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Animation Software

For The younger Kids

Fluxtime aimation

http://fluxtime.com/download.php

Me and my Movie Maker

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/meandmymovie/

Pivot sticks

Stick figure fram by fram animation

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stickfigure.html

Older Students

Full Animation Program to download Called Moviestorm

http://www.blender.org Blender is the Open Source Software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production,

interactive creation, and playback. Blender allows students and teachers to animate 3D computer graphics.

ZenCub3d

ZenCub3d (pronounced 'zen-cubed') is an easy-to-use and free 3D animation package, that lets you paint stories as vivid as your imagination

 anim8tor

www.anim8tor.com

Audio/Video Stuff

Animoto http://animoto.com

Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

dFilm Movie Maker http://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html

Jumpcut http://jumpcut.com

Mediacider

translates audio video fileshttp://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/download.htm

Cam Studio

http://camstudio.org/Records screen activity from the Windows desktop into standard AVI movie files.

Qlipboard: http://www.qlipmedia.comMake a Podcast:http://garageband.com http://gcast.com

Microsoft Producer http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/technologies/producer.mspx

Video Capture Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows. PhotoStory Download at Microsoft- photo slide show you can add music, animation, and special effects to Photo to Sketch It is a tool to convert a photo to excellent sketch, and paint water

color freehandly. ... This is the professional version of Photo to Sketch. ... Audio/visual podcasting Resources

Podcasting Tools - http://www.podcasting-tools.com Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com PodcastBunker - http://www.podcastbunker.com Podcasting News - http://www.podcastingnews.com Jing http://www.jingproject.com/



 

 Avatar

 

 http://www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar/

 

http://www.tektek.org/dream/ dream avatar creator

 

http://whuddle.crystal-dreams.us/whuddletar2.php

 

http://www.doppelme.com/create/step2.asp These look alot like a the Wii  characters

 

http://www.funnypics.cc/media/create_your_avatar.php

 

http://www.meez.com/home.dm THis has been my favorite because you can animate them

 

http://www.gizmoz.com/create/head With gizmoz you upload a photo and using facial recogntion software you

can create a cartoon character of yourself

Cartoons/Comic Strips:

Create Comics at the sites below

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ line comics

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/missionz/comic.htm Garfield Comic

http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php Comic strip creator

http://www.boyslife.org/games/online-games/235/comic-creator/

http://disney.go.com/surfswell/comiccreator.html disney comic creator on line

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix.php Make Belief Comics

http://www.instructables.com/group/howtoons/ Howtoons

Design

Architect Studio 3D http://www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/design_studio.html

Floor Plan http://floorplanner.com

C.A.D. www.sketchup.com/ Sketch Up CAD Program

Sketchcast http://sketchcast.com

LEGO Digital Designer http://ldd.lego.com/download/

Block Cad http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm Similat to lego blocks

Serif Software http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/3dPlus/default.asp 3DPlus is the amazing 3D design software that enables you to create stunning 3D graphics for your home, school or business - no experience required!

3D Model Maker http://sourceforge.net/projects/aoi Art of Illusion is a full featured 3D modelling, rendering, and animation studio. It is written entirely in Java, and can run on almost any operating system.

Interior Design http://sourceforge.net/projects/sweethome3dJava application for quickly choosing and placing furniture on a house 2D plan drawn by the end-user, with a final 3D preview

West Point Bridge Designhttp://bridgecontest.usma.edu/

Super Bridge http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/

GOO3D http://www.goo3d.com/

Design a House http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/index.html

Drawing Program http://www.smartdraw.com/ trial version

Digital Photo

Photo Editor http://seashore.sourceforge.net/index.php Seashore is an open source image editor for Cocoa.

Digital Morphing- http://www.morpheussoftware.net/ This amazing picture morphing software transforms one person or object into another before your eyes!

Digital Photo http://picasa.google.com/ Locate and organize all the photos on your computer. Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks.

Pop Art http://www.photo-freeware.net/andy-warhol-replicator.phpThe Andy Warhol Replicator is an outstanding application for adding Pop-Art effects to your digital photos. The freeware comes with ready to use filter effects pre-defined in various color compositions. As adddition, Andy Warhol Replicator can be used for grey scaling, picture rotating, sharpening and black-and-white converting

Digital Imaging:

http://scrapblog.com/ digital scrapbooks

 
http://www.stainedglasscollage.com/  photo art works program


http://www.graphita.com/

http://photobucket.com

http://bubbleply.com

http://picasa.google.com/  Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you locate and organize all the photos on your computer

You can also Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks.

GIMP for Windows GIMP is a popular open-source image editor originally developed for Unix/Linux. Often lauded as the "free Photoshop,"

http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/default.asp fully-functional version of PhotoPlus 6. PhotoPlus 6 features an export optimizer, editable text,

image slicing and image maps, selection tools, smart shapes, third-party plug-in support, red-eye removal tool, and photo enhancement tools



Drawing

 

Drawing www.tuxpaint.org Program similar to Kid Pix Paint

 

 





 





Imagination Station http://www.draw3d.com/lessons.htm





 





Painting http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html Easy to use, stylish painting package that lets you get painting from the moment you open it up. You can paint with oils, sketch with pencils, sprinkle glitter, and more. You can paint with gold leaf, silver foil, and other metallic colors. You can even load in your photos as Tracing Images to help you recreate them as paintings


Vector Graphic http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/DrawPlus/default.asp drawing program

Drawing for Children http://drawing.gamemaker.nl/index.html Similar to Kid Pix but free

Language

Spelling Help http://spellmaster.com/ Providing stimulating activities in a wide range languages.

Maps/Space

Google Earth http://www.izhuk.com/painter/ google earth

Your G Map http://www.yourgmap.com/

Stellarium is a free planetarium for your computer. http://www.stellarium.org/

Celestia The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

Earth from Space See our amazing planet from the perspective of an orbiting satellite. http://www.earthfromspace.si.edu/

Organization-note taking

Take notes and save them on the web.

Webnote : Write a quick note - whereever you have a browser. Free.
Zohowriter : Online word processor. Free.
Sproutliner : Write and store projects and ideas online. Free.
Thinkfree.com : ThinkFree Office is an online replacement for Microsoft Office. Free.
Jotlive : Live multi-user note taking for groups. Free. Jjot - take notes online, fast.

<p class='title'>Jjot helps you take online notes</p> <p>Think of these as online sticky notes. They're simple, fast, and you can access them from any ...

Publishing

Desktop Publishing

http://www.scribus.net/ Scribus is powerful software that helps you create great looking documents of all kinds

http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PagePlus/default.asp PagePlus is the award-winning desktop publishing software that enables you to create stunning documents for your home, school, business or club - no experience required!

OpenOffice

http://www.OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org the product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety

Mind Mapping http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java, Free alternative to Inspiration.

Writing:Googledocs http://docs.google.com

Storymaker Programs

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm

Do you like writing? You can create your own story here. Click on 'next'. Then choose a fairy story, a horror story, or a science fiction story. Wait for the storymaker to load, then answer the questions - choose the characters, words and places or write your own! Then the story maker will 'make' your story - you can print it too!

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/WritingCorner/StoryBuilder/LittleLostDog.html

Have fun making your own stories using Squigly's story builder. Squigly and his friends have written some stories that you can personalize with your own words.

http://pbskids.org/sagwa/stories/storymaker/index.html make a picture and then write about.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/colour/gingerbreadman.shtml create a story with pictures about the gingerbread man.

Story Creator http://myths.e2bn.org/create/

http://www.scrapblog.com/Scrapblog is the best place to share your digital scrapbooks with your friends, family, and the world. Enhance your photos, and express yourself

Puzzlemakers

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/ Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists.

http://www.puzzle-maker.com/ Create word searches and crossword puzzles

Photograph Puzzle Maker

Choose a picture from your computer (jpeg, png, gif, and bmp formats supported). You can use a photograph you took with your camera. ...

Research

http://thinktank.4teachers.org/

ThinkTank is designed to help students develop a Research Organizer (a list of topics and subtopics) for reports and projects.

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/- Homework helper

http://www.ncwiseowl.org/- Grolier,magazines, citation machine,copyright guidelines, dictionary

http://citationmachine.net/ Citation Machine

Time Lines

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/ interactive time lines

http://www3.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html

A collection of timeline links on the web for history, science, arts, literature, popular cultures, scienc

Online Tools

For a more complete list see Borwser based tools on the Main Page

Screen Capture Tools

Simulations

Open City http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencity Similar to Sim City

Create a City: City Creator http://www.citycreator.com

Boiler Room http://gamescene.com/Boiler_Room_game.html

Soda Play http://sodaplay.com

Learn to run a city http://simcity.ea.com/play/simcity_classic.php

lemonade stand http://www.classbrain.com/cb_games/cb_gms_bag/lemonade.html

Another lemonade stand http://www.omsi.edu/visit/featured/moneyville/activities/lemonade/lemonadestand.htm

Oregon trail on line http://woz.commtechlab.msu.edu/courses/447sp04/oregontrail/play.htm

The coffee shop a new take on the lemonade stand http://www.armorgames.com/games/coffeeshop_popup.html

Technology Options

Create a Web Page http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/WebPlus/default.asp

Slideshows/Presentations: Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net

Spresent http://www.spresent.com/v2/

Magic Studio http://www.magicstudio.co.uk/home/what_is_magic_studio enables you to build and share interactive learning resources quickly and easily, with no specialist skills required. It's an online service so you don't have to install any complicated software

A Really Different Place http://areallydifferentplace.org

New Things to Try!

Language Train

The Language Train aims to create engaging tasks for students aged between 5 and 11 to practice phoneme recognition, by modelling different versions of words in Spanish. Prototype: KS1/2 languages.

Go to: Language Train download page

MediaStage

Developed by Immersive Education with research support from Futurelab, MediaStage is a fully immersive 3D production studio that puts control of scenery, props, actors, cameras and lights into the hands of learners. Commercial product: KS3/4 media studies, English, drama.

Go to: www.immersiveeducation.com/mediastage

For OpenSource Kids Programming check out the Programming Languages for Kids

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Teaching Resources for Mathematics

All Years All Terms

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/teachingresources/?subject=S_900361&yeargroup=&term=

Counter

Date of issue: Nov. 2000

Counter is a very flexible counting program which allows you to set up either one or two counters to count in different ways. You can set the starting number and the step by which the counter increases, so at the simplest level you might set the counter to start at 0 and count in steps of 1.

Counter (ZIP 594Kb)

Function machine

Date of issue: Nov. 2000

Function machine is a simple program which allows users to choose functions to carry out on the numbers they type into an 'Input' box. When they press the 'Activate' button their chosen function is applied to their number and shown in the 'Output' box.

Function machine (EXE 337Kb)

Function machine: Help (ZIP 115Kb)

Handy graph

Date of issue: Nov. 2000

Handy graph is a simple program that draws block graphs. Pupils can enter their own graph title and label the axes. As they enter their data they see the block graph created.

Handy graph (EXE 282Kb)

Minimax

Date of issue: Nov. 2000

Minimax is a program which helps you to understand the effects of large and small digits on the operations addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. A player or team name can be set to appear on the gantry. The user can then choose which operation to use for each game, the size of the numbers involved and whether the target is to make the maximum or minimum possible value.

Minimax (ZIP 995Kb)

Monty

Date of issue: Nov. 2000

Monty is a program based around the exploration of various 10 x 10 number grids. There are 9 different grids which can be selected and some of these can be used in different orientations on the screen. ‘Start’ begins a new game and/or changes the orientation of the grid. Clicking on the ‘Monty’ button will make ‘Monty’ python appear or he will appear automatically after a set time. ‘Monty’ then starts to move around the screen. After a number of seconds or when the mouse is clicked ‘Monty’ will stop and a number clue will be displayed on his back. The user has to determine which numbers are being concealed by the rest of Monty’s body.

Monty (ZIP 432Kb)

Toy shop

Date of issue: Nov. 2000

Toy shop is a game of strategy for two players (or groups of players). Players take turns to select a coin to pay towards the cost of the displayed toy. The winner is the player who lays down the coin to make up the exact cost of the toy. Three levels of game are available. The first level uses values up to 19p, the second level uses values up to 99p and the third level uses values up to £2.49.

Toy shop (ZIP 244Kb)

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Carroll diagram

Date of issue: Nov. 2000

Carroll diagram is a more complex sorting program. The screen shows a Carroll diagram. The matrix is labelled 'red', 'not red', 'rectangles' and 'not rectangles'. There are 12 shapes to sort using two criteria.

Carroll diagram (Shockwave SWF 10Kb)

[10Kb] This is an interactive Flash movie file. Click on the title to run the movie. To save it on your computer right-click on the title and opt to 'Save Target As...' [Apple Macintosh users click and hold].

Carroll diagram: Help (ZIP 78Kb)

[76Kb] This is a Help page which shows how to use the Carroll diagram program.

Carroll diagram: Help (self extracting) (EXE 106Kb)

[104Kb] This file is a self-extracting version of the help page for Windows based computers which shows how to use the Carroll diagram program.

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