MK Teachers’ ICT Software Blog

I think this is a really fantastic piece of software. It in no way resembles what it was originally meant to replace i.e. Microsoft Paint.

As a Paint package infant aged children might find that there are a few too many tool bars, but I will let you be the judge of that.

Junior age children will be able to roll with this programme as it beats the spots off anything you might buy and particularly as it is completely FREE!

You can use it as a paint package but you can easily place a photograph into the page and apply some amazing effects to it.

This software will be useful for the ICT aspects of Developing Ideas and for presentational purposes in Exchanging and Sharing Information.
This is what Paint.Net says about itself on its website at http://www.getpaint.net/

“Paint.NET is free image editing and photo manipulation software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing. “

This a very child friendly virtual city which incorporates a zoo, park, cafe, building site, garage and shop. Each area has lots of activities involving games, information, story telling etc. The children have enjoyed exploring each area and can access it themselves. It is suitable for early Years and key stage one pupils.

This is a great piece of software that is suitable for KS1. Children are able to produce their own interactive books, with animated pictures. It is very simple to use.