Free Software to Download |
 | Google Earth For educational resources to install after you have downloaded the free version of Google Earth, click here. |
| paint.NET Layering and advanced effects are available, yet it is simple enough for Key Stage 2 pupils to use, for example to add effects to photos. I particularly like the semi-transparent tools which activate when you hover over them. |
| Drawing for Children www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/kids/ An excellent free drawing and painting application with easy and intuitive interface. |
|  Tux Paint www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ |
|  Irfanviewwww.irfanview.com IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial & educational use) graphic viewer. Use for producing slide shows, contact prints, viewing and converting many file types. The most common image manipulations are VERY easy. To resize, it's just "Image, Resize/Resample". Indicate the new size (in pixels, centimeters or inches) and then "OK". |
| Open Office www.openoffice.org/ A free alternative to MS Office. It will open nearly all Office documents and also allows you to create pdf's (portable document files) |
| Photostory www.microsoft.com Create a video slide show of a series of photos and music/ narration (similar to MovieMaker but for photos) |
| MS Producer www.microsoft.com Microsoft Producer is an add-on tool for MS Office PowerPoint 2003. It enables you to link a video sequence with powerpoint slides to create dynamic and rich-media presentation. |
| MSWLogo |
| PIXIE Simulator www.swallow.co.uk/download/pixdown.htm PIXIE simulator allows children to do some simple PIXIE activities on the computer screen instead of on the table top. The simulator has all the PIXIE buttons plus extra buttons for loading and saving programs, setting a target to aim at and printing the program out. |
| Scratch (It comes with help sheets. Click on help once the programme is loaded or visit the help section online |
| Blockcad |
| Funny Bones http://www.littlebitsmultimedia.com/ Have fun learning about the animal skeletal systems. 9 different skeletal systems in all. Colour coded bones ...children will quickly learn the similarities and patterns found in all vertebrate skeletal systems. |
|  Crocodile Clips www.crocodile-clips.com/s3_4.htm An excellent free electrical circuit simulation download. Can also be used to support QCA ICT schemes of work Unit 3D (Exploring simulations) |
| Tux Math Scrabble www.asymptopia.org/ Tux Math Scrabble is a free maths game for kids that is similar to the board game Scrabble, but uses numbers instead of letters. You compete against the animated penguin Tux. |
| Free Maths Software http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/ufa10/download.htm Birmingham City Council Fractions and times tables downloadable activities |
| Free Coundown Software www.csfsoftware.co.uk/Count_info.htm The game emulates the UK Chanel 4 Countdown (TV show) numbers game whereby you can choose 6 numbers to be used by the contestants to make the number that is randomly generated by the program. |
|  Sebran www.wartoft.nu/software/sebran/ A suite of numeracy and literacy programs. Includes Hangman, Memory, and Raindrops and maths with addition, subtraction, and multiplication. |
| Audacity Useful for recording sounds and editing sound recordings. You can create MP3 files - useful for recording performances, oral work, narration etc Plugins are available. |
| Music Games www.inclusive.co.uk/downloads/downloads.shtml A collection of early learning musical activities, ideal for Key Stage 1. |
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See some Kent examples of animations created with Pivot. Instructions on how to use Pivot Stick Animator |
| Scratch |
| Anim8or www.anim8or.com Anim8or is a 3D modeling and character animation program. |
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| | Tele View |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | | PDF995 http://www.pdf995.com/ Enable users to create their own PDF files from any software with support for a printer. |
| Microsoft Office Converters and Viewers |
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