Re: Looking for Multimedia app other than KidPix etc

How about Tuxpaint? I find it much more robust than KidPix. You can
configure the settings so that it automatically saves to any location you
want, including a network drive. When a student is finished their work, they
simply click the save icon, and the file is saved to the location you have
specified. It is very easy to use, it is free, and it runs on Mac, Linux, or
Windows.

http://www.tuxpaint.org

Jason

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Jason Edwards
Director of Educational Technology
Khartoum International Community School
http://www.kics.sd

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> >
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Susan Ferris <sfmr@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi to all---
> > >
> > > I am looking for a new and more robust/ less limiting
> > > multimedia program for my lower school kids to use to write and
> > > illustrate---
> > > Something that allows the child to be VERY creative and at the same
> time
> > > work VERY independently---
> > >
> > > I have been using Kid Pix 4 (which as you know does not always work
> > > well---GRRR!!!)
> > > and of course the usual PowerPoint---
> > >
> > > Also I have used PhotoStory with my upper primary grades
> > > (and have been able to
> > > get several digital cameras/ teach some digital photography---
> > > YAHOO!---kids LOVE taking pictures!!!---)
> > > which has given greater opportunity for sound recording
> > > and less focus on text
> > >
> > > Perhaps my biggest obstacle is when we created entire class projects
> we
> > > must
> > > save to the network
> > > which is time comsuming and VERY cumbersome for the younger set---
> > > NONE of the programs are able to default to saving to the network---
> > >
> > > We are PC only which rules out Mac apps
> > >
> > > So, hat are other folks in the primary/upper primary level
> > > using/doing???
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Susan Ferris Rights
> > > The Pingry School
> > > 973-379-4550
> > > sfrights@pingry.org
> > >
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> > Jennifer Davenport
> > Director of Technology
> > Saddle River Day School
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> Jennifer Davenport
> Director of Technology
> Saddle River Day School
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