Sumo paint was completely new to me. I found it very easy to use and fun as well. It is a free paint tool as well as photo manipulation. The site states that the purpose of this app community is to "create, share, remix, explore, comment, rate and fave the artwork of its members. You could consider it a photoshop someone that does not want to fork out the money of photoshop.
Some features that I noticed Sumo Paint offers are:
- You can open files from your computer, Sumo Paint, or from a URL.
- Includes fun filter features such as kaleidoscope, wave lab, triangle patter, liquid wave, spherical and cylindrical mapping, and a camouflage filter.
- YOu can send and receive messages from other members of Sumo Paint
- You can edit pixels using Sumo Paint.
When I think about how I can use this application in my classroom, the possibilities are endless to add creativity to projects. Students who are at all familiar with paint applications will have no problem using this.
An example of what can be created with this!
The second app I will be reviewing is Google Docs.
I use Google Docs pretty much every day. It is one of the most useful tools for me in communicating and collaborating with the four teachers I teach with as a coteacher. We post lesson plans, curriculum guides, student assignments, correspondences, and forms created on Google Docs shared on a google drive. I don't know what I would do without it!
Some technical information on Google Docs:
Google Docs features are a word processing suite, spreadsheet suite, presentation suite, and data collection/ form suite. You can easily create a free account with google to have access, which will also include access to tools for email communication, calendar, photo sharing, and personal website hosting.
Collaboration between multiple users is possible and allows each person with access the ability to edit and change the same document on the Web- internet is required to access documents.
