Publishing Writing Ideas November 2009

Written by Jacqui Sharp Updated July 2011

Here are some ideas of different ways to publish your work, starting from the simplest to the more complex and time consuming (but fun)!

Word/KeynoteType your recount onto the page

Add suitable graphics/photos

Add a frame.

Add WordArt Headings.

Paper and PensUse a large piece of paper and colour pens topublish your story.

Use colours to distinguish between• Characters• Parts of sequence

CalligraphyUse Calligraphy pens to publish your story.http://cmcgavren.home.sprynet.com/chiselpt.html

http://www.studioarts.net/calligraphy/lesson.htm

Look at the websites for tutorials or provide booksthat guide students how to write in calligraphy.

Whiteboard PhotoUsing a variety of pens and

your best handwriting

publish your story onto a

Whiteboard.

Illustrate it and take a photo.

You might need to add lines to guide the children’s writing as they find it hard to write in a straight line. Take a photo and Print out.

Blackboard PhotoUsing a variety of chalk and your best

handwriting publish your story onto

a Blackboard. Illustrate it and take a

photo.

You might need to add lines to guide the children’s writing as they find it hard to write in a straight line. Take a photo and Print out.

Publishing PaperChoose from the selection ofpublishing paper to hand writeyour final copy.

Create your own publishing paper with writing lines, bordersand spaces for student created graphics or fancy headings.Print out WordArt headings or graphics and glue in spaces.

Publish in KidspirationClick the Publish button and finish publishing your story in Word.

When you click on the Publish button, it will open up in Word.The diagram will now become a graphic and the text from the diagram will now be in the Word document for editing.Kidspiration free trial http://inspiration.com/Freetrial

Publish in InspirationClick the Publish button and finishpublishing your story in Word.

When you click on the Publish button, it will open up in Word.The diagram will now become a graphic and the text from the diagram will now be in the Word document for editing.Inspiration free trial http://inspiration.com/Freetrial

KidPixInsert a photo or draw a picture that has something to do with your story.

Choose a suitable font and type your story.

Use the paint can to fill in the background.

KidPix is an old favourite for publishing and there are many ways to present stories using the tools available. Use the Paint can for backgrounds, use the background button to set a background picture. Insert Photos or the child can draw a picture.

Mimio OR IWB publish

Publish your story using IWBsoftware.Use the coloured pen options and graphics to illustrate it.

Students love using the Interactive Whiteboard. If it is not being used let a student publish their work on it using the pens to write their story.

Make a comicTake some photos and insert into Comic Life.

Type your story into the speech bubbles.

Choose a template, drag the photos across and drag on the Speech bubbles and narrative boxes.Comic Life free trial for both Win and Mac http://plasq.com/downloads/

Make a comicDraw pictures to insertinto Comic Life. Type your story into the speech bubblesand narrative boxes.

Create Pictures in Paint or KidPix. Save them as jpegs in Paintand Export them in KidPix as jpegs.

Make a comic in WordDraw pictures or insert photosinto Shapes to insertinto Word. Type your story into the speech bubblesand narrative boxes.

Insert a Shape into each separate slide, add pictures to them Office 2003: go to Fill Effects, Picture tab, select PictureOffice 2007: insert a Photo, click Format tab, click on shape in Picture Shape. Insert speech bubble shapes from Autoshapes or Shapes. Add text.

Comic SlideshowInsert Photos or drawings into AutoShapes.

Make them into a slideshow using PowerPoint or Keynote.

Add speech bubbles and narrative boxes to publish your story.

Insert a Shape into each separate slide, add pictures to them Office 2003: go to Fill Effects, Picture tab, select PictureOffice 2007: insert a Photo, click Format tab, click on shape in Picture Shape. Insert speech bubble shapes from Autoshapes or Shapes. Add text.

PowerPoint Recount/Explanation/ProceduralTake some photos, create your own graphics or use computer graphics. Type/Paste your story into PowerPoint.

Be creative when adding your photos to your slideshow. Some of your photos could be displayed over the whole slide with the text on top. Use maps to set the scene.

Photo StoryImport your photos,

Add text,

Add a voice over,

Add Music,

Save as a Movie.

Windows only: Create a movie with photos.

iPhoto book Create an iPhoto book.

Choose a theme,

Insert some photos into the theme.

Type in your story.

Mac only: Put all the photos you want to use into a folder and then make an iPhoto book.

iMovieImport your photos,

Add text,

Add a voice over,

Add Music,

Save as a Movie.

Mac only: Put all the photos you want to use into a folder and then make an iMovie recording your voice and adding music.

MovieMakerVideo a story that you have created with toys and the movie set.

Import into MovieMaker.

Add a voice-over retelling the story.

Windows only: Put all the photos you want to use into a folder and then make a Movie recording your voice and adding music.

Journal StoryImport photos, resize so they fill the page.

Type your story in textbox chunks and place on the page.

Be creative when adding your photos to your page. Use the Washout feature to fade the photos or Recolour in Word 2007. Fill the whole page with photos, it could be one photo covering the whole page and then 3 small photos layered on top. Or spread three to a page. Type/Paste your text into textboxes over the photos.

PowerPoint ThemeChoose a theme and a layout. Type in the storyand add graphics.

Open PowerPoint, choose a design theme.Select a slide layout, type in text, add graphics. Print out single page.You can adjust the colour schemes by clicking on Colours in Document Theme (Mac) or Colours in the Design tab in PowerPoint 2007 (Win).

PodcastRecord your voice telling the story.

Add some music.

Save it as a Podcast.

Record yourself reading the story either into an iPod or use the Microphone on the computer. Record in GarageBand (Mac) or Audacity(Win). Add music, jingles and stingers, send as a Podcast to iTunes.Download onto an iPod or listen to iTunes on the computer.

Publish on a PDAType in your story using the WordProcessing software.

Transfer to computer and print out.

All PDAs have Word Processing software. Students can use the stylusto tap in their story and then use the infrared or Bluetooth to transferfiles to a computer. This is a great drafting tool as well.

Publish on an iPod Touch oriPhoneType in your story using the ‘Notes’ App.Send the story by email and print out.

If you a limited by the number of computers in your classroom then usethe Notes App on an iPod Touch or an iPhone. Type out the story and thenemail. It can then be printed out.

Class Writing BlogAdd an entry to our class blog by

publishing your Story. Add photos

or graphics to illustrate it.

Students can type/paste their story directly into a blog page.If inserting photos, make sure they are named with a unique name before uploading (particularly when uploading to wiki pages).

Publish to your WikipagePublish your story on your Wikipage.Remember to use a readable font and heading.

Students can type/paste their story directly into a blog page.If inserting photos, make sure they are named with a unique name before uploading (particularly when uploading to wiki pages).

Journal Writing

Publish your story on Penzuhttp://www.penzu.comAdd pictures, Print out or take a screen capture and insertinto a blog or a wiki

Create an account if you want to save these stories or just click on the ‘Give it a try’ if you are going to take a screen capture.

Cartoonised PhotosInsert photos into befunky.com and cartoonise them. Add them to PowerPoint.

Cartoonise your photos in Befunky http://www.befunky.com/index.php Or Fotoflexerhttp://fotoflexer.com/ Insert them into shapes and make a Cartoon slideshow (see slide 14).

Kerpoof story

Publish your story in kerpoof.com and use the cartoon graphics and print out your story.

Kerpoof is a wonderful cartoon site, select Make a Story, choose a background and then drag graphics onto background. Add text to speech bubbles coming of characters and add text boxes for the narrative text. Print out in colour or as a colouring page. Screen capture to add to blogs and wikis.

Publish Online in Google DocsType your story into Google Illustrate it and sharewith others.

Google Docs can be accessed online so students can work on the publishing at home. Also they can be shared with others which allows for peer review. (Terms of Service advise that there is a R13 rating for creating accounts).

SlideshareSave your story to

Slideshare and publish

in our blog or on our Wiki

Page.

SlideshareSave your story to

Slideshare.net and publish

in our blog or on our Wiki Page.

Once you have created your story in PowerPoint or Word, upload To the class slideshare account, and then get the embed code and embed into your blog or wiki.Mac users resave your ‘Pages or Keynote’ as a ‘Word or PowerPoint’ or as a PDF and then upload to Slideshare.

SlideboomCreate your story in PowerPoint and upload to slideboom.com and then publish in our blog or on our Wiki Page.

If you have an animated PowerPoint upload to http://www.slideboom.com/ Once you have created your story in PowerPoint, upload to the class slideshare account, and then get the embed code and embed into your blog or wiki. Mac users resave your ‘Keynote’ as a ‘PowerPoint’ or as a PDF and then upload to Slideboom.

Wordle

Wordle your story. See if otherstudents can work out what

you were talking about.

http://wordle.net/create

Wordle has many uses, great for proof reading, see how many times you have overused a word, but it is also great for publishing students work.

Wordle with phrases

Wordle your story. Add a tilde symbol ~ between each wordrather than a space.

http://wordle.net/create

Using the tilde allows you to present phrases. Students can experiment with this by using phrases only to make an impactor creating their whole presentation with key phrases.

Animoto slideshow

Save your PowerPoint slides as jpegs and put them into animoto.com

As this slideshow moves quickly words should be simple, high impact less than six words to a page.Great way to publish a commercial, slogan or an advertisement.

Masher slideshow

Import your photos, add text captions with music.

http://www.masher.com

Import photos or your own jpegs created in KidPix or Paint into Masher, select music, skins, captions, and embed into wiki or blog.

KidPix and PhotoshowExport your KidPix pictures

as jpegs and insert

into photoshow.com

add your text and music.

Import photos or your own jpegs created in KidPix or Paint into PhotoShow, select music, styles, captions, speech bubbles and embed into wiki or blog.

MasherExport your KidPix pictures

as jpegs or use photos and insert

Into http://www.masher.com

add your text and music.

Import photos or your own jpegs created in KidPix or Paint into Masher, select music, styles, and captions and embed into wiki or blog.

PhotoPeachExport your KidPix/Paint pictures

or use photos and insert

Into http://photopeach.com

add your text, music and add a quiz.

Import photos or your own jpegs created in KidPix or Paint into PhotoPeach, select music, styles, and captions and embed into wiki or blog. One extra feature is the add a Quiz option at the end of the show.

Toondoo Spaces ComicCreate a 1 to 3 page comic using your writing and cartoon graphics.http://www.toondoospaces.com

This site is not free but is 100 percent safe for your students.Cost $8 US a month for 30 users.

Voicethread

Publish your story in voicethread.com and invite people to comment on it.

Import photos, Word or PowerPoint documents into Voicethread. Record your voice or type in a text message. Others can comment by voice or text.

Sketchcast

Retell your story in sketchcast.com, drawing the pictures and record your voice telling the story.

Record your voice telling the story and at the same time draw the pictures. Press Stop when you want to take a break and then start recording again. This show can then be embedded into wikis or blogs.

Webcam publishing

Read your story out aloud recording it on the webcam, show any pictures you may have drawn.

Use the webcam on your computer or laptop, or an external webcam.Students can record themselves reading their stories and showing the pictures.

Mixbook publish

Publish your story on mixbook.comInsert photos to illustrate your text.

Import photos or jpegs to mixbook, choose from the huge selection of templates, drag the photos in, type in the text boxes. When finished it will present as a book with pages that turn. Embed into wikis and blogs.

Publish in Issuu

Publish your story in Word or PowerPoint. Upload to issuu.com

Once you have uploaded your Word or PowerPoint, it will present as a book. Zoom in and out to see pictures more clearly. View in full screen. Embed into wikis or blogs.

UDL BookbuilderPublish your story with your own photos or graphics in bookbuilder.cast.org

Teachers, publish your younger student’s stories in Bookbuilder. Click on Create and Edit books. Add photos and text. Save the Books and then print out. Not able to be embedded into wikis and blogs. But can be viewed on the website and text can be read back to student.

Timeline your story in DipityRetell your story as a timeline in

http://www.dipity.com

Import pictures, add text, add Google map, insert Youtube movies.Embed in blogs and wikis. Can be viewed as a timeline or Flipbook.

Publish in GlogsterMake an interactive poster of your story with text, links and Photos in http://edu.glogster.com/

Import pictures, add text, insert movies, hyperlink to othersites.Embed in blogs and wikis.

Mapwing Insert photos into

mapwing.com

and map where the

events happened.

Create, draw,or import a map. Mark with pins. For every pin import graphics, or photos with captions. Mapwing is like a slideshow except the viewer can interact by choosing which part of the map they wish to see first.

Makebeliefs comix

Publish your story on makebeliefscomix.comBreak your story up into speech bubbles & narrative boxes.

There are a limited number of characters but you can changetheir expressions and positions. Add the speech bubbles andthe narrative boxes. Print out or take screen captures for inserting into PowerPoint or wikis and blogs.

Publish Your Essay MapFill out all of the parts of the essay map and thenprint out http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/

This application is useful for drafting stories but makes a nicepresentation tool when printed out.

WallwisherPublish poetry or break up parts of yourstory and add to different stickies. Link to pictures, movies, maps and websites.http://www.wallwisher.com/build

Students can have individual walls and these could be placed ontheir blogs or wikis.Other students can comment on your writing when publishedto a Wallwisher.

Text WidgetsPublish poetry or break up parts of yourstory and add to text generators. Add to your wiki or blog.

There are many hundreds of text generators. For ones that are suitable for children go to this sitehttp://wheretostartwithwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/Text+Widgets

Secret MessagePublish your mystery story and add asecret message into it

This Note Generator allows you to create several lines of text that can only be read by passing the magnifier over it. Great for mysterystories.

http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/secret_magnifier/

Teddy Bear poemsPublish your Teddy Bear poems using thisNote generator.

This Note Generator allows you to type several lines of text and thenembed into a wiki or blog.

http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/teddy_bear/

Poetry PublishingPublish your poems using thisNote generator.

This Note Generator allows you to type several lines of text and thenembed into a wiki or blog. The background is animated and movesas if in a breeze. There is an option to choose different coloursfor the background.

http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/coolbreeze/

Dialectise your TextPaste in your writing, choose your dialect and click Dialectize button.Copy the dialectised text and paste into a Word/Pages document.

http://rinkworks.com/dialect/

Paste in yer writin', choose yer dialeck an' click Dialeckize button, as enny fool kin plainly see. Copy th' dialeckised text an' paste into a Wo'd/Pagesdocoomnt.

Publish your work as a Redneck, Cockney, Elmer Fudd and many more. Present both versions or publish the Dialectised One only and have people translate it! Or just use the dialectised speech in speech bubbles.

Newspaper your storyPaste in your story, click on the Generate button and paste code into your blog or wiki

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Type in a name for the newspaper, type in the date and the Headline. This would be great for publishing reports and arguments.

iBook your storyCreate a story using photos and your text in iBook (Mac only). Embed in wiki or blog.

Save as a PDF (Go File- Print and select save as PDF) Upload to slideshare and embed on Wiki or Blog. (Idea credited to Christine Hansen, The Gardens School)

Magazine CoverUse Big Huge Labs Magazinehttp://bighugelabs.com/magazine.php

Embed in wiki or blog or Print out.

Upload a photo to Big Huge labs, change your story into headlines and add to the Lines. Look carefully at the size of the text and colour against your photo.

Time CoverCreate a Time Magazine Cover in the style of Time®

Use Pages or Word to recreate a Times Front Cover and an article page. Have students look carefully at the presentation, style and layout of Time Magazines. (Idea credited to Claire and Ksenia at Point View School.)

National Geographic CoverCreate a National Geographic Magazine Cover in the style of National Geographic® magazine

Use Pages or Word to recreate a National Geographic Front Cover and an article page. Have students look carefully at the presentation, style and layout of National Geographic Magazines.

XtranormalPaste in your story, organise intosentence chunks. Add movie featuressuch as camera angles and sounds.Choose a voice, embed in a wikior blog.http://www.xtranormal.com/

Teaches children how to create a movie with scripts, actors, camera angles etc. Converts text to voice.

PreziOrganise your story intosentence chunks. Add graphics,or movies. Embed in a wikior blog.http://prezi.com/index/

You can upload Youtube movies, Sound files, PowerPoint and Excel files