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Post freeware links where teachers can find great programs to use with their students.
  
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Gimp
It is a raster editor, which means that it performs operations directly on the pixels that make up the image, and not a vector editor. Other (proprietary) raster editors include Adobe Photoshop, Jasc Paintshop Pro and the humble Microsoft Paint. An alternative free editor is the KOffice project, Krita. Users wanting to edit photographs will certainly want a raster editor like GIMP. Graphic designers and illustrators may prefer a vector editor depending on their tastes.

 
SketchUp
Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create 3D models of anything you like. It has been used very successfully with children with autism likely due to their abilities to think in pictures.
 
SketchUp
Read about how educators are using SketchUp with their students.
 
SketchUp
Stories of 4 kids with autism who have been using SketchUp
 
Scratch
Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create and share Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
 
Scratch
Watch a short video to find out more about Scratch and how teachers are using it.