Cool Tools for Schools

This site is mentioned in the Bristol Scheme of Work for ICT and may be useful to fill in some of the gaps when  completing units you don't have the software for.

Let me know if you find any really useful ones on this site and I will mention them in this post.

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Home

Tagxedo

Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud.

http://www.tagxedo.com/

Shape Collage

Shape collage is one of the best collage programs around and it is free for Schools and for personal use.

http://www.shapecollage.com/

Big Huge Labs

Lots of templates and fun ideas of things to do with your photos, such as create a Pop Art Poster, create your own stamp, make a motivational poster, design your own desktop wallpaper with a calendar and make a jigsaw from one of your images.


http://bighugelabs.com/

Sumo Paint - Art Software

Sumo Paint is a full featured photo editing / painting application, which works right in your favorite web browser! The application can be used in Windows, Macintosh or Linux operating systems. The only requirement is the Flash Player (which can be downloaded from Adobe if it isn't already installed).

Sumo Paint can also be downloaded and installed for use offline.

http://www.sumopaint.com/home/

Magic Paintbox

A fabulous website provided by the BBC.  The children very quirky drawing package, with lots of interesting stamps.  There is a fun section called "Picture Stories" that allows children to decorate things such as a dress or a Space Rocket.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/#/lb/getsquiggling/getsquigglingmagicpaintbox