Activities+to+Try

Here are some great activities with educational concepts to try with your OLPC partner!
[|Story Builder] The XO version of Storybook Weaver (from elementary school). Includes backgrounds (your choice of Jungle Bungle, Ocean Commotion, or Backstage Pass) and little animated "stickers" for you to place onto the page, along with a textbox for you to write your story in.

[|Cartoon Builder] Is a bit slow to first load, but is a very interesting program. The really nice thing about this is you can actually upload your own pictures (such as from your camera or your drawings from Paint) to use. You are given 3 base characters: elephant, space alien, and a turkey. Each of these have various poses you can use to make a decently animated frame-by-frame cartoon. At the very end, you could use one of the prerecorded sound effects available to you, or record your own. There are tons of backgrounds to choose from as well, and of course, there is always the option of using your own!

//Feel free to add any of your own suggestions. Anything that you find interesting or your partner likes will do! The only thing I ask is that it have some educational factor weaved into it.//