Posted on Oct. 9, 2007

New Software for New Projects

Read about several new tools to extend the fun and usefulness of laptop computing for teachers and students.

From Technology & Learning magazine, September 2007

Some recent product announcements in Technology & Learning include:

Podium from RM Education, which allows students of any age to create, edit, and publish podcasts from the same interface.

Claymation Studio , which creates single frame animations.

Comic Book Creator from PlanetWide Media for creating comics using digital photos, music, sound effects, video, and animation.

Scratch, MIT Media Lab's free, user-friendly programming language that allows students ages 8 and up to create interactive stories, games, music, and animation for the Web.

Paper Tools Pro 2.0 from ePen&Inc, which is designed to help students in middle school and up simplify and organize notetaking while preventing plagiarism.

Fourier Systems' mini-site for its Nova5000 one-to-one computing system, offering tutorials and other information.

The Webware 100 -- the best Web applications of 2007, according to the editors of CNET’s Webware.com.

Source: Technology and Learning, What’s New and News and Trends

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