An Introduction to the Process of Writing Internet Style a CROP special feature, writing a paper while learning a range of computer applications and online writing resources. Dozens of short online videoclips are included as tutorial for various technology skills.
Hyperizons: The Hypertext Fiction Homepage. This is a rich trove of links to fiction writing, especially postmodern fiction and hypertext fiction, e.g., The Hypertext Hotel, Victory Garden, and Marble Springs. The webmaster is also a professional cataloger at Duke University.
The Mississippi Review, online version of the noted print literacy magazine, but with different content.
Teacher's Guide to Political Cartoons Online. "We have developed lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social, Sciences, Art, Journalism and English at all levels --click on the icons to the left to visit our sample lesson plans.The most compelling use of editorial cartoons is to interest students in discussions of current events. Daryl Cagle, my husband, is a syndicated cartoonist and first vice president of the National Cartoonists Society. He put together this remarkable resource by approaching his colleagues and asking them to participate. I'm excited about the possibilities that the Cartoonists' Index provides for educators to use the internet in a new way to motivate students in subject areas which traditionally make the least use of their school's computer labs."
Yahoo's Index to Greeting Card Systems on the Internet and there are dozens of them.
These are excellent tools for stimlating writing. For example, "Judith Donath's Electric Postcard server is a cool invention that's remarkably easy to use. When you get to the site, choose an image from the virtual Card Rack, compose and address a message to a friend and click the Mail button. Your friend will be emailed a note with a claim number and instructions on how to retrieve the card at the Electric Postcard Pick-up Window. Postcard images include works by Vermeer, Monet, and Howard Rheingold."
