Creativity

There are great creativity software programs that come on computers today; MovieMaker on Windows, and iPhoto, iDVD, and GarageBand on the Macintosh. Here are some additional tools to add to your toolkit.

Art

1. Enchanted Learning Drawing - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/drawing.shtml . a collection of K-3 drawing activities
2. edHelper - http://www.edhelper.com/ . collection of printable learning activities
3. Free Online Photo Editing Software - http://desktoppublishing.com/photo-editing-free.html . a collection of free image editing and painting software
4. Picasa - http://picasa.google.com . free image editing software for Windows
5. Cosmic Blob 3D Win & Cosmic Blob 3D MacX - http://www.cosmicblobs.com/ . a user friendly 3D modeling program. Check out the Cosmic Blob Widget for MacX.
6. iScrapbook - http://www.chronosnet.com/Products/iscrapbook.html . inexpensive scrapbook software
7. Gliffy - www.gliffy.com . draw and share diagrams on the web
8. SketchUp - http://sketchup.google.com . free 3-D drawing software for Win (on the CD) and MacX. check out the video tutorials
9. Tux Paint (Win . Mac . Linux) - http://www.tuxpaint.org/ . free painting software for children. be sure to download the rubber stamps
10. ImaginationCubed - http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage . a free online drawing tool with the ability to invite others to draw together online
11. Sketch Studio (Win) - www.drawinghand.com/Sketch/SketchStudio.php . natural media drawing with drawing tutorials, for Win
12. ArtRage Win & ArtRage Mac - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html . a free natural media drawing program for Win and Mac
13. Color Wheel - http://www.sessions.edu/career_center/design_tools/color_calculator/index.asp# . a Flash based tool for creating color schemes and learning about color
14. Sumo Paint - http://www.sumopaint.com/web/ . a free online paint and image editing application with extensive tools and features similar to Photoshop
15. Painter Essentials 4- http://www.corel.com . a natural media painting program for Win and MacX. includes image hoses, a "high end" type of stamp tool, and a variety of tutorials for digital drawing and painting. you can download a 60 day trial version from the Corel website
16. Create a Sculpture - http://hirshhorn.si.edu/education/interactive.html . an interactive art activity where students create their own sculptures.
17. Comic Life for Mac from http://plasq.com/ enables students to take pictures and create their own personal comic books.
18. Shape College - http://www.shapecollage.com/ . a free program for Win and MacX that creates colleges from photos.
19. Picartia - http://www.picartia.com/ . a free online service that lets you upload a master photo then pick from their photo galleries to create a mosiac. There is a fee for hi rez files.
20. Flickr Toys - http://bighugelabs.com/ . an online collection of free apps for creating things from photos; such as mosiacs, magazine covers, posters, etc.
21. Art Thread - http://www.artthread.org/ . an online gallery where students can share their art work. for the Very Special Arts in Florida artthread go to http://vsafl.artthread.org/

Crafts

1. Dioramas . dinosaur valley . outer space . undersea
2. 3D train set . engine . dog . clown . cat_bear . horses . lion . elf . caboose
3. Binder covers . bee bug . flutterbug . stylin . cool . blastoff . space exploration . po popo
4. Paper airplanes . blue jay . hawk . robin . shark . usaf
5. Picture frames . aspire . birthday . circus . create . dream . flowers . hearts . stars

Music

1. Enchanted Learning Music - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/music/ . a collection of K-3 music education activities
2. Dot Mixer - http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/exhibits/dotmixer/index.html . an audio playground that works best with headphones. students can mix preset sounds in terms of volumn and panning
3. Jam Studio - http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm . an online music factory and recording studio
4. Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net . free audio editing software for Mac and Win
5. Onion Street Music - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/music/ . a variety of music programs, including a 16 track mixer and an interesting set of preset music mixers that can be "played" with keyboard shortcuts; perfect for something like an Intellikeys overlay
6. Mashup Music Machine - http://www.taketheleadmovie.com/mashup/ . an online DJ mixer that uses preset music loops
7. JamTrax (Win) - http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/jamtrax . a kid friendly, inexpensive loop music creation program
8. ACID - www.sonymediasoftware.com . high end loop based music creation for Win
9. RiffWorks - http://www.sonomawireworks.com/riffworks.php . digital music creation and recording environment for Win or MacX
10. Reason - http://www.propellerheads.se/ . a full featured professional music creation environment with self-contained synthesizers and loop players
11. Noteflight - http://www.noteflight.com/login . free online music notation software with export features for audio files
12. NotePad - http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ . inexpensive music notation software