formatting guidelines applicable to most papers.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Thinking Maps the Bubble Map
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach your students to visualize the writing process using this graphic organizer as a tool.
Other
The Internet Writing Journal
Net magazine specializing in writing includes journaling ideas, interviews, book excerpts, reviews, and feature articles. Also lists writing job network.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Creating a Newletter
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students enrolled in computer applications, computer literacy, or desktop publishing classes learn the basics of creating a newsletter.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revision Techniques: Eliminating Excess
This lesson discusses how to revise a paper to remove extraneous information.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing including webs, flow charts, essay maps, concept wheels, and more.