ICT Tools and Programs
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I have compiled an ongoing list of ICT tools and resources that I believe are beneficial to utilise within and outside of the classroom. Here are some links for your later perusal.
Open Culture: The best free cultural & educational media on the web 200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More
Mathletics is Australia's most used educational website. Helping to engage children with maths.
Superkids provides online reviews and links to ICT tools.
Below I have some fun tools and programs that will help support your children to learn 21st century skills needed to navigate their way around ICTs. I have catergorised them into three categories.
Open Culture: The best free cultural & educational media on the web 200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More
Mathletics is Australia's most used educational website. Helping to engage children with maths.
Superkids provides online reviews and links to ICT tools.
Below I have some fun tools and programs that will help support your children to learn 21st century skills needed to navigate their way around ICTs. I have catergorised them into three categories.
GAME DESIGN
You can use the programs below to design your own digital games. http://www.adventuremaker.com/It is a free game design tool which allows you to create point-and-click games without any programming. Just insert your pictures, add some hotspots to link the pictures and it is done. http://gamefroot.com/You can make instant games that can be played online and on iPhone. You can share your games with the world if you like. http://www.stencyl.com/Stencyl allows you to create 2D flash games without knowing any coding. It is easy to use it and you are in full control of your game design http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studioGameMaker allows users to create video games without any prior knowledge of programming languages. http://www.sandboxgamemaker.com/Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker is a free open source 3D Game Maker, world creator and 3D Game Design program. It allows kids and adults to create their own video games, worlds, levels, adventures and quests. http://www.alice.org/Alice and Alice Storytelling were created at Carnegie Mellon University as a way to introduce complex programming concepts to students. Users can create interactive 3-D environments using 3D objects. http://www.kodugamelab.com/Kodu is an easy to use free game design and programming software. You can use it to create elaborate 3D landscapes and build complicated, immersive games.Kodu is available for the PC and for the Xbox. http://www.sploder.com/It allows you to create games online and share with your friends by publishing on the Internet or via email. |
PHOTO EDITING
Online tools for photo editing Pixlr http://pixlr.com/ Pixlr is a free online photo editor. You can edit, adjust and filter your images. You can apply some amazing effects which children found it fascinating. You can even draw your own pictures.The best thing about Pixlr is you don’t need to download anything or register to use it. FOTOFLEXER http://fotoflexer.com Fotoflexer is advanced online digital photo editor. It offers many features that only available with professional editing softwares. You can edit images, apply effects and create animations. It also allows you to import photos from social network accounts such as facebook. BEFUNKY http://www.befunky.com/ With Befunky you can transform your photos into fantastic work of art such as oil paintings, vintage images etc. Youc an even add frames, speech bubbles and graphics to make it more interesting. BIGHUGELAB http://bighugelabs.com/ Bighugelabs is a creative factory where you can create pop art poster, jigsaw, map, magazine cover, movie poster, calendar and many more fun stuff. You can open an education account for free which allows you to register your students so they can sign-in without an email address. You can access to content created by your students. PHOTOVISI http://www.photovisi.com Photovisi is a photo collage maker. it is free and very easy to use. You can select from many themes and apply different effects to make your photos fun. |
ANIMATION
Create your own animation online. http://www.fluxtime.com/What you can do here… · create your own animation · save it to your webspace · share and reuse artwork · collaborate with others · show your animation http://www.toondoo.com/You can use ToonDoo to create cartoons. http://www.voki.com/Create speaking avatars then share with your friends on blogs or websites. http://www.dvolver.com/Make your own movie online. http://www.makeitshareit.com/You can create a drawing or animation then you can get it printed or share it online with your friends. http://www.creazaeducation.com/cartoonistCartoonists is an online tool to create cartoons or personal digital stories, consisting of professional backgrounds, characters, props, images and text.With Cartoonist, you can create multimedia stories. You can use the tool to create comic strips or more personal digital narratives. http://chogger.com/Use comic builder to draw your own comics, caption photos, take webcam pictures and add speech balloons. Read, rate, and comment on comics made by people from all around the world. http://www.miniclip.com/sketch-star/en/create/Create an animation online. http://www.artisancam.org.uk/Pose your action, tell your story, publish your comic! http://writecomics.com/Create your own comic strip. No registration. |