Constructivist Software
admin on July 24th, 2008
Recommended Software
- MicroWorlds EX Robotics (multimedia Logo programming language and robotics control environment - Mac & Windows)
- Inspiredata (data collection, visualization and analysis tool for K-12 - Mac & Windows)
- Tech4Learning Imagination Suite (Frames, Pixie, ImageBlender, WebBlender, Twist - Mac & Windows)
- iLife ‘08 (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, Garageband, iWeb)
- Sibelius (the gold standard for music notation and composition) - Mac & Windows)
- Finale Notepad (music composition software - free - Mac & Windows)
- Tinkerplots, Fathom and Geometer’s Sketchpad (statistical analysis and geometry software - Mac & Windows)
- Animation-ish (animation software - Mac & Windows)
Programming Environments for Learners
- MicroWorlds EX Robotics (commercial) Preferred
- MicroWorlds Jr. (commercial)
- Scratch (free)
- NetLogo (free)
- StarLogo TNG (free)
- Squeak (open source)
- Agentsheets (commercial)
- Toontalk (commercial - PC only)
- Game Maker (open source - PC only)
- Stagecast Creator (commercial PC/Linux)
Cool Tools
- Audacity (open source Mac/Windows/Linux audio recording and editing software)
- Delicious Library (catalog books, CDs, videos on a Mac)
- Fission (native audio editing for the Mac)
- iShowU (low-cost video/screen capture for the Mac)
- Tubesock (download YouTube videos)
- TubeTV (Mac software for capturing all sorts of web video, including Google and YouTube)
- Visual Hub (convert all sorts of video formats)
- VLC (play all sorts of video formats including DVDs from other regions)
