Collage Creating

Make fantastic collages with Loupe Collage

http://www.getloupe.com/create

Tag Galaxy

Looking for some simple yet engaging tools for my students to try and spark enthusiasm for computers and came across Tag Galaxy

www.taggalaxy.de

Collaborative Tools

This week I've been looking for some new collaborative tools to help with linking across different locations with the community groups I work with.

I'm very impressed with Empressr http://www.empressr.com/ as a presentation tool and look forward to using with groups. There is no way of inviting others to edit but we can get round this by using a group generic account as we do for some projects. We will be able to invite others to view and the presentations can be printed. There is and option for uploading a MS PowerPoint file which can then be edited in Empressr and that's handy. I tried uploading one of my older presentations as a trial and found that I can also embed in my post and website.

 

Digital Drawing Tools

Experimenting with some new drawing tools and managed a fairly neat cut out of George as a puppy then added an orange background.
This one was created with Pixelmator.

Using similar tools in Photoshop Elements with an older George as subject.

Room Planning

Trying out some room planning tools and finding Planner 5D very flexible and easy to share. Had to fit in a swimming pool of course!

https://planner5d.com

Celebrating World Autism Awareness Day 2013

Perthshire Autism Connections online network celebrates 

World Autism Awareness Day 2013

www.perthshireautismconnections.co.uk

Create Your Avatar

www.clayyourself.com

Some of our students worry about posting their photos on social networks and so we have been checking out some alternatives. We really like ClayYourself and found it really easy and fun to use.