Website

Description

Digital BookTalk

• extensive collection of high quality digital 'book trailers' for k-12

Imagination Prompt Generator

• prompt generator to inspire writing and blogging
• links to prompt sites for other creative activities
• part of CreativityPortal
• site is ad-supported

KidPub

• online site for kids to publish and share their writing 

Lit2Go

• free collection of mp3 stories and poems
• download files to mp3 player
• listen on computer and view text online
• print out stories and poems

LoudLit.org

• "Literature for your eyes and ears"
• high quality audio available while reading text
• extremely well read (human, not text to speech)
• read online or download for offline use
  

ManyThings

• extensive collection of activities to support language learning and development
• valuable for learners who are not ESL/EFL

PicLits

• creative writing activity
• combine words with images
• work can easily be shared online (embed code)

Simple English News

Tar Heel Reader

• engaging books for beginning readers of all ages
• literally thousands of categorized books
• created with Flickr images and limited text
• can be read online, with or without text-to-speech
• can be downloaded for use offline (work beautifully in PowerPoint with text-to-speech by PowerTalk)

WritingFix

• "home of interactive writing prompts"
• based on 6 Traits
• extensive collection of activities and resources