Rosen (2011) writes about technology and children and digital natives. Salmon Khan (2012) also focuses on digital technology and how it can increase the quality of student – teacher interaction in class if used appropriately. This workshop explored a range of technologies focused on literacy and outlined what they all could be used for.

Wordle is a free online service which generates clouds from text. This can be used to get students to describe themselves doing a biography.

Glogster this free online service can be used to develop interactive posters or a web page. You can use text, audio, video or images.

Markup free online service used to identify key features of informational text and can be used on a range of web pages. It promotes comprehension of text.

Diigo free online service that can be used as a social book marking tool, and, permits highlighters and sticky notes.

Apture free online service which enables you to explore any topic on any online page and, then link other information to the page.

Bitstrips free online service which enables you to create and publish comic strip stories. There are a range of writing genres, narratives, settings and characters.

Storybird free online service using artwork as an inspiration for story- telling, narrative writing and provides pictures to illustrate.