Software Used in Activities

ACTTT used a variety of software programs to help children meet learning standards through technology. Using the software tools, children could explore, experiment, create, research, write reports, and work on group projects (see Children's Products.) Software used in ACTTT is listed and described below. Links are provided to help you learn more about each program. See Curriculum Activities to learn how various software were integrated into learning activities for kindergarten, first, and second grade students.

iPhoto is one of the applications in iLife 06 and is one of the software programs that comes with a Macintosh. iPhoto provides tools for importing, organizing, and editing images from digital cameras, photo CDs, scanned images, images from clip art collections, and images downloaded from the Internet. Images from iPhoto are easily accessed from both iMovie and GarageBand (other iLife applications) as well as Keynote.

iPhoto may be purchased at:

Dual Platform software that works with all digital cameras and is a free download:

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