Last week I had an afternoon class with 5th grade working with their tablets.  It was exciting and frustrating at the same time.  In the first activity, students were asked to color in a country flag from one of the South American countries.  I copied blank flag outlines into MS Word and students colored the flags after looking at the National Geographic website for the actual colors of their country flags. 

The students worked really hard to color in their flags.  When they printed them out, I realized that coloring in MS Word was not the best choice.  It seems that depending on the size pen they used (ball point, highlighter, felt tip) the quality of color varied.  Some students used several different pens on the same flag and ended up with lighter and darker color patches on their flags. They were a little upset about this.

Next time I plan to use Corel Photo House for coloring.  I think this will use produce a more consistent color and less frustration for the students.