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Encouraging learners to publish their own writing whether on the web or in print format provides many benefits. One such example is the Tales by the Schoolside book published by the staff and students of Sarah Scott Middle School in Vigo County Indiana. Every teacher and administrator of the school paired with a learner to produce a collection of original writings illustrated by student artists. The resulting book made this a memorable learning experience and a family keepsake. Here are a few tips for creating such a program.

Getting Started

Empowering Student Learning with
Web Publishing” by Tammy Payton includes information on how to get started, links to AUPs for elementary and secondary, links to student writing, web page evaluation and more. At: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/
article/publish.htm

Loogootee Community Schools
in Loogootee Indiana – “Permission to Publish Student Work” form. At: http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/jan99/
permission.htm

Connected Classroom web site on student publishing provides links to evaluation rubrics and examples of student writing. At: http://rozauer.tripod.com/student_write.htm

Examples of Indiana Student Writing Published Online

A collection of Internet projects and activities developed by the students at Loogootee Elementary West.
At: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/
proj/index.html

Clark Elementary School 2nd graders in Whiteland created “Adjectives Art.”
At: http://homepage.mac.com/gwagoner231/grade2/
adjectiveartlist.html

Students, ages 8-12, in Mrs. Joan Globe’s Media Club interviewed Cannelton residents and created “Echoes of Cannelton” to preserve the town’s history.
At: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/
cannelton/echoes/

Places Students Can Publish

Kids Bookshelf - Publishes student stories, poems and book reviews. At: http://www.kidsbookshelf.com/

Kids? Space ? A place kids can share stories, pictures and music online. At: http://www.kids-space.org/navi/about.html

MidLink Magazine - The Digital Magazine by Students, for Students - Ages 8 ? 18. At: http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

Publishing Student Work On-line - A collection of web sites containing student work online. At: http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/tutorials/studentpub/resources.htm

Scholastic?s Writing With Writers - Online workshops for students, with various writers. At: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm

Stone Soup Magazine. At: http://www.stonesoup.com/

The Young Writers? Club - An on-line club that aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities. At: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html

Idea: Make the library media center the place to store learner-written books for circulation, a digitization center for archival storage, and the central index of digital work with full-text access.