Software
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
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.
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.comhttp://gcast.com
Microsoft Producer http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/technologies/producer.mspx
PhotoStory Download at Microsoft- photo slide show you can add music, animation, and special effects to
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
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
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 ...
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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/
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 online 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.
Image Editor http://www.izhuk.com/painter/ on-line image editor
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
Kid's Art Program http://www.kerpoof.com/ a neat new product that lets kids create, color, print, and share within a browser
ArtPad http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
Vector Graphic http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/DrawPlus/default.asp drawing program
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
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/
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
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
Create a 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
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
Virtual Field Trips
EFieldTrips
Tramline
More Virtual Field Trips
Even More Virtual Field Trips
List of Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Field Trips
webquests
Introduction to Webquests
More Webquests
ESL Webquests
More ESL Webquests
Quest Garden
Citebite (excellent tool to assist in Webquests for English Language Learners)
Webquest Information
More on Developing Webquests
Webquest Locator
Webquests 101
Webquest Strategies
Creating a Webquest
More On Webquests
The Learning Power of Webquests
Trackstar
Web 2.0 In General
Introduction to Web 2.0 In The Classroom
New Technologies For Teaching and Learning
Web Tools in Education
Go2Web20
Simple Spark
EduWikipedia
Website Development
Build A Free Website
Google Page Creator
Scholastic Home Page Builder
Weebly
WebJam
Site Kreator
Easy Site
Web Design Toolbox
Spruz
Tuplix
Jimbo
Jottit
Pagii
Leafletter
Synthasite
Uber
Wikis
PB Wiki
Wikispaces
Introduction to Wikis
Wikis In the Classroom
Classroom 2.0 Wikis
New Things to Try!
Create-A-Scape is a website that provides resources for creating digitally-enhanced learning experiences, using mobile technology to experience location-sensitive sounds and images that have been ‘attached to’ the local landscape. Free web tool: all ages/subjects.
Go to: www.createascape.org.uk
Enquiring Minds is an approach to teaching and learning that takes students’ ideas, interests and experiences as its starting point, and provides them with more responsibility for the direction and content of their learning. Free web resource: all ages/subjects.
Go to: www.enquiringminds.org.uk
A free web resource (currently in beta version) which can be used for downloading, using and making interactive thinking guides. Thinking guides can be useful for supporting independent and group research projects with frameworks for thinking, planning and enquiry.
Go to: www.exploratree.org.uk
Iya-ola is a collection of language learning games with a difference: the player can only progress through collaborating with a learner in a different country. Initially focusing on English and Spanish, it has the potential to be developed for other languages. Prototype: KS2 languages
Go to: Iya-ola download page
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
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
Moovl is an interactive unique online tool which allows children to create images that move according to the dynamics of a simple set of physics rules. Working demo and commercial product: KS1 science, literacy, creativity.
Go to: www.moovl.com and www.moovl.co.uk
Racing Academy is a racing videogame built on an advanced physics simulation engine. This prototype version has been trialled with older teenagers, and there is scope for it to become a multi-generational learning environment. Prototype: KS4 engineering, physics.
Go to: Racing Academy download page
For OpenSource Kids Programming check out the Programming Languages for Kids
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