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Post such information as the importance of written expression, the importance of parents taking dictation from young children about their experiences, the connections between writing and reading

Encourage children to express themselves in writing, share their experiences . . .

  . . . through blogs

•Blogger.com

•Blog Connection

•Childrensbooks.about.com (blog archives @ children's books)

•Educational bloggers network

•Kids-blogging

•Rocketboom.com (example of video version of blogging--check for child appropriateness)

. . . through email
(create approved lists of contacts for each child's email account)

•ePals.com

•Groups.yahoo.com

. . . through instant messaging
(create approved list of buddies for each child's instant messaging account)

•AIM.com

. . . through publishing their compositions to a world wide audience via publication sites

•Kidauthors.com

•Kidpub.com

. . . through the creation of their own web sites

•Dreamweaver [software]

•Freewebs.com

•FrontPage [software]

•Geocities.com