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I go one step further than our author, Marva Solomon states, “Online writing is not quiet . . . All the children had strong physical reactions to the multimodal elements they added to their pages”. I am not of the opinion that any writing time in kindergarten and the early childhood classroom should be quiet unless the child makes that choice. In my experience children produce much better writing and much more cohesive, well planned pieces (online or otherwise) when they collaborate with other kids, adults and consult resources. This can be a struggle in the kindergarten classroom because there is a fine balance between a productive writer's workshop and a slightly out of control kindergarten classroom. (I strive for the productivity) I have found a couple of links that support my thinking on collaborative learning as a whole. Both of these ideas could be modified for an online experience.
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/index.html - a link to a wealth of activities for collaborative talk and learning in the classroom
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http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/404/ - a sample writing project to facilitate collaborative writing from the National Writing Project
However, my favorite website by far that I use today in the classroom and is the most current I know of comes from the AEA website Discovery Educations
http://hubforteachers.discoveryeducation.com/taking-it-digital/index.cfm - Hub for teachers is the perfect website for digital storytelling!
