Other resources

• Take a look at the case studies of Phil Grosset (Using a visualiser [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] , http://www.nate.org.uk/ cmsfiles/ ict/ h2t/ 3_Visualiser.pdf) and Sam Custance (Using SMART Notebook 10 for refining and presenting information, http://www.nate.org.uk/ cmsfiles/ ict/ h2t/ 20_Refining.pdf) on the ‘Hard to Teach’ area of the NATE website, www.nate.org.uk/ htt (this page also links to the Teachers TV video mentioned earlier).
• Teachit’s Poetry Place, www.teachit.co.uk/ poetryplace, provides ideas that will assist with the development writing, many of which involve the use of ‘low-level’ ICT. Navigate to the Workshop and then scroll down to KS3 Creative Writing.
• Language is a virus, www.languageisavirus.com, is aimed at adult writers but has advice and tips ranging from the practical to the whimsical.
• Creative Copy Challenge, www.creativecopychallenge.com, is also addressed to adult writers but has an interesting challenge which you may find useful to adapt. An article, ICT in education, provides some teaching ideas from an ICT angle which English teachers will find highly relevant, www.ictineducation.org/ home-page/ 2010/ 7/ 5/ the-power-of-words.html
• Further back in the writing process come the difficulties of generating and organising ideas. The first of these is beyond the scope of this resource, but there are numerous applications which can assist in the organising of ideas as the writing process begins to get under way, e.g. www.bubbl.us.

This is one of a series of units written for Vital by Trevor Millum, Chris Warren and Tom Rank on behalf of the National Association for the Teaching of English. NATE is the professional association for those involved and interested in the teaching of English at any level in the United Kingdom.