Using multimedia is not just an add-on to our writing curriculum. As teachers of writing, and of digital writing, this is our content; more importantly, as media continues to change, we need to accommodate those changes as we teach writing. (p. 60-61)

                                                                                -Troy Hicks, The Digital Writing Workshop 

Classroom-Friendly Genres of Digital Composition:

• Animation & Graphic Novels  (e.g. anime, comics, manga, etc.)
  
• Blogs
  
• Computer Programming (e.g. Scratch, Logos, etc)
  
• Digital Book Making:  RealeWriter --  
  
• Digital Portfolios
• Digital Storytelling Video Composition 
• Glogster: - Digital Posters:
  
• Infographics
• Interactive Timelines and Maps -
• Memes
• Online Role-Play Writing
• Podcasting & Radio Writing 
• Screencasts -
• Social Networks:
• Stopmotion & Claymation Movies --
• Twitter in the classroom --
  
• Voice Thread:
• Video Story Problems -
  
• Wikis: 

Examples of teachers using digital writing tools in the classroom:

• Elizabeth Boeser -- Liz's MWP teacher page --
• Sherri Larson -- Multigenre website -- Creative Writing Blog -- Discussion Board
• Isa Punchard's Digital Writing Wiki
• Ms. Hogue's Online English Resources --
• Digital Room 15 -- Evan Nichols' 5th grade class (from Bay Area Writing Project)
• More Teachers using Digital writing tools --
• Post-Secondary uses of digital writing

Other related resources:

• The Myth of the Digital Native -- by Fred Midlind
• "Goomoodleikiog in Plain English" --
• Social Media Revolution -- YouTube video geared toward companies and their need to market via social media not traditional venues of TV, radio, etc.
• Teachers Teaching Teachers -- weekly podcast on all things digital in the classroom
• 7 Things You Should Know About ... (Educause Series)