Big Brain Math

Big Brain Math

This is really AWESOME!!

It feels just like a huge game, but with a slight twist...

It is all about maths.

You can choose your character, your grade level and then you can choose which

operation you would like to concentrate on!!

Brilliant!!

Click here to go to the download page

Microsoft AutoCollage

Microsoft AutoCollage

I have just finished making a 3 minute video Clip on how to use 

Microsoft AutoCollage.

During this video I will show you how to create a collage,

setup various options, saving, e-mailing, etc.

Click below to download the file.  (42MB)

Microsoft Worldwide telescope

Microsoft Worldwide telescope

WorldWide Telescope is a rich Web application that brings together 

imagery from the best ground- and space-based observatories across 

the world to allow people to easily explore the night sky through 

their computers. WorldWide Telescope is a great resource for 

students and lifelong learners, and as a way to make science fun for children. 

Click below to download the software (55MB)

Recuva

Recuva

Recuva is a file recovery program that can search a

hard drive or a particular folder for deleted files

and attempt to restore them. The one nice thing about

Recuva is that you can specify the types of files that

you wish to recover and either scan a particular hard

drive or a particular folder.  If a file is able to be restored,

Recuva will list them and allow you to restore them.

Brilliant!!

Paint.NET

Paint.NET

Paint.NET is a piece of software that I use every day.

It is really fantastic.  It is a free image and photo editing 

piece of software for computers that run Windows. 

It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with 

support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and 

a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

There is also a great forum for you to learn more and

download new effects, etc.

BRILLIANT!!!

Shape Collage

Shape Collage

Shape Collage is a free automatic photo collage maker that lets you 

create picture collages in any shape in less than a minute with just a 

few mouse clicks. Shape Collage creates collages using an 

intelligent machine learning algorithm that automatically places the 

photos in the collage and can arrange the photos to form different shapes.

The free version has a small watermark on it.

Very cool!! 

Ocenaudio

Ocenaudio

Ocenaudio is a free audio editing tool available to use on 

Windows, Mac, and Linux computers. The free software 

enables you to create audio recordings from scratch and 

or edit existing audio files.

This is really a great piece of software.  You do not even need

to register the program.  The software is easy to use and very

user friendly.

Fripple Place

Fripple Place

This is a great piece of software for primary school.

It allows the learners to solve problems and think outside of the box.

You need to place the fripples in the correct houses.

One great thing is that you can change the level of difficulty which

becomes difficult, so Grade 1 - Grade 6 learners can all play this.

Microsoft Photo Story

Microsoft Photo Story

Here is another great program from Microsoft.  It is 

Microsoft Photo Story 3.  It is a free Windows program 

that lets you create audiovisual presentations out of 

your photos and images. You can quickly crop, rotate and 

edit your pictures; personalize them with captions and 

titles and add sound effects, narration, and background 

music. Photo Story saves your presentations as WMV files 

so you can play it on your PC.  

Click below to download the program (5.1 MB)

Microsoft Auto Collage

Microsoft Auto Collage

Although this piece of software has been released many years ago,

I still use it on a regular basis.  It is really fantastic and easy to use.

Run the software, decide which photos you want and then click create.

If you are not happy with the outcome, just run it again.

Fantastic!!

Click to download the software below.  (7.2 MB)
Free for school to use!

Little, Middle, and Big

Little, Middle, and Big

Here is a great program for younger learners.

They need to give shoes to various size people.

Click on the cat to shuffle the shoes around.

Very nice.  My kids love playing this.

Jellybean Hunt

Jellybean Hunt

Here is a great piece of software for Foundation Phase.

You are an ant and you need to eat all the jellybeans.

Use either left, forward and right to start with or 

use the four compass points to get around.

Brilliant for starting maps and compass directions.

Galactic Multiplication & Division

Galactic Multiplication & Division

This is a great piece of software for mathematics,

Especially from Grade 2 – 7.  The great thing about

This piece of software is that you can change the level

And topics of what you are doing.  There is introduction

to multiplying, division, facts of 5 and 9 up to division by 2 

digit numbers with remainders.

Excellent piece of software!

Kinetics Lab

Kinetics Lab

This is perfect for Grade 2 - 7 science.

Using the kinetics lab, the learners can first build their own space, 

then they can use different options like change the gravity, use various 

balls with different weight, change friction, etc.

Excellent!

Download the software below (5.6 MB)

Symbol Sandbox

Symbol Sandbox

This is a great program for Foundation Phase learners.

The software is a sandbox and the learners can either create

their own map, or they can solve the picture.

The learners are given the map in the sandbox and they are

then required to use the symbols to complete the map.

This is great for introduction to geography map work!

Download the software below.  (5.1 MB)

VideoLan Player VLC

VideoLan Player VLC

This is a great video player that seems to be able to play just about any video format.

It has all the codecs already built in and is just fantastic.

I always find that you need various different video players to be able to watch

the different formats.

This one plays them all!!

Tangram Software

Tangram Software

This is a awesome piece of software that allows the learners

to create tangrams.  There are four different levels that you can choose from.

From easy to very difficult.

Great for mathematics classes.

PS  If you right click your mouse you can rotate the objects.

7 Zip

7 Zip

This is a great piece of software for zipping and unzipping files.

It also does zip, rar and .7s files as well.

The great thing is that it is free and it can deal with multiple
formats!

Brilliant!!

Math Worksheet Maker 1.0

Math Worksheet Maker 1.0

This creates math worksheets for you.

It covers, basic math, intermediate math, conversion, 

geometry and trigonometry, statistics and probability, 

algebra, as well as other exercises.

Click on the options and choose the level.

Click on generate and then print the worksheets.

You can also print the solutions!!

WOW!!!

Download the file below.  It is 1.9 MB big.

Mathemagic

Mathemagic

This is absolutely stunning!!!

It creates Math worksheets for you in addition, subtraction, 

multiplication, division, fractions and money.

this is perfect for Foundation Phase!!

Click to download the software below  3.4MB big