[Primaryit] software used and intro

[rlmclean at bigpond.net.au]

Lots of great software there Terri.  I also use Monkeyjam, a free stop animation package with more features than stop motion pro, NVU - a free web editor, Pivot - a very simple stick figure animator, Game Maker, GCompris - a great educational games package that has a limited free verision for windows.  The programmer is very approachable about fees for licences for the full version.  Irfanview and the GIMP are great for digital imaging.  These are all pretty much free b/c we have a very small budget.  I got a lot of them from a catalogue put out by Open Source Victoria on Free Software for Schools that I can send a URL to the list if anyone is interested.

Cheers,

Rachelle
---- Terri Van Zetten <tvanzetten at westnet.com.au> wrote: 
> Hi All,
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>  Being report time etc, I can't remember if I replied to another email, so I
> apologise if I am repeating this here.
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> I teach at St Mary's College in Broome, the Kimberley WA.  I am the k-12 ICT
> specialist there.   Although we are a couple of thousand km from a city,
> there are fantastic things happening in ICT in the Catholic schools in the
> Kimberley.  We have SMARTBoards, video conferencing and many other tools and
> programs.
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> It is great to hear there are a few people in a similar situation here.
> This is now my 3rd year teaching primary classes, but like many of you I am
> originally a secondary teacher.
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> Software I recommend: TuxPaint, Tux Type (free to download), KidPix,
> Inspiration is meant to be good, but I haven't been able to afford it yet,
> I do not use Max Tool kit with the littlies, even though I have heard it is
> great because I haven't seriously looked at buying as, that isn't what they
> have at home or at their cousins.  MovieMaker is great and easy to use.
> Tales Animator is another free program which is good to teach basic
> programming concepts.  Audacity is a good freebee for sound.
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> IT would be great if we could get this list up and running successfully and
> promote ICT at the primary level.  It is sad that so many primary kids do
> not get the exposure to IT.
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> Regards, Terri.
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