The first application I would like to report on is Tux Paint. This is a wonderful Art program that allows the students to create unique works of art as well as add some visual stamps. This programs allows the user to use a multitude of tools to create their work.
Pro's: Quality of work is amazing, tools are sophistated, yet easy to use, takes very little time to learn.
Con's: Stamps can be an issue. When installing stamps, I would leave out the military stamps as the guns do not have a place in schools. The typing tool is very limited and makes it very difficult to do editting. Printing output is on 3/4 sheet of paper.
Overall, this is a great free application to use for Kindergarten students and with some First Grade students. Switching to an alternative program for the older grades would be recommended.
Tux Paint - http://www.tuxpaint.org/
*Tux Pic of Tools, Retrieved on March 8, 2011 from http://www.freetrialdownloads.com/
*Pic of Tux, Retrieved on March 8, 2011 from http://www.software.wikia.com/
Reviews:
http://tuxpaint.org/reviews/
