Photo+Sharing+Tools

Tuxpaint offers a lot of choices for drawing, painting and editing pictures. Looks very user friendly for even K-1-2 students. They are never asked any more than a simple yes/no question on a screen.Students may draw free-hand, use stamps(including tinted and themed stamps), draw over a background, blur images, add sparkles to pictures and turn pictures into chalk drawings. There are more features than these. The free program downloaded quickly and offers a simple tutorial once it is loaded but every additional feature must be loaded separately. A cute little penguin serves as the mascot and "guide" for students using the program. I have not tried to save or print, but there are features to do both.

Some other sites to check out:

Vuvox – cool cutouts for photos http://www.vuvox.com/ Fotowoosh – create 3d images http://www.fotowoosh.com/ Mixbook – create online ebooks and order hard copies http://www.mixbook.com/ ScrapEase – create an online scrapbook http://scrapease.com/ This site is only free for the first month. Pricey after free trial. Flickr – upload, store, and share photos http://www.flickr.com/