If you would like your students to have the experience of publishing online but aren't ready to start your own online journal, here are some Web publishing sites to check out. Each has won numerous awards and international recognition. Visit the URL listed to read about project suggestions and journal submission guidelines. This literary magazine, featuring multi-media designs and creative writing by secondary students, won a New Jersey Best Educational Practices award during its first year online. Electric Soup visitors can contribute to and enjoy reading short stories, poetry, free writes, essays, and an international feature.
Students research possible occupations for their snowmen and write about the results.
Poetry Pals, Farms Around the World, Writer's Corner, and many more activities. An outgrowth of the Junior Summit from MIT's Digital Media Lab, this journal's mission is to let young people express their views concerning world issues. Activities focus on breaking down barriers of distance and prejudice so that children from all over the world may work together. This international zine, sponsored by SAS Institute, North Carolina State University, and the University of Central Florida, seeks creative writing, interactive designs, and projects with a direct link to classroom activities and curriculum. The Teacher Resource Center includes many rubrics and other useful classroom resources, as well as a guide to Web searching and citing sources.