Online Writing

Today I had the adventure of exploring online writing options. The only exposure I have had to online writing is through my daughter Ciara who enjoys contributing to one of the fanfiction sites. My favorite sites were: Slice (I am not sure where I found this site), Comic Creator 2.0, and We Tell Stories. Slice gets you to follow the story using Web 2.0 tools (such as blog sites and twitter) which I thought was a clever way to integrate the use of these tools. We Tell Stories used a variety of tools such as google maps to help you follow the characters movement in the story. Comic Creator 2.0 was the site that I played with the most to create a comic tribute to my husband the all the moving he has done to get our daughters to where they need to be at this point in their lives. The comic is called "Moving Man". I was able to save it to my documents, but it did not print out in its entirety. The only things that printed were the captions. It was alot of fun. I also saw a section on creating your personal narratives which is something I have become insterested in recently. There was some discussion about the importance of developing your personal narrative with respect to our profession at the Harvard Institute for the Future of Learning. I think the kids would enjoy using some of these online writing sites for some of their assignments.