Free Software

Normal commercial standards of support are not available for freeware.

Photo Story 3

Insert your photographs or images, add titles and record narration. Very simple to use great resource for any age group.
Download from this link. All instructions are on the page (ensure you install Media Player 10 or above before you install Photo Story 3). http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Scratch

Programming made simple. Best explained by short demo movie:
http://scratch.mit.edu/videos

Scratch allows a more creative approach to control. Download from this link:
http://scratch.mit.edu/

Think.com

Think.com An Online Community for Learning Learning is a social phenomenon, which is why Think.com engages and inspires students. Few students are motivated to write for an audience of one -- their teacher. By providing a wider yet protected audience, Think.com turns students into multimedia authors for a global community and allows peers to think and learn together.
http://www.think.com/en_gb/

Picasa Photo editor

Basic photo editing. Some nice features.
http://picasa.google.co.uk/

BBC Dance Mat

Learn to touch Type in a fun and exciting way.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/