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Crayon Physics "is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game,
in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings
would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles
with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.
"
Phun - "is a
free game like 2D physics sandbox where you can play with physics like never
before.
The playful synergy of science and art is novel, and makes Phun as
educational as it is entertaining.
Phun is a free game like 2D physics
sandbox where you can play with physics like never before.
The playful
synergy of science and art is novel, and makes Phun as educational
as it is entertaining"
Dinosaur
World - "Travel back in time and meet the
Jurassic giants roaming a 3D dinosaur landscape.
Partner software to the BBC
Walking with Dinosaurs series.Great activity, essentially a
prehistoric
safari in a virtual environment with good quality graphics.
There are two versions of the game available
for download, but most modern
PCs should be fine with the larger, higher quality version." by www.senteacher.org
ComiKit Magic Words - is a new type of creative software for children. With this program children can:
- Create interactive animated worlds
- Create their own friendly non-violent computer games
- Explore the mening of words as part of learning how to read"
gMote - "is a
free and customisable tool that provides fast access to frequently-used actions
via mouse gestures.
Use gestures to access programs,websites and files, fill
out forms, input text, control browsers, media players,
manipulate
windows and more. It can provide access to specific commands depending on the
active application:
your "R"-like gesture could bring up the "Replace" dialog in your
word processor or hit "Reply" in Windows Mail. "
site Watch a demo video Click here to see gMote in action
VEMUS (
VirtualEuropean
Music S chool) "VEMUS aims at developing and
thoroughly validating an open,
highly interactive and networked multilingual
music tuition framework for popular instruments such as the flute,
the
saxophone, the clarinet and the recorder. The system will address students of
beginning to intermediate level."
(VEMUS is partially supported by the
European Community under the Information Society Technologies
(IST)
priority of the 6th Framework Programme
for R & D )
Malted (Multimedia Authoring for Language Tutors and Educational Devele) "is an authoring computer tool designed to create multimedia and interactive didactic units to be used by learners as a means to practise their learning skills in technological environments. This tool has been specifically developed for language teaching, although it may also be used for other subjects included in the school curricula.
MALTEDconsists of three main components: the Developer Tool (DVE) , the Runtime System (RTS) and the XML Script Editor (RTE) :
- The
Developer Tool is a visual layout design tool for exercises and units
which generates in an automatic and transparent way the XML code they are
based on. It works on two levels. On the one hand, it includes several
templates to generate in an easy way most of the exercise types frequently
used in language teaching. It also manages the addition of renewable and
modifiable contents, as well as text, images, graphs, audio, video and an
application for voice recording through an external microphone. On the other
hand, it allows to organise activities based on logical sequencing, following
a didactic development plan. This way, we can create work units featuring
flexible navigation systems. Designers will also find an opportunity to use
their creativity freely, as well as the possibility to adopt and apply various
didactic approaches.
- The Runtime
System can be used to view and complete the exercises. Once the answers
have been checked, the corresponding score will be given. Aside from its own
viewer, this programme can also interact with the Net by using a supplementary
system (a Javaapplet, where
Java is the general visual environment used by the system) thanks to which
contents can be presented on screen through an ordinaryweb browser.
- The Script Editoris a mixed application comprising an XML script processor and the system viewer to see the immediate results of the changes just made. It is mainly intended for designers with programming skills.
In addition to this, the system can be linked to two other complements: one calledLearning Management System (LMS), which allows to register and follow up the progress each learner has made within a particular unit; and another one known as theAsset Base (AB), an external data base where designers can search amongst a range of multimedia resources and even some completed exercises, which provides a collaborative approach to this environment and gives way to making a profitable use of common efforts."
Didactic software to learn French
Ri-li is an arcade game licensed under the GPL
Childsplay is a suite of educational games for young children
GCompris - "is an educational software which
propose different activities to children from 2 to 10 years old.
Some of the
activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can
find a list of
categories with some of the activities available in that
category.
Tux Paint "Open Source Drawing Software for Children"
Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you place your furniture on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview."
Seterra is a challenging educational geography program
with 70 different exercises. Learn about countries, capitals,
flags and
cities in Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Asia and Australia,
using outline map
exercises!Examples of exercises: countries in Europe;
American states; American state capitals; French cities;
cities in Mexico;
countries in Asia, etc, etc... Seterra is perfect for classroom use, for
homeschooling or just
for fun! "
(Marianne Wartoft )
Sebrian ABC It's never too early for your child to
become familiar with letters and numbers. Sebran's ABC's colorful
pictures,
pleasant music, and gentle games teach letters, numbers,
simple math, and rudiments of reading. The program teaches
using either
Afrikaans, Bahasa Indonesian, Breton, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
English, Estonian, Finnish,
French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Samoan,
Slovak,
Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish, Swahili or Swedish (in Swedish, the
droll zebra gracing the main screen is called
"sebran").
The six simpler
exercises display four possible answers. Choose the right one and it becomes a
smile; an error gets a frown
and a chance to try again. The How Many?
counting game introduces the numbers from 1 to 9. These are used in the Add,
Subtract, and Multiply matching games, which each function at two levels of
difficulty. In Pick A Picture, one of four
pictures matches a word; First
Letter offers four possible letters completing a word. Your child can employ the
skills
gained in these exercises to play Memory, Word Memory, or Hangman.
Finally, the ABC Rain, Letter Rain, and 1+2 Rain games
help train little
fingers in using the keyboard. " (Marianne Wartoft
)
BlockCAD is a freeware program for building virtual
models with Lego-like bricks. You can save your models, or save pictures of them
(.bmp, .jpg),
even reuse a complete model as a part in another model.
Everything can be controlled with the mouse, but it's also possible to
use
the keyboard for most of the commands, making 'routine building'
more effective, and there is a minimum of text involved, to make
it easier
for kids, BlockCAD is not a full CAD program, the pieces can only be placed
'studs up', and rotated in steps of 90 degrees.
It is impossible to draw
pieces that are partly inside other parts, which excludes almost all of the Lego
Technic line, but there's
still a
lot of fun to be had with it. "
RoboMind "is a new and very simple educational
programming language that will familiarize you with the basics of computer
science
by programming your own robot. In addition to an introduction into
popular programming techniques, you will also gain insight
into areas such
as robotics and artificial intelligence."
Hiyah Free Software The programs are based on high
interest subjects, such as nursery rhymes, holidays, and birthday themes.
The software keeps children engaged and actively learning. And for
children with limited language skills,
my programs can help give meaning to
words and concepts. Holidays, birthdays, going to the doctor, dentist,
or getting a haircut, are
all broken down into sequential steps to thoroughly explain the event."
MuseScore - A Free Open-Souce Music Composition And Notation Program.
MuseScore is a free cross platform WYSIWYG music notation program, licenced under GNU GPL. Some highlights:
- WYSIWYG, notes are entered on a "virtual note sheet"
- Unlimited number of staves
- Up to four voices per staff
- Easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or MIDI
- Integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer
- Import and export of MusicXML and Standard MIDI Files "
LilyPond "is an automated engraving system. It formats music beautifully and automatically, and has a friendly syntax for its input files."
OpenUniverse
"simulating the Solar System's bodies in 3D on your Windows or Linux PC (will
work in most *NIX's as well).
In difference to quite a few other programs it
does so in realtime. Meaning you can view all the planets,
moons and
spaceships move along their paths, trace them, follow them, orbit them and even
control them
(time and spaceship contol). And you won't have to fight your
way through hordes of green, slimey and one-eyed
aliens for that
;-)"
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