10summerideas

=Digital Ideas for Summer!=

Is it raining? Are you bored? Do you really have nothing better to do than logon to the computer? Okay, since you are already here, check out these digital ideas, but don't forget to get back outside and play soon!


 * Review smart rules for staying safe online @ kidsmart.org.uk
 * Practice your keyboarding skills online @ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing or typingweb.com
 * If you are looking for a typing tutor to use at home, I recommend TypingMaster
 * Take digital photos and edit them
 * find a free PC image editor @ www.getpaint.net (*)
 * find a free Mac image editor @ seashore.sourceforge.net (*)
 * Tell a story online @ voicethread.com
 * Create a Pencil animation @ www.pencil-animation.org (*)
 * Learn about Video Production with Professor Monkey and produce a summer blockbuster
 * use MovieMaker on a PC
 * use iMovie on a Mac
 * Create a program
 * program turtles @ ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo (*)
 * NetLogo Tutorial
 * create a program and share online @ [|scratch]
 * Create puzzles for your family & friends @ kids.discovery.com/games/whizzball/whizzball.html & puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com
 * Check out these "educational" games.
 * Are you Ad Aware? Find out @ www.admongo.gov.
 * Nobel Prize-worthy games @ nobelprize.org/educational
 * You be the judge @ www.icivics.org
 * Create a word cloud @ www.wordle.net
 * Go on an Internet Scavenger Hunt @ www.mrsoshouse.com/ext/internethunts.html

(*) Ask for your parents help to download these free tools onto your computer.