This is a creative writing activity that should take no more than one lesson.

1. Preparation: Find one or more interesting pictures that will encourage debate or creative writing. This picture will the subject of writing for the lesson. Each small group in the class will write a passage based on the picture.
2. Lesson: Divide the class into small groups around each word processor. Each group should discuss the picture, and then start writing. The first person in the group starts writing the opening sentence of passage. Then, the second person writes the second sentence, the third person writes the third sentence, and so on. All members of the group should watch the screen as the activity proceeds. This is usually a fun activity that leads to a lot of laughter as learners try to follow each others’ thinking, and the story can take many unexpected twists and turns. Encourage them to have fun and be creative.  This could continue until five minutes before the lesson time has expired. Afterwards, the passages could be printed and pasted on the wall or sent by e-mail to you, the educator. 
3. Sharing: Send an example of these stories as an attachment in a message to your group (using the subject heading "Collaborative writing"). Do not correct any errors that the learners made before you send them to your group. Discuss with your group how you would best give feedback about this work to your learners. Return to the computer room on another day, provide feedback, and have the different groups correct each others' work.
4. Think about the successes and problems of this lesson. Write down your thoughts and experiences in a message to your group.
5. Read messages from your group about their experience and discuss a few of these with the group. Attempt to solve problems collaboratively.

Think about this: Are these learners keen to share? Look at the head of the learner nearest the camera. In your experience, do learners learn better when working on their own or when they are sharing.