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Venngage: This is a great tool for creating several different types of visual materials, such as infographics, presentations, reports, diagrams, and lesson plans. The tool has a variety of templates for you to choose from, and you’ll find the templates’ ease-of-use convenient when you want to build visuals in a short amount of time. Venngage is also cloud-based, so you can continue working on templates from any device. Create up to five free projects. FREE/PAID
Scratch: web-based platform designed to facilitate coding focused on output. Create interactive videos, games, and presentations using Scratch’s user-friendly interface.
Raspberry Pi : Whereas the Arduino is better suited for hardware projects, the Raspberry Pi is better suited for software projects. The Pi is a credit-card sized single-board Linux computer that plugs into a monitor and uses a keyboard and mouse. It is frequently used to run servers, and make projects like tweeting birdhouses with infra-red cameras that interact with the environment. It can also be programmed to run alongside the Arduino.
Arduino: an open-source physical microcontroller that can be used to to develop interactive projects. It takes inputs from a variety of switches or sensors, can control a variety of lights, motors, and other analog outputs. Projects can be stand-alone or communicate with computer software, and boards can be assembled by hand or purchased pre-assembled. Software available for FREE.
MaKey MaKey: an invention kit “for beginners and experts” that allows you to interact with computers using just about anything connected to the board via alligator clips. No software required, only the MaKey MaKey board.