"The term word processing was invented by IBM in the late 1960s. By 1971 it was recognized by the New York Times as a "buzz word." A 1971 Times article referred to "the brave new world of Word Processing or W/P." See more from Wikipedia
Visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Not just a thesaurus, it's also an addicting toy. You simply must
experience this to appreciate how cool it is. The 'local' version will
integrate withing MS Word.
SwitchZoo
http://www.switchzoo.com/
There are a lot of very creative out there. These folks take their
creativity and allow others to expand and write about it.
National Geographic Talk Back
http://nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/backtalk/
A fun writing starter activity online.
Comics in the Classroom:
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=188
An introduction to the genre of comic books and their appeal for
today's students.
NACAE: National Association of Comics Art Educators
http://www.teachingcomics.org/
Wacky Web Tales: online Mad Libs
http://eduplace.com/tales/
Power Proofreading:
http://eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html