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Teaching and learning in the 21st Century - meeting the pedagogical challenges of digital learning and innovation for the iGeneration
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100 Free Writing Prompts for Middle Grades - By John Spencer

100 Free Writing Prompts for Middle Grades - By John Spencer | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
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Seven Good Places to Find Writing Prompts via @rmbyrne 

Seven Good Places to Find Writing Prompts via @rmbyrne  | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Anyone who has ever taught language arts has heard, "I don't know what to write about" from a student or two. If you've ever heard tha
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Roll virtual "name dice" for Character name writing prompts via Edshelf

Roll virtual "name dice" for Character name writing prompts via Edshelf | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Name Dice is a simple tool to create interesting fictional names. This app includes hundreds of first and last names, resulting in nearly endless name combinations. Featured in MakeUseOf’s “4 iPhone/iPad Apps For Brainstorming Writing Ideas, Plots, & Characters” Name Dice has received numerous 5-star reviews from writers of all ages and levels! “I have …
Addy Park's curator insight, July 20, 2017 5:03 AM

Hmmm. A valuable find (app) indeed!

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Story Cubes - Templates to Help Students Plan Stories via @rmbyrne

Story Cubes - Templates to Help Students Plan Stories via @rmbyrne | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Read Write Think's Cube Creators provide templates designed to break the writing process into six distinct parts. There are templates fo
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7 Video Writing Prompts for Young Authors via @Edutopia

7 Video Writing Prompts for Young Authors via @Edutopia | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Looking for a new way to spark creativity in your students' writing? Try these video writing prompts.
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What Google Search Thinks Of....(think writing prompts!)

What Google Search Thinks Of....(think writing prompts!) | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
I've been tweeting screenshots from my phone sharing what Google Search "thinks" about different things, and thought I'd bring them together in one Storify. Feel free to tweet me others and I'll ad...
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The Inspiration Shed - Elementary writing inspired by video clips and other resources

The Inspiration Shed - Elementary writing inspired by video clips and other resources | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
The cloud came from the sea..... He was not like other clouds, The wind could not command him, The more he saw, the more he did, And the more he did, the more he became, You see he wasn't just a...
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Inspire Your Students with These 351 Visual Writing Prompts via @NFLaFave

Inspire Your Students with These 351 Visual Writing Prompts via @NFLaFave | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Engaging writing prompts are an easy way to make writing fun. Every teacher needs a good collection of prompts, and these are some great ones.
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Using Image Prompts to Inspire Writing & Speaking Activities by @NikPeachey

Using Image Prompts to Inspire Writing & Speaking Activities by @NikPeachey | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
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Ttoo2's curator insight, September 21, 2017 12:04 PM
This has been demonstrated numerous times in my time as an educator. Reminders are always good!! 
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A Year of Picture Prompts: Over 160 Images to Inspire Writing via Michael Gonchar

A Year of Picture Prompts: Over 160 Images to Inspire Writing via Michael Gonchar | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
These short, accessible, image-driven posts feature photographs and illustrations from The Times, and invite a variety of written or spoken responses.
Ms P's curator insight, June 8, 2017 12:46 AM

These are beautiful images, sure to inspire creativity. I would love to see these used in a classroom. 

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50 exciting story starters – Primary KS2 teaching resource - Scholastic via NEIL JARRETT

50 exciting story starters – Primary KS2 teaching resource - Scholastic via NEIL JARRETT | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
50 exciting story starters Use these story starter sentences to inspire your children to write exciting, mysterious and thrilling stories. Use these story starter sentences to inspire your children to write exciting, mysterious and thrilling stories.
crawlpolice's comment, February 6, 2017 11:15 PM
nice one
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week - Create a Writing Prompt Generator in Google Sheets

Flippity is a great service that offers a handful of templates for creating flashcards, random name selectors, Jeopardy games, and progress trackers in Google Sheets. Flippity's flashcard templat
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Great iPad Apps to Generate Writing Prompts

Great iPad Apps to Generate Writing Prompts | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
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Excellent Writing Prompts to Use with Your Students ( Web Tools and iPad Apps )

Excellent Writing Prompts to Use with Your Students ( Web Tools and iPad Apps ) | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Sue Marchant's curator insight, January 26, 2014 5:58 AM

I'm sure they'll  come in handy...