Software

=Suzie Vesper has put together these two sites for accessing 'Offline' and 'Online' software and tutorials to go with them.=

Offline software
[|educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Offline Software] :== Check out 3D and 2D Worlds/animation, photo editing, slideshows, screen capture, ilife in macs, art and design and much much more!!

Online tools
== [|educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Online tools] Check out animation, avators, mashups,maps,teacher tools, mobile to web, timelines, calendar sharing, video editing, comic tools and much much more!!

PhotoStory 3
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Some bits of software that I have used in class... [|Paint.NET] a more complex image editor than MSPaint. It needs NET framework 2.0 but that is available to download here as well.

[|NVu] website creator/ editor. Free and easy to use. I have created webpages our school website using this. I have also created 'Digital Learning Centres' that acts as a Start Page for Reading/ Maths activities with links to websites, activities and documents that the children need to do during the session-week.

**__Photoshop:
__** For a tuorial on how to use photoshop to improve/change your digital images visit [|www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/PhotoStory3-Tutorials/photoshop.pdf] _** This is a free website where you can crop, rotate, resize, enhance, recolour and adjust any o your digital pictures within your own browser for free. Check it out at [|www.snipshot.com]
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**Comic Life

 * is another cool way to publish or present your work using comic strip templates, photos and speech bubbles. You can get it free with an imac or otherwise you can download if free for pc's from http://plasq.com/download/beta/comic-life-win-b3.exe Because this is a beta file, it can not be relied to be perfect as it is still in trial. Check it out and try it!! your boys will absolutely love it and it is extremely easy to use.

MovieMaker
Visit: [|nelsoncentral.wikispaces.com/movie maker] from conception/planning to making a movie and using moviemaker. Lots of how to....