Grammar Writing Site Recommendation

At this content-rich site the main page's links break further down to sentence level, paragraph level, and essay level. The site also contains samples of business writing and research papers, PowerPoint presentations, interactive quizzes, Q&A service, book resource list, on-line resource list, quotes from famous people on writing, and "grammar goofs" gleaned from college and high school writing. The "goofs" page does contain some innuendos. Besides a well-linked index, the site offers its own search engine. (Source: TechLearning.com)

On digital publishing

Over the past few years, learners have been granted new opportunities to tell and share their own stories. Students who write and publish, hone their communication skills and contribute their emerging creative voices to our world. We can nurture young writers by providing them the tools they need to create and share.

Teens will use formal writing skills as needed

Young people communicate in instant-message conversations much as they do when speaking to each other, says Sali Tagliamonte, a professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto, adding they seamlessly blend slang and short forms -- just as adults do -- with the more conservative, formal language one might expect from their parents or grandparents. Read more here.

Technology a key tool in writing instruction

While there are still many obstacles facing teachers in implementing technology, teachers play a critical role in driving the use of technology to teach writing, says “Writing, Learning, and Leading in the Digital Age,” a recent report by the National Writing Project (NWP) and the College Board.

Second annual National Day on Writing

The second annual National Day on Writing, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, will be celebrated October 20, 2010. In preparation, NCTE is collecting a vast sample of writing from across America at the companion National Gallery of Writing -- a virtual space "where people who perhaps have never thought of themselves as writers -- mothers, bus drivers, fathers, veterans, nurses, firefighters, sanitation workers, stockbrokers -- select and post writing that is important to them." The Gallery welcomes submissions of all types in many formats and includes a Local Partner Gallery with works from writers in classroom and schools, clubs, workplaces, cities, etc.