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http://www.drawastickman.com/ Have fun drawing a stickman with your Tablet PC and watch him come to life! After you draw your figure, he will have an exciting adventure right there on your computer screen! A fun way to practice following directions, starting a story, or just have some fun on your Tablet or SMART Board. Enjoy!
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Storybird Quick Tour from Storybird on Vimeo. Site: http://storybird.com/ Source: Life With English Story Bird looks like a wonderful place for creative students to create writing pieces. The wonderful graphics appear to be easy to use and visually appealing. I wish there was a way around creating accounts, perhaps you could create a generic account [...]
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http://drips.nalindesign.com/ “Drips” is a an interesting painting application. It gives you random colors of paint and you drip them around the canvas. It states that you can use your webcam, but I chose to use the mouse option. I found the painting to be fun and whimsical, and I imagine it would be an interesting [...]
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I had a one hour session at Foster yesterday afternoon. They were interested in creating posters for the classrooms. Among the tools we explored: Poster Street http://www.poster-street.com/ Download and print fun posters from a variety of categories. Posters are free and there is no log in needed for the site. Posters are colorful and they [...]
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SMART Notebook Express Link: http://express.smarttech.com/ SMART Notebook Express is a scaled down version of SMART Notebook. It is available for use online and has the (very) basic features of SMART Notebook program. Using the express version might come in handy in one of these situations: – Your Tablet PC is unavailable and you have to [...]
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I’m not sure how long it has been available, but I just noticed that one of the options on Google Docs is a draw document. I could see this coming in very handy for Tablet PC users who want to collaborate on sketches or diagrams with multiple users at once. At a glance the draw [...]
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If you have been reading this blog for any length of time you know that I am a big fan of wordle. I’ve posted about it several times, most recently here. There are other word cloud generators out there, and they all fulfill their own little niche. There is a new one that was recently [...]
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The “Spell With Flickr” utility can now be found under a new domain name. Navigate to http://picurio.us/ and type in the word you want to spell. The new setup appears to handle phrases better than it used to. There still isn’t a quick way to download the word you created, so use the Tablet PC [...]
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Crayola Coloring Application http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/ Do you remember when you got your first 64 pack of Crayola crayons? The one with the sharpener built in to the back? Life was good! Crayola has a wide range of crayons, markers, colored pencils stamps and more that you can purchase and be creative with now. If you want [...]
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http://www.shapecollage.com/ Use Shape Collage to create fun picture collages. You have several options including a square, circle and a few animal shapes too. The site works quickly, and you can use your own photos or a web address of a public photo album. I added Shape Collage to the “Class Pictures” tab on Tablet Talk [...]
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