1. Design holiday cards or birthday cards that the student can send to friends and family. Microsoft Publisher has a number of pre-made designs.
2. Burn a CD and make a CD label. You can use Roxio in order to burn the CD and make a label. (Ask the lab manager for labels and blank CDs.)
3. Make a calendar using Microsoft Publisher.
4. Design a t-shirt (we have iron-on paper.) Use Photoshop or Publisher to modify the image for the t-shirt.
5. Make business cards. Microsoft Publisher has pre-made designs for business cards.
6. Take a digital picture each meeting and track growth.
7. Help your learning partner create a resume.
8. Create a newsletter in Publisher. It could be about your favorite sports team and thus could include: how the season is going, members of the team, information about the coach, photos, the schedule, etc.
9. Make a fashion magazine using InDesign. Plan out pages for articles, photos, and titles. Use Photoshop to make a creative cover.
10. Make a postcard using Publisher's pre-designed templates. C4K has postcard paper on which your creation can be printed.
11. Design and print stickers. C4K has sticker paper.
12. Quickly create a fun video using Animoto. Animoto is a web application that automatically generates videos using high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. It's free although it does require you to signup. It is a fun way to figure out how to make a good slide show!
13. Edit a movie poster from the student's favorite movie. You can Photoshop the student's picture onto the head of his or her favorite actor. (All Macs are equipped with a built-in camera, which can be used for the student's photo.)
14. Use Comic Life (on Macs only) to create a comic using photos the student has collected. Comic Life has an easy to use format to create simple comics. You could use Fireworks to create cartoon graphics.
15. Write a blogpost about . . . ANYTHING! Let us know and we will upload it to the C4K Student Blog.
16. Create an animation in Alice (tutorials highly recommended).
17. Edit a song in Audacity or Garage Band (go to the music folder in the Student Labshare for songs).
18. Make a movie of photos and add songs or effects in Windows Movie Maker.
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The Day I was born
http://www.historychannel.com/today/
Discover other events that have taken place on your birthday |
What’s in a name?
http://behindthename.com
Look at the etymology of names web site to find out what your name means. If you can’t find your first name, try searching for your middle name. |
Hone your search skills in the Gwigle game. |
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Find Computers4Kids
http://earth.google.com/
Google Earth allows you to see actual photos of your city and its buildings. Google also has a Street View feature for some cities, which allows you to see a 360 degree panoramic view of the area. |
Take a virtual tour of the National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov |
Translate sayings and phrases-- and then determine if you think they are right: http://translate.google.com/ |
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Become a citizen of Whyville! Design a person, chat and play games, and hang out with friends! http://whyville.net/smmk/nice
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Discover the mysteries of Apo Island in the Phillippines. Investigate clues and try to solve the mystery. http://sea.sheddaquarium.org |
Build a Fish by choosing a body, mouth, and color/pattern, then release it into the reef! http://www.shedaquarium.org
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It's lunchtime on the ZOOM set and the cast and crew are hungry! http://pbskids.org/zoom/games
Goldburger to Go is a complicated contraption designed to serve hamburgers to a group of hungry workers. Your task is to figure out the steps to make this contraption works. |
Explore a virtual kitchen and perform online experiments to solve a puzzle and get a reward. http://pbskids.org/zoom/games |
Experience the creativity and challenge of being an architect, while at the same time gaining practical skills. http://architectstudio3d.org
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| Come to the village of Epulu to discover the secrets of the Ways of Knowing Trail. Learn about the forest through with four local children as your guide. http://brookfieldzoo.org |
Chuck the evil sandwich making guy has unleashed his gigundo bread machine on the world! Help Captain Huggy Face stop the avalance of bread slices by making synonym toast. http://www.scholastic.com/ |
Always wished you could be an astronaut? Play games, watch space launches, learn more about the history of space exploration. http://www.nasa.gov |
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| Create and critique plans of houses: http://architectstudio3d.org |
Seek your own proof in a virtual world! Play missions to find clues and puzzles, and encounter historical heroes and villains. http://kids.discovery.com/ |
Join Lewis & Clark and head west in thsi interactive role-playing game combined with creative play. Journey westward to explore, collect platns and animals, and trade with Indians. http://www.eduweb.com |
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Build your family tree: http://www.geni.com/ |
Design a rollercoaster! http://pbskids.org/fetch/games The goal of this game is to make your own rollercoaster and ensure that Ruff the dog has a safe test ride. |
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