PicLits

Website: http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

Description: PicLits is a Web 2.0 tool that provides students and teachers with pictures and a categorized word bank that can be used to write captions or even paragraphs of creative writing.

Uses in Education: The pictures can be used as prompts to spark creatvitiy in a student given a specific writing assignment. It can also be utilized by a teacher in a science or math class to get visual learners engaged with what they're learning.

Potential in Reducing Barriers: PicLits has the potential to spark creativity in learners who have difficulty organizing ideas when writing. It also gives visual learners an opportunity to become more engaged in learning if they have an interest in great visual images. The word bank can also provide a scaffold for students who have difficulty writing sentences and paragraphs.

Appropriate Age Limit: This can be used by all ages as it can range from being used in something as simple as using descriptive words to describe a picture, to providing prompts for writing complex creative pieces at the highschool level.  

Web 2.0 Teaching Tools, (2015). PicLits, a Web 2.0 teaching tool inspiring communication and creativity.. [online] Available at: http://www.web2teachingtools.com/piclits.html [Accessed 25 Oct. 2015].