Kid Pix, PowerPoint, Hyperstudio, American Girls Premiere or Theatrix' Hollywood will provide opportunities to write, direct and combine media into professional-looking presentations. You can do a lot of creating with a word processor like Claris Works for Kids or The Learning Co.'s Student Writing Center. You'll want a good drawing or publishing program. Kid Pix is great for younger children. Davis also recommends taking the equipment outside.
Digital cameras go anywhere.
Any pictures or video can be imported'' into multimedia presentations. But if you already have Netscape Communicator, Netscape Composer is part of the package. My neighbor Mary, a brilliant mother of three, is one of my regular software testers. Children could really use this product independently. The projects are outstanding - business cards for babysitters, newsletters, Web pages.