Week 2: Blog and News Alert

     After reviewing my Google Reader I enjoyed reading the blogs I had subscribed to. One of the blogs I subscribed to is called Sharing Technology. I wanted to find blogs that give teachers various ideas in which to use smart notebook lessons and/or websites to engage students in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. This blog introduced me to three websites in which to engage students in writing stories.  One site is called Wicked The Zoo, where students can create a story from a picture. Navigating the site, I found other activities students can do such as Missing Words and Word find. Another website is RIF Reading Planet Story Maker. Students again select an image and can begin creating a story from the image they choose. Lastly, A Timely Tale is the other website in which students can create their own stories.


     These websites are great to get students comfortable with writing. The images and engagement through technology helps the student not have writer's block when creating a story. These are tools that will help any child get rid of their fear of writing because they are guided in a fun interactive way.