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. Create stick figure animation using Pivot. You can then use a video editor to add music, titles, etc.

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