[LM_NET] HIT:tech solution- typing and drawing programs

[Carla Boyington <cboying@WNESU.NET>]

Our technology department is looking for alternatives to Kidpix and
Type-to-learn. We like Kidpix, but it doesn't work on thin client
machines. If you have something that you use that is free or affordable,
please pass it along. 


We use Tuxpaint, and I like it a lot more than Kidpix, because there
aren't as many distractions.  Its easy to customize the stamps library and
defaults. I have mine set up to run from each individual hard drive, but
the images save as jpegs to a network drive, so it's easy to dump them
into group slide shows, power point, or whatever. It's free!  

Take a look at Tux Paint.  Much like KidPix, open source, platform 
independent, and free!!!

www.tuxpaint.org

I like Keyboarding Practice at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ and the
typing component to ABCY.com for younger students.

For a drawing program that's a free download - I use TuxPaint.  It's
similar to KidPix but takes some getting used to.  We use online resources
for teaching typing because of budget restraints.  Our main site is: [
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.html
]http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.html
[
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.html
]http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.htmlWe
like this best because it's set apart in lessons, but it's basic typing
practice.

We use www.freetypinggame.net.


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