Northwest Regional Educational Library
This Web site will provide you with complete information about the initial and continuing development and revising of the 6 + 1 traits of writing. At this site you can read about the history of the model, read descriptions of each of the traits, see the continuum for beginning writers, and learn about scoring for writers in grades 3 and up. You can also find out about resources and training opportunities.

http://www.realebooks.com/
This Web site provides a printing template for publishing books on the Internet. It correlates with the book Real e Publishing, Really Publishing! by Mark Condon and Michael McGuffee (2001), Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH. This book and correlated Web site provide many sound suggestions for helping students of all ages create digital books.

Magicoul's Nook
Magicoul's Nook is a web site dedicated to presenting to the world the best of middle school writing.  Here, writers in grades 5 through 8 can publish their work.  Short fiction, poetry, opinion, real life happenings -- anything goes.

Kidsonline Magazine
Kidsonline Magazine is a website that encourages children to write by allowing them to send in their work to be published on the website. Check out "Writing Tips" and "Teacher's Corner."

Software:

Imagination Express
by Edmark

Kid's Media Magic and Write On! Plus, Integrated Language Arts for Grades K–12
by Humanities Software, Inc.

Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
Write:OutLoud and Co:Writer 4000 [talking word processors]
by Don Johnston