Websites_And_Apps

=Websites and Apps for Teaching Digital Writing= toc Desktop Applications ||~ Free or Low Cost App (iOS/Android) ||
 * ~  ||~ Free and Web-Based ||~ Free and/or Open Source
 * ~ ==Brainstorming== || * Gliffy
 * Creately
 * Answergarden
 * bubbl.us
 * CorkboardMe
 * Cacoo
 * MindMeister
 * Popplet
 * Lucid Chart
 * Text2Mindmap
 * RealTime Board
 * Padlet
 * Pinball
 * Connected Mind (Google Chrome Extension)
 * SpiderScribe
 * Coggle
 * Lino
 * Padlet || * [|Mind Node Lite (Mac)]
 * [|Free Mind] || * [|SimpleMind+ (iOS)]
 * Popplet Lite
 * Inkflow (iOS)
 * AirSketch Free (iOS)
 * iBrainstorm (iOS)
 * SyncSpace (iOS and Android)
 * Conojo Whiteboard ($1.99 iOS) ||
 * ~ ==Documenting Sources== || * Citelighter
 * Citation Machine
 * EasyBib
 * [|Instagrok]
 * RefMe
 * Scrible || * Zotero (Integrates with Word and Open Office)
 * Mendeley || * Evernote
 * Mendeley (iOS) ||
 * ~ ==**Crafting Collaborative Texts**== || * [|TitanPad]
 * Mixed Ink
 * PBWorks
 * GoogleDocs
 * Editorially ||  || "10 Awesome iPad Writing Apps" ||
 * ~ ==Crafting Web-Based Texts== || Blogs, Wikis, and Websites
 * Wikispaces
 * PBWorks
 * Weebly
 * Edublogs
 * Hackpad
 * [|Blogger]
 * Kidblog
 * Paragraph Punch
 * [|Blogger]
 * Kidblog
 * Paragraph Punch

Storytelling >
 * [|Storybird]
 * [|Cowbird]
 * [|Storify]
 * [|Storyjumper]
 * [|Best Pack of Acrhitecture Design, Art Design, Graphic Design, Web Design, and Many More..]
 * [|Best Pack Design]
 * [|Architecture Design]
 * [|Art Design]
 * [|Graphic Design]
 * [|Web Design]

Hypertexts
 * Hypertexttopia
 * Codeacademy

Transmedia
 * Meograph

Magazines
 * Zeen

Digital Books
 * Atavist

For Graphic Design
 * Adobe Spark
 * Canva
 * Fotojet
 * Genially || Websites
 * NVU

Transmedia Stories
 * Sophie Project || Mobile Apps for Creating Websites


 * Zapd (iOS) (Android)
 * Tumblr (iOS) (Android)

Mobile Apps for Documenting Student Work
 * Evernote
 * Three Ring

Mobile Apps for Graphic Design
 * Adobe Spark (iOS) ||
 * ~ ==Crafting Presentations== || Presentation Tools
 * Prezi
 * Google Presentations
 * Slide Rocket
 * [|ZohoShow]
 * [|280 Slides]
 * [|Powtoon]
 * [|Glogster]
 * [|Glogster.edu]
 * Vuvox
 * Museum Box
 * rvl
 * Flipsnack
 * Biteslide
 * PowToon
 * Sprite
 * Sprite

For Infographics
 * Ease.ly
 * StatSilk
 * Hohli
 * Many Eyes
 * Visual.ly
 * Venngage
 * Infogr.am
 * Tableau Public
 * What About Me?
 * Piktochart
 * [|Phoster]
 * Daytum
 * AmCharts
 * iCharts
 * ChartsBin
 * SIMILE Widgets
 * Presenter

For Word Clouds
 * Wordle
 * Tagxedo
 * Tagul
 * Wordsift
 * Textivate
 * [|Word it Out]
 * TagCrowd

For Timelines
 * Timeglider
 * Capzles
 * Dipity
 * [|xtimeline]
 * Timeline JS
 * Time Toast
 * Meograph

For Photo Editing
 * Pixlr
 * PicMonkey
 * PicLit

For Drawing
 * Sketchpad

For Digital Books
 * Storybird
 * Flipsnack || Presentations Tools
 * Open Office Impress
 * Voicethread

For Infographics
 * Inkscape

For Photo Editing
 * GIMP

For Desktop Publishing
 * Scribus || Presentations Tools
 * Sliderocket (iOS)

For Photo Editing
 * Mixel (iOS)

For E-Books
 * [|iBook Author (iOS)]
 * Scribble Press (iOS)
 * Book Creator (iOS, $5.49)
 * Book Writer (iOS, $3.99)
 * My Story (iOS, $3.99)
 * Creative Book Builder (iOS, $4.99)
 * Little Story Maker (iOS, Free)
 * Story Creator (iOS, Free)
 * Picturebook (iOS, $3.99)
 * StoryKit (iOS, Free)
 * Writer's Studio (iOS, $4.99)
 * Storyteller Deluxe (iOS, $0.99)
 * StoryBuddy 2 (iOS, $3.99)
 * eBook Journal (iOS, $4.99)
 * Scribble Press (iOS, $4.49)
 * Scribble Press My Story (iOS, Free)

For Infographics
 * Photo Stats (iOS, .99)
 * InFoto (Android, Free) ||
 * ~ ==Crafting Audio== || Online Audio Editors
 * Audiotool
 * Audiotool

Brief Voice Only Recordings
 * SoundCloud
 * AudioBoo
 * QR Voice
 * Vocaroo
 * Chirbit
 * audiopal
 * Twisted Wave

Additional Podcasting Tools || * Audacity (Mac/Win)
 * Wavosaur (Win)
 * Garageband (Mac)
 * Power Sound Editor (Windows)
 * Music Editor Free (Windows)
 * Ardour (Mac/Linux) || * AudioBoo (iOS) (Android)
 * [|SoundCloud] (iOS & Android)
 * iTalk (iOS) ||
 * ~ ==Crafting Video== || * WeVideo
 * Pixorial
 * Little Bird Tales
 * [|Mozilla Popcorn]
 * Animoto (education)
 * [|Youtube Video Editor]
 * Stupeflix
 * [|Vuvox]
 * [|Vuvox]

Animated Videos
 * GoAnimate
 * [|Xtranormal]

Video Annotation
 * Video Notes
 * Vialogues
 * Video ANT || * VideoLAN Movie Creator
 * Avidemux
 * iMovie (Mac)
 * Windows Movie Maker (Movie Maker tutorials)
 * Photostory (Win)
 * PhotoStory 3 (Win)
 * Digital Storytelling with Scratch
 * Wax
 * Blender

Stop Motion Animation
 * SAM Animation (Mac/PC) || * [|Vimeo] (iOS)
 * ShowMe
 * Educreations (iOS)
 * Animoto (iOS) (Android)
 * Screenchomp (iOS)
 * Knowmia (iOS)
 * Riffiti (iOS/Android) ||
 * ~ ==Digital Humanities Tools==

|| Portfolios
 * Dropr
 * List of 15 tools from Design Instruct || Archival
 * Omeka

Maps & Timelines
 * Neatline ||  ||
 * ~ ==Social Networking Tools== || Social Networking
 * Edmodo
 * Schoology
 * Twitter
 * YouthVoices
 * [|Google]+
 * Ning
 * Spruz
 * Wackwall || Curating
 * Diigo
 * Scoop.it
 * Pinterest
 * [|Storify] || Back-channeling
 * Today’s Meet
 * HootCourse

Text Messaging
 * Cel.ly
 * Polleverywhere
 * [|Wiffiti] ||

Writing Communities for Youth
 * Seymour Simon's Science Blog
 * Young Writers Project
 * Youth Voices
 * Figment

Additional Media, Genres, and Processes for Digital Writing

 * ===Video Games===
 * Sketch Nation Studio (iOS, Free) - Video Games
 * Game Star Mechanic
 * === Comics Strips ===
 * [|Comic Stip Creator]
 * [|ToonDo Comics]
 * [|Make Your Own Comic Book]
 * [|Comic Strip Layouts]
 * [|Make Believe Comics]
 * [|Stacks]
 * [|Bitstrips]
 * Chogger
 * [|Superhero Comics]
 * Toontastic (iOS)
 * DIY LOL
 * Domo Animate
 * Comic Life (medium/low cost)
 * ===DIY/Making===
 * Maker Faire (Wikipedia Article)
 * SparkFun Electronics
 * Ada Fruit
 * ===Creative Commons Licensed Materials===
 * Photos for Class
 * Unsplash (Photos)
 * Freesound (Sound Effects)
 * Jamendo (Music)

Websites with Digital Mentor Texts and Educator Resources

 * Mentor Texts in the Digital Writing Workshop Blog Series (this was a Posterous blog that was closed when bought up by Twitter). Here are links to the individual bloggers and their posts in the "digital mentors" series:
 * Bill Bass
 * Katie DiCesare
 * Kevin Hodgson
 * Tony Keefer
 * Franki Sibberson
 * Troy Hicks
 * Creative Narrations
 * University of Houston's Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
 * Center for Digital Storytelling's YouTube Channel
 * Digital Origami-Blooms Taxonomy with Digital Tools
 * Joseph McCaleb's GoodStories246 “Teaching Narratives across the oral, print, & digital media”
 * Alan Levine's "50 Ways to Tell a Story" Wiki
 * [|Activities that may spark ideas or creativitiy]
 * [|Fun Brain: Grammar Gorillas]
 * [|Fun Brain: The Plural Girls]
 * [|Fun Brain: Wacky Tales]
 * [|Fun Brain: Word Confusion]
 * [|Fun Brain: Spell-a-roo]
 * [|Fun Brain: Spell Checker]
 * [|Writing Prompt Resource]
 * eThemes: []
 * Bob’s Place: []
 * Writing Fix: []
 * University of Texas Digital Writing and Research Lab's Lesson Plan Website
 * George Mason University Center for History and New Media
 * Open Culture's 200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More
 * Presentation Design Guides from Slide Rocket: Beginner and Rookie Levels
 * Blog Post on Creating RSA-Style Animated Videos
 * The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual
 * TeachThought's 21 Creative Digital Essays You Can Use In Your Classroom
 * Tips from This American Life on making radio stories
 * Notre Dame's Remix ProjectNotre Dame's Remix Project: " ... a site that helps students effectively use and responsibly apply digital media."
 * The University of Michigan's Sweetland Center for Writing's "Supporting Multimodal Literacy" Teaching Resources
 * The One Minutes Jr: Sponsored by Unicef and the Sandberg Instituut Amersterdam
 * Imagination Soup created by children and faculty of The Westminster Community School (News Article)

Other Great Resources for Finding Web Services and Apps

 * AlternativeTo.net
 * Cool Tools for Schools
 * Cool Apps for Schools
 * Digital Writing Tools from NWP's Digital Is
 * Web 2.0 Ed Tech Toolbox
 * 21st Century Literacies Resources by Shelbie Witte

Contributors to This Page

 * Troy Hicks (@hickstro)
 * Ben Rimes ([|@techsavvyed])
 * Jeremy Hyler (@jeremybballer)
 * Elizabeth Nelson (@nelsonb84)
 * Ryan Rish ([|@ryanrish])
 * Jill Castek (@jillcastek)
 * Andy Schoenborn ([|@aschoenborn])
 * Karen Chichester (@kchichester)
 * Colette Marie Bennett [|(@teachcmb56)]
 * Kyle Dunbar (@edtechdunny)
 * Valerie Burton (@MsBisOnline)
 * Melissa Yip ([|@meldan06])
 * Seth Mitchell ([|@scmitch])
 * Shanedra Nowell ([|@sdilese]
 * Jen Bourne ([|@julietcordelia])
 * Aram Kabodian (@akabodian)
 * Erin Busch-Grabmeyer (@erinbg18)
 * Candance Doerr-Stevens ([|@digflicks])
 * Gail Desler (@GailDesler)
 * Kevin Hodgson ([|@dogtrax])
 * Brian Kelley (@[|_briank_])
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 * Carl Young ([|@carl_young])
 * Lori Beth De Hertogh (@lbdehertogh )
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 * Ron Houtman (@ronhoutman)
 * Michael Brewster (@[|brewcuse])

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