Here are a few sites:
http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Writing_Skills/
Some blogs they can read and comment in:
http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Co...guage/Weblogs/
It would be a good idea to get them to use the computers to communicate, as you did with the emails. Through forums and blogs, they can see that they can get quick answers and replies and will start to see that their writing can be used directlyto communicate, rather than produce something that gets corrected by a teacher and returned. Once they have started doing that,they will pick up more confidence.
Many students are internet shy at first because they think they will be judged harshly, which is not the case.
