Create Amazing Digital Stories Together with Your Classmates

When you publish your writing, you make it available for other people to read and enjoy. Publishing digital writing together means you and your classmates work as a team to create stories, poems, or articles on computers and then share them online.

You might work with a friend to write a story about animals, then put it on your class website so families can read it. This is called collaborative writing because you collaborate, or work together, to make something special.

You will use several important tools when creating digital writing projects with your classmates. The computer is the main machine that helps you create and share your writing with others.

The keyboard has all the letters, numbers, and symbols you press to make words appear on the screen. You will use the mouse to point and click on different parts of your writing to make changes or add pictures.

When you finish working on your story, you will save it so the computer remembers your work and you can open it again later to keep writing or make it better.

There are many exciting ways you can share your digital writing with classmates, families, and friends. You can post your stories on the class blog where everyone at school can read them and leave nice comments.

You might upload your writing to the school website or display your poems in a digital gallery that families can visit online. When you format your writing, you make it look neat and easy to read with proper spacing and pictures.

Computer: The whole machine that lets you create digital writing and share it with others online.

Keyboard: The part of the computer with all the letters and numbers you press to make words appear on the screen.

Mouse: The tool that helps you point and click to different places in your writing to make changes.

Save: When the computer remembers your work so you can open it again later to keep writing.

Share: When you let your classmates and teacher see what you wrote so they can help you and enjoy your story.

Edit: When you go back and make your writing better by fixing spelling or adding new ideas.

Publish: The final step when your writing is all done and ready for people to read and enjoy.

Digital: Your writing is on a computer or tablet instead of written on paper with pencils.

Post: To put your writing online where others can read it and see your creative work.

Upload: Putting your writing on a website so everyone can see it and use it.

Display: Making your writing or artwork available online for others to see and enjoy.

Format: Making your writing look neat and easy to read on computers with proper spacing and pictures.

Type: Using the keyboard to put your words on the computer screen so you can share them digitally.

Collaborate: Working together with friends to share ideas and help each other make better writing.

You can create many exciting projects when you work together on digital writing. Try making a class newsletter about school events, or work with a partner to write a digital story about your favorite animals.

You might collaborate with friends to create a blog about weather observations or make a digital comic book with superheroes. Remember to type your stories neatly and add pictures to make them more interesting for readers.

Before you start publishing digital writing together, you should know how to use Publishing Writing With Digital Tools and understand Publishing And Presenting Using Strategy. You will also use skills from Digital Tools for Writing Tasks and Basic Text Production Methods.

It helps to know about Work Together on Class Research and Build on Others Ideas in Discussions so you can collaborate well with your classmates on writing projects.

Publishing digital writing together connects to many other important writing skills you will learn. Digital Writing Tools and Sharing teaches you more about the technology you use, while Creating Simple Digital Media helps you add pictures and sounds to your stories.

You will also explore Publishing And Presenting Sharing Work and Producing Final Texts Creating Polished Work to make your writing look professional. Shared Research Writing Projects and Building on Group Ideas help you work better with teammates.

After mastering these skills, you will be ready for Publishing Writing Through Technology and Digital Writing and Publishing Tools. You will also learn about Creating Audio Story Recordings Adding Visual Story and Making Digital Presentations to share your work in new and exciting ways.