Software+for+your+class

=Software= This is a page for software to utilize in your class for either items you may need for your lesson plans or that student's might ask for during their year. This is most definitely a list that will continuously grow from experimentation and growth in developing on the curriculum.

[|MS Logo] A program that is used in my unit, as well as in previous lunchtime programming sessions. Although it is just a small amount that want to know about programming, it's interesting to see some pretty amazing stuff that students can do with a little genuine emotion and instruction.

[|Game Maker] Although already installed on the majority of the ICT classroom computers, this program is very useful for showing students the many underlying factors beneath a program, in an entertaining fashion. Wellington partakes in a statewide competition in which classes are held at lunchtime and some students can make a game to submit for the competition. (Phil hosts these classes but there hasn't been one in a year or two.)

//Mater Christi has a whole semester long class dedicated to this as a subject. Some student's get very involved, as it goes deeper into character design, sound, music and designing walkthroughs.//

[|VLC] VLC will easily run almost any media file format. Useful to educating students on the matter of media type and media players and their strengths

[] A free microsoft office, very close clone of Microsoft office applications like Excel if students can't get access to Microsoft Office programs

[|Simply Noise] Essentially a website dedicated to providing a white/pink/brown noise for students to study to. Cancels out noise and allows students to get used to it, while simulating certain noises and helping students focus. Although it is a website, it has links to an app store for the downloadable software, in which you can download and have on your phone which I personally recommend - helps you focus on reading in public areas, on public transport, etc.

//[|Irfanview]// //Irfanview is a freeware software that is a powerful graphic viewer. It has a lot of different uses, and was used in the File Formats class to show the concept of lossy and lossless files.//

//[|Audacity]// //(File size too large)// //Audacity is a audio manipulation and recording program designed to help students understand and be able to edit audio data, record radio shows, have a blog as a project, etc. Students can also experiemtn with File Formats here also, in terms of analog vs digital and bitrates.// //The possibilities are endless with this software in terms of projects for the students//

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