{"id":18987,"date":"2024-03-08T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=18987"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:26:29","slug":"kid-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/kid-pix\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Pix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a blast from the past. This was one of the first applications I saw first apps when I first used computers. My classes at the time really enjoyed using this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-archiveorg\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Archive.org\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/kid-pix-11\" width=\"560\" height=\"440\" style=\"border:0;\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The other apps I remember from those days included Claris Works<sup class=\"fn\" data-fn=\"dae222e2-fd87-4539-8fda-73119eb86286\"><a id=\"dae222e2-fd87-4539-8fda-73119eb86286-link\" href=\"#dae222e2-fd87-4539-8fda-73119eb86286\">1<\/a><\/sup> and HyperCard<sup class=\"fn\" data-fn=\"11fe1fbe-adfc-425a-8cee-6e104153ca8f\"><a id=\"11fe1fbe-adfc-425a-8cee-6e104153ca8f-link\" href=\"#11fe1fbe-adfc-425a-8cee-6e104153ca8f\">2<\/a><\/sup><br \/>Amazing to see a Mac with kid pix running in emulation <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/kid-pix-11\">at archive.org.<\/a> It feels snappier than the LCs we had back then.<\/p>\r\n<p>A pity I can\u2019t get it going on iOS as I\u2019d love to see my current class using it. The is a dialogue to input your name and I can\u2019t type in it on iPad. Workarounds welcome.<\/p>\r\n<p>The featured image is of the &#8216;bomb&#8217; eraser ,which my pupils would use endlessly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"dae222e2-fd87-4539-8fda-73119eb86286\">I really enjoyed teaching with Claris Works, the drawing documents were great for teaching about layers, rotation etc and could be compared to the paint docs.  <a href=\"#dae222e2-fd87-4539-8fda-73119eb86286-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"11fe1fbe-adfc-425a-8cee-6e104153ca8f\">First as a source of clip art, then as everything.  <a href=\"#11fe1fbe-adfc-425a-8cee-6e104153ca8f-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 2\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other apps I remember from those days included Claris Works1 and HyperCard2Amazing to see a Mac with kid pix running in emulation at archive.org. It feels snappier than the LCs we had back then. A pity I can\u2019t get it going on iOS as I\u2019d love to see my current class using it. 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