What it does

LessonWriter is an innovative free online service that allows teachers to cut text from any website, paste it into the LessonWriter interface, and have dynamic English language lesson plans generated in minutes. The service works by analyzing the text that has been pasted and then pulling out vocabulary, grammar and usage, pronunciation, word roots and stems, and then generating a lesson plan. Teachers can be as creative as they like when selecting the text and they can also tailor lessons to meet the needs of individual students. All lesson plans can be saved for future use and LessonWriter even tracks what has been taught and recommends the subsequent instructional objects needed to systematically cover all of the English language.

In their own words

“LessonWriter is a web application that creates lesson plans and instructional materials for teaching English language skills from any reading passage.”

Why it might be a killer

By allowing teachers to take advantage of the limitless material available on the web without having to spend hours developing new lessons around it, LessonWriter could become a real hit.

Some questions

Have they considered adding the functionality that would allow students to complete exercises online instead of having to print off the material? This would be especially helpful for the increasing number of teachers who ply their trade entirely online.

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