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$3.99 · Designed for iPad

5 Ratings
Ages 4+ Years
Category Education
Developer RSA Group, LLC
Language EN English
Size 101.5 MB

iPad

#1 daily writing app in the elementary grades! Endless student engagement with 175 included images, 375 text+voice prompts, OR customize with your own pictures. Kick-start all writing genres and watch reluctant writers soar! Write About This is a creation platform trusted on millions of classroom devices to gets kids writing! “Top Pick” for Elementary School Writing from Common Sense Education! REVIEWS: “Editor’s Choice!” “Outstanding” “Great for a very wide range of ages and abilities..a highly useful and flexible tool for home or classroom to encourage children to write.” -BestAppsforKids.com “The beauty of this app is its ease of use and endless opportunities for creative writing.” -BridgingApps “Making writing fun again... an ‘A’! For any parent who may have a child who is needing extra practice in writing, I highly suggest this app.” -TeachersAppReview.com “Versatile and easy to use for kids of many ages. The pictures are engaging and show diversity; the prompts get kids thinking critically and creatively.” -Common Sense Education WHAT EDUCATORS SAY: “I couldn’t get students to stop writing at the end of the day!” - Rebecca Wildman, 4th Grade Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator “Very intuitive...an embodiment of the Universal Design for Learning principles” -Kit Hard, Instructional Tech Supervisor “Write About This is always my Writing Center activity. A great feature is the ability for students to record themselves reading their writing.” -Pam Craig, Second Grade Teacher “An excellent app to use for developing writing and fluency skills with students.” -Karen Bosch, K-8 Educator, Apple Distinguished Educator “With an intuitive layout, this app provides a variety of tools for customizing pictures, recording prompts, recording ideas, writing and publishing ideas.” Carol Leynse Harpold, Assistive Technology Expert See how hundreds of classrooms use Write About This: storify.com/WriteAboutThis/in-the-classroom Full version includes: **ALL CORE GENRES An easy way for students to compose and publish writing across the curriculum, including Opinion, Narrative, Expository and Literature Response! **AMAZING COMBINATION OF IMAGES AND PROMPTS Carefully selected and written by teachers, all 175 images and 375 prompts are interesting and appropriate! **FAST PHOTO+WRITING NEW in 2017: Quick Write Gallery saves time by providing 50 safe and popular image catalysts to accompany stories, poems, journals or reflections! **SIMPLE DIGITAL PUBLISHING AND APP SMASHING Download work to the Camera Roll, share by email or use the Open-In feature to send to other apps (.JPG, .PDF or .MOV)! **VOICE RECORDING FOR IMPROVING AND CELEBRATING WRITING Authors can add a voice recording with their work to publish a personalized writing video! Also great during editing and revising to listen to how the writing sounds! **OPEN-ENDED CREATIVITY Quick Write button gets kids publishing immediately– perfect for when they have an idea and a photo to use (no prompt needed)! **CREATE STUDENT PORTFOLIOS Author Profiles include a custom avatar and unique default email for individualized sharing with parents and saved work can be filtered by author (great for shared devices)! **CUSTOM PROMPTS Use your photos, ideas and voice to spark student writing responses about a classroom or school event, a book from class, a science experiment… anything! **FLEXIBILITY TO FIT EVERY LEARNER Voice & Level options (3 per image) based on learning theory and real classroom experience! English Language Learners greatly benefit from voice recording and playback! **WORKS WITH ANY NUMBER OF DEVICES From single teacher iPads, to carts, to 1:1...educators are using the app to meet their unique needs to engage students and improve writing! **EASY AND ACCESSIBLE Search visual content based on interest, curriculum, season or theme. Kids as young as 5 use the app independently. What will your students write about? Visit our Learning Hub at WriteAboutApp.com/blog more

Ratings & Reviews

3.4 out of 5 5 Ratings

Gets students excited to write!
03/01/2013
ThirdGradeTeacher

Write About This has been a wonderful app for my third grade classroom! My students were engaged and they were able to use the app and explore its features independently. It is a tool that individual students can use as a Daily 5 station, or that an entire class can use as a whole group writing activity. It has also been useful for students who finish other work and need something meaningful to do. My students were able to browse amazing photos, choose prompts for writing, type their responses, and save their documents in a location that is easily accessible. The love taking pictures and creating their own prompts. I noticed them completing these tasks without any of my own instruction because they were motivated and engaged. I found they were able to type their responses at nearly the same rate as they would have been able to write them, and they tend to choose this option. There is also an awesome feature that allows students to share their writing (email to parents). I also use this application in the whole group setting with my document camera. If there are 10-20 minutes to fill, Write About This provides interesting pictures and prompts that encourage students to write. We are able to conduct a search for specific topic or browse through categories that seem interesting. Although we complete other writing projects throughout the week, I love the way that this app encourages students to get their creative ideas on paper. Our "brain drains" have led students to experiment with new techniques in their writing after they hear examples from their classmates. With each prompt, there are three levels of difficulty that encourage differentiation. We tend to choose level 2 or level 3 which at times require a deeper level of thinking. Write About This provides excellent opportunities for the students in my class who are already writers and it provides a spark for those students who tend to struggle. I'm definitely a fan!
Gets students excited to write! 03/01/2013
ThirdGradeTeacher

Write About This has been a wonderful app for my third grade classroom! My students were engaged and they were able to use the app and explore its features independently. It is a tool that individual students can use as a Daily 5 station, or that an entire class can use as a whole group writing activity. It has also been useful for students who finish other work and need something meaningful to do. My students were able to browse amazing photos, choose prompts for writing, type their responses, and save their documents in a location that is easily accessible. The love taking pictures and creating their own prompts. I noticed them completing these tasks without any of my own instruction because they were motivated and engaged. I found they were able to type their responses at nearly the same rate as they would have been able to write them, and they tend to choose this option. There is also an awesome feature that allows students to share their writing (email to parents). I also use this application in the whole group setting with my document camera. If there are 10-20 minutes to fill, Write About This provides interesting pictures and prompts that encourage students to write. We are able to conduct a search for specific topic or browse through categories that seem interesting. Although we complete other writing projects throughout the week, I love the way that this app encourages students to get their creative ideas on paper. Our "brain drains" have led students to experiment with new techniques in their writing after they hear examples from their classmates. With each prompt, there are three levels of difficulty that encourage differentiation. We tend to choose level 2 or level 3 which at times require a deeper level of thinking. Write About This provides excellent opportunities for the students in my class who are already writers and it provides a spark for those students who tend to struggle. I'm definitely a fan!
Doesn’t work
05/07/2020
MomA5720

Just downloaded the app and the “back” button doesn’t work once you’re in an image to write. The voice recording also doesn’t seem to save anywhere. Very buggy.
Doesn’t work 05/07/2020
MomA5720

Just downloaded the app and the “back” button doesn’t work once you’re in an image to write. The voice recording also doesn’t seem to save anywhere. Very buggy.
Creativity+CommonCore=Awesome
03/01/2013
edutechguy

I've been showing this app to teachers throughout our district because it really is the perfect way to get kids writing. They love the images that go with the prompts…something about that added visual is so powerful. Lower elementary teachers are appreciative of the audio prompts and everyones mind starts racing with ideas when they see the ability to create your own prompts with images from the iPad. We use shared iPads and this allows for more than one student to write, store and share their written responses on the device. Many teachers are having the students email the final drafts to them.I mean cmon, more than 300 prompts for 3 bucks.. plus the open ended nature of the tool.. awesome! So easy to align with the CCSS, especially for narrative. Some persuasive opportunities as well. In the future I'd love to see a gallery where students can share their writing with a wider audience. But overall this is just quality stuff that is often lacking on the expanse that is the EDU app store.
Creativity+CommonCore=Awesome 03/01/2013
edutechguy

I've been showing this app to teachers throughout our district because it really is the perfect way to get kids writing. They love the images that go with the prompts…something about that added visual is so powerful. Lower elementary teachers are appreciative of the audio prompts and everyones mind starts racing with ideas when they see the ability to create your own prompts with images from the iPad. We use shared iPads and this allows for more than one student to write, store and share their written responses on the device. Many teachers are having the students email the final drafts to them.I mean cmon, more than 300 prompts for 3 bucks.. plus the open ended nature of the tool.. awesome! So easy to align with the CCSS, especially for narrative. Some persuasive opportunities as well. In the future I'd love to see a gallery where students can share their writing with a wider audience. But overall this is just quality stuff that is often lacking on the expanse that is the EDU app store.
Exceptional app designed to meet multiple learning needs and strengths.
02/26/2013
Kit Hard

The app engages young writers by combining high quality, thought provoking imagery with intriguing writing prompts that can easily be adjusted to different levels of Bloom's taxonomy. The app is very intuitive, includes a writer's notepad area, and voice narration of the writing prompts to assist emerging and struggling readers. The app also allows students or teacher to design their own writing prompts using images saved to the cameral roll or taken with the camera. This app supports differentiation strategies and meets multiple learning needs and strengths, making it an excellent resource for any classroom.
Exceptional app designed to meet multiple learning needs and strengths. 02/26/2013
Kit Hard

The app engages young writers by combining high quality, thought provoking imagery with intriguing writing prompts that can easily be adjusted to different levels of Bloom's taxonomy. The app is very intuitive, includes a writer's notepad area, and voice narration of the writing prompts to assist emerging and struggling readers. The app also allows students or teacher to design their own writing prompts using images saved to the cameral roll or taken with the camera. This app supports differentiation strategies and meets multiple learning needs and strengths, making it an excellent resource for any classroom.

What’s New

Version History

Resolved bugs and compatibility with iOS 15.

4.2
01/09/2022
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. - New look and feel! - More choices for open-ended writing with 50 added images in the new Quick Write Gallery! - New share feature for sending write abouts to other apps!

4.1
03/31/2017
- New look and feel! - More choices for open-ended writing with 50 added images in the new Quick Write Gallery! - New share feature for sending write abouts to other apps!

4.0
03/07/2017
Minor bug fixes and improvements.

3.91
01/04/2016
Resolved edit button displaying on exported Write Abouts. Resolved Quick Write title not saving. Resolved share by email video bug. Fixed audio being lost when re-saving a previous Write About.

3.9
05/21/2015
Added edit button to the view Write About screen. Increased size of the edit button on the My Write Abouts screen.

3.8
03/22/2015
Resolved issue with settings not saving in version 3.6.

3.7
12/16/2014
Frequently Asked Questions section added to the home screen.

3.6
12/10/2014
Updated information page and minor bug fixes.

3.5
09/11/2014
Updated information page and minor bug fixes.

3.4
07/17/2014
Minor bug fixes.

3.3
04/30/2014
Quick Writes! -Simply take or use a photo from your camera roll and start a Quick Write -No prompt needed

3.2
04/20/2014
Welcome screen bug fix.

3.1
03/27/2014
*Author Profiles! -Custom default email: Quickly share work with parents or teacher! -Write About Filtering: Easily sort student work! *New Share page! -View Write Abouts & play back audio before exporting -Choose file type (JPG, PDF or MOV) to send by email *Various bug fixes

3.0
03/21/2014
Small bug fixes and improvements.

2.2
12/10/2013
Rockin' in iOS7! Implemented a parent/teacher gate for 'Settings' and 'Information' sections. Removed all outbound links to Internet to make app more kid/school friendly. Created 'Share by Email' on/off feature in 'Settings'. Resolved bugs associated to iOS7.

2.1
10/24/2013
- Added ability to record audio when creating a custom prompt. - Authors can now add a voice recording with their work to create a personalized movie on the Camera Roll!

2.0
07/22/2013
- Added ability to create a custom prompt from existing prompts and gallery images. - Added link to view custom prompt gallery from the create custom prompt.

1.4
07/04/2013
- Added "Save to Camera Roll" option for your Write Abouts - Added "Spell Check" On/Off option in Settings - Other minor improvements

1.3
06/05/2013
We fixed a bug causing saved Write Abouts to have the prompt text change with the levels selected on other prompts. Your previously saved Write Abouts will be defaulted to Level 2. If this does not match your writing and wish to update and re-save, you can copy and paste the text onto a new Write About with the matching photo/prompt. We apologize for any inconvenience. All Write Abouts will now be correctly saved and stored. We would like to thank Jenteach123 for notifying us about this bug.

1.2
04/01/2013
A few small bug fixes.

1.1
02/22/2013
1.0
02/16/2013

Resolved bugs and compatibility with iOS 15. more

Version 4.2

01/09/2022

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Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

The developer, RSA Group, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

Data Not Collected

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Information

Seller
- RSA Group, LLC
Size
- 101.5 MB
Category
- Education
Compatibility Requires iPadOS 8.1 or later.
- iPadRequires iPadOS 8.1 or later.
- MacRequires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple VisionRequires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
- English
Age Rating 4+
- 4+
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