A simple search

Students today have a lot of different choices available to them through technology to help them with any subject.  Depending on what they need, it really is just a matter of typing in the right words in a search and thousands of interactive tools and applications come up.  I took that approach from the perspective of a person taking an introductory writing class. I have included two links; one is an interactive tool that aids in essay development, and the other is a free application that can be downloaded to a mobile phone or tablet.

 

http://write.ctdlc.org/pages/index.php Online writing tools for college students helps students through the process of writing an essay.  The site itself is very simple in appearance and has three areas that can be entered from the home page – thesis development, process personality, and audience for college papers.  The part of the website that I found most interesting and potentially helpful to learners is the process personality questionnaire that determines, based on a series of questions about their previous approaches to writing, the best methods for them to use as they begin and work through a writing project.  A series of helpful suggestions appear that individuals can click on that provide further explanation (Write, n.d.). 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.testsstore.app.peg0&hl=en Because many students in introductory or developmental writing need help with grammar concepts, they sometimes need additional practice. Google Play offers a free application called Practice English Grammar.  There is a second version, but I only discovered that after I had downloaded the first to my cell phone.  Version one is relatively easy to move through and it offers a basic overview of parts of speech and practice quizzes and flash cards ranging from nouns and adjectives to subject-verb agreement (Practice English Grammar, 2011).  This tool would come in handy for students to have a quick reference for grammar or practice.

These, of course, are only two of millions of interactive writing and grammar tools.  They are not necessarily the greatest of all time, but not too terrible of a result from a simple online search.

References

Practice English Grammar. (2011). Retrieved from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.testsstore.app.peg0&hl=en.

Write! Online Writing Tools for College Students. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://write.ctdlc.org/pages/index.php.