H2O:Software tools for open education

In its most basic terms,H2O is a suite of software tools to be used in a classroom, out-of-class, or distance learning setting in conjunction with traditional teaching methods. The unifying feature of the tools in the H2O toolbox is that they facilitate interactivity--between students and students, students and professors, professors and professors, and even between different classes and schools. The H2O tools are not difficult, they simply allow possibilities of the Internet to enable communication in teaching in ways that haven't previously been done.
A disadvantage for this software is in the' content'.The interactive model on display does not it make it easier for the viewer's imagination.The graphs shown are a little confusing especially in 'The Syallbus Tool View'.

Learn to programme with Alice...

Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video games. In Alice, 3-D objects (e.g., people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and students create a program to animate the objects.

Alice was designed mainly to attract people who are visual learners. The creators also hope by use of entertainment and storytelling that students will understand concepts, preventing frustration from students.This software is very creative,it allows the user's creativity to florish.