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=Publishing Tools=

BigUniverse [] Don't go crazy trying to collect writing samples of your __students__' __best__ __work__ to create your classroom anthology. This year, it's time to go digital! Big Universe not only allows __students__ to read a wide-variety of picture books __online__, they can also publish their own in just a matter of minutes. The best part? It's __FREE__! (An in-depth review of the product is available in the October issue of [|School Library Journal's] "Digital Resources Column.") Example: [|The Determined Dog]

BitStrips for __Schools__ []

Boom Writer @http://boomwriter.com/ Collaborative writing for an authentic audience

__Boom__ Writer [] __Boom__ Writer provides a "starter chapter" for a story and __students__ continue the story by writing additional chapters. The chapters submitted (anonymously) by __students__ are voted on and the chapters receiving the most votes make it into a book that __students__, teachers, and parents can choose to have published by __Boom__ Writer.

Comic Master @http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/ Create your own graphic novels

Curate.Us [] Input a URL and get the embed __code__ for the image of the page plus a shortened link for posting.

DK ClipArt @http://www.clipart.dk.co.uk/ Use DK ClipArt to create and publish a project on their site.

Easelly @http://www.easel.ly/ Create and share infographics

Foboko http://www.foboko.com/ Create and __#|publish ebooks__

Fur.ly [] Shorten multiple URLs at once.

Go2Web20 [] A directory of __web__ 2.0 applications and __services__

Gunn Map @http://www.gunn.co.nz/map/ Just copy and paste your data to create your own informational map

Image Maps [] Upload an image and add hyperlinks to areas of the image.

Infogram @http://infogr.am/ Create interactive infographics

International Childrens Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ Read books and contribute your own books!

KidBlog [] Set up blogs for kids in your classroom -- no e-mails needed.

LegoCity Comic Builder http://city.lego.com/en-us/comic-builder/my-comics/ Build your own comics using Lego characters

Little Bird Tales [] Digitalstorytelling tool

Livebinders @http://www.livebinders.com Create a web-based multimedia 3-Ring Binder Examples: Open Educational Resources STEM Resources Mobile Learning An Educator's Guide to Twitter

__Lulu__ [] Create your own e-book or printed book

Make Beliefs Comix [] Create your own comics strip

MakeSweet @http://www.makesweet.com/mixer/my-intersect Create a Venn diagram with photos and text

MixBooks for Educators [] Create, share, __#|print your own books__!

Moglue @http://moglue.com Create digital books and publish for download through __iTunes Store__

Museum __Box__ @http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ Place multimedia items in a virtual box (think shadow box) for __online__ presentation

MyeBook http://www.myebook.com/ Make, create, share, __#|sell your books__

Myths & Legends Story Creator []

QR __Treasure Hunt__ __Generator__ [|http://www.classtools.net/QR/index.php]Create a treasure hunt for __students__ using QR codes

Simple Booklet [|http://simplebooklet.com]Publish your own story

SiteHoover [] Browse your homepage with links to favorite __sites__ from anywhere.

Storify [] Create stories using social media

Story Jumper [] Create your own story for __online__ or a published hardback.

Tag My Doc @http://www.tagmydoc.com/ Upload a document and share the QR __code__ for others to download

ToonDoo [|http://toondoo.com]Create your own comic strips or books.

Visually @http://visual.ly/ Create infographics

Wikispaces [|http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers] http://crescentok.wikispaces.com/home

Wix [] __#|Build a website__ using an __online__ Flash interface.

You Are Your Words http://www.youareyourwords.com/ Upload a photo of yourself and text you've written, and let this site combine them. Here's an example:

ZooBurst [] A digital storytelling tool to create your own 3D pop-up books


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