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First Contact with Digital Art

Many teachers and parents ask if they could teach their young children to draw on computers. We ran several tests for children at the age of 4 - 6 in our Experimental Classroom Project and the answer is "Yes".

However, teachers who intend to offer this program in your own schools need to pay attention to the following:

	You may want to convince your schools to invest in some special equipment. Some of our labs use Tablet PCs. Desktop PCs equipped with Drawing Tablets are also acceptable.
	You may want to join the BeyondCert's CDAC Teacher Training Program, where you will learn how to guide young children to draw on the computer and deal with all kind of technical problems including software customization.
	You need to talk to your System Administrator and get his or her assistance to deploy the following software in the computer room. TuxPaint:

This software is particularly suitable for young children. It is the most popular tool in our lab as it makes sound when you draw. It could be used by children at the age of 3 - 7 and is an Open Source Software. There are versions running on Windows, Mac and Linux. The tool could be customized for your own schools and teachers could distribute the customized version to the parents so they could help their children practice at home.

Art Rage:

This is a freeware and is suitable for children at the age of age 5 - 8. There is only Windows version for the time being. Unlike TuxPaint it does not make any sound when you draw, but it has a very refined user interface. Children who like to draw would love this software.

Fractal Forge:

This is a simple Fractal generator. The children could use it to generate beautiful patterns.

For more information on this program please contact the CDAC Group:

E-mail: ContactEmailCDAC

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First Contact with Digital Art

TuxPaint:

Art Rage:

Fractal Forge: