Otherwise both licenses more or less say the same thing. The only difference between the Kid Pix license and the Tux Paint license is that one says you can only use the software on one computer, and the other says you can install on as many computers as you want. When choosing any software, support and everything should be taken into account. All program choices should be based on this, if they are free and/or open source, then so be it. You don't want to use it because it is open source, you want to use it because it is the best program that fits your needs and budget. You want to use Tux Paint, a good drawing program, that gets excellent reviews ( ), if you have reviewed the program, looked at all the options, compared to other programs, and found that it is the best program that fits your needs and your budgets, why shouldn't it be approved? Because it is free? So is Acrobat Reader, Flash Player and Java, but you are allowed to use those! Most staff in my district use Tux Paint much more than Kid Pix, and the program is used in all schools, k-12! While it may be a simple program, I have seen some very incredible artwork come from it! So I guess my suggestion would be to tell your coordinator that you want to use Tux Paint, you have a copy of the license, and the license says that it can be installed on as many computers as you want. We have Kid Pix in our district too, we had so many problems with it, that I went looking for an alternative, that alternative was Tux Paint! I think that some people have a hard time understanding how something free can be good. I have the same problem here at my school district. Do you use Java in your school district? Did you know that Java is open source? Does your coordinator know this? Outlook and Internet Explorer are not open source, yet they are much more "unsafe" than Tux Paint. ) The Safari web browser is based on open source, as are a lot of other components in OS X. In fact Apple has Tux Paint available from their site (. If you need help with any help with Tux Paint, let me know, I just love the program, and enjoy finding answers!Īs far as MS Paint, I think Tux Paint is actually more in line (better than, in my opinion) Kid Pix and can't really be compared with MS Paint.ĭo you use Macs in your school district? Mac OS X is built on top of open source. Could put all pictures into one file and make available on web for download by parents or anyone else (could submit pics to Tux Paint website). You could have an open contest ( can be done at home or school), or a school only contest (helps to make sure that the child is actually the artist, and not older brothers or sisters (parents)). don't have any limitations, Tux Paint has the ability to help kids use their imagination and can make any child feel like an artist!ģ. maybe a contest regarding a general subject (spring, sports, etc)Ģ. Do you know if you can save a picture created in TuxPaint to your hard drive?ĭon't know if you are still thinking of doing this, but I do have a few thoughts.ġ. I just started thinking about this yesterday, and I know I'm not thinking from all angles, so any advice or ideas from anyone will be helpful! Should I have categories for Tux and MS Paint separately? Do I let them work on it at home or just school?ģ. Do I let them use the special effects found in Tux?Ģ. I still have some unanswered questions though:ġ. Also, students will be assigned numbers so their name will not appear on their drawing. I would have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners per grade level, and judging will be done by other teachers. My thoughts are that they must use either Microsoft Paint or TuxPaint and use no clipart images. Has anyone ever done something similar? If so, I'd love to hear your ideas and any guidelines you put in place for it. I am kicking around the idea of having a digital art contest for my elementary students 2-5 after seeing an amazing drawing one of my 5th graders did in TuxPaint.
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