Many people, especially those with children, have those little magnetic words that they place on their refrigerator to make phrases. Imagine a website that provides that type of writing experience but also provides a picture to write about. PicLits is a great site to use whether you want students to write a sentence, paragraph, a poem, or even list descriptive words in order to capture the essence or meaning of the picture. Once users select a picture, they have a choice of using the word bank that is provided to create their writing or they can simply go "freestyle" and write what they wish on their own. If the user wants to save a copy of the PicLit they created, they will need to create an account for themselves (its free) or possibly they could sign in under their teacher's account.
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Thanks for the kudos and sample simile you wrote of the girl floating on water. We are in over-load and trying to find a partner in order to produce a NEW site. See the COMING SOON tab on the home page. It is a static draft that could be really exciting for all ages. Feel free to give us feedback. We have a CONTACT US form on the site. DRAG-N-DROP is most helpful in teaching grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and other fundamentals. Using is WHITE board is scary cool. The demo's we did had the students total attention. Thanks again
ReplyDeleteTerry, founder of PicLits