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Donna BenjaminExecutive Director
Creative [email protected]
OPEN SOURCE OPTIONS
Twenty applications from theFree and Open Source Software
community your school could use
Donna Benjamin
● Small business owner● Life-long learner● Open Source Software
user and advocate
http://twitter.com/kattekrab
Photo ©2010 Stewart Smith
Open Source Software
Free Software
Open Source Software
Free Softwareis not cheap software
Four Freedoms
Use
Study
Change
Share
20 FOSS Applications you can use
Cross Platform Productivity Suite
http://www.openoffice.org
Firefoxweb browser
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
Thunderbirdemail client
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/
Inkscapescalable vector graphic editor
http://inkscape.org
GIMPimage manipulation program
http://gimp.org
Tux4Kidsmaths, painting and typing
http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/
Synfigvector based 2D animation
http://synfig.org
Celtxmedia pre-production system
http://celtx.com
Scratchprogramming and animation
http://scratch.mit.edu
Freemindmindmapping
http://freemind.sourceforge.net
Musescoremusic notation and composition
http://musescore.org
Moodlelearning management system
http://moodle.org
MaharaePortfolio server software
http://mahara.org
Kohalibrary automation system
http://koha-community.org
Drupalweb content management framework
http://drupal.org
Status.netmicroblogging web application
http://status.net
Mediawikiwiki web application
http://mediawiki.org
The Future is Open.
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more free software...
Free Software for Schools:a catalog of FOSS produced by Open Source Victoria and National Center for Open Source in Education.
http://cc.com.au/free-software-for-schools
Software URLshttp://cc.com.au/oso
http://openoffice.org - office productivity suitehttp://www.mozilla.com/firefox - web browserhttp://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/ - email clienthttp://inkscape.org - scalable vector graphic editorhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - sound editorhttp://www.geogebra.org - maths, geometry, algebrahttp://gimp.org - photo and image editorhttp://gcompris.net/ - early learning literacy and numeracyhttp://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/ - maths, typing, paintinghttp://synfig.org - vector based 2d animationhttp://scratch.mit.edu – programming and animationhttp://celtx.com - story board and creative development toolhttp://freemind.sourceforge.net - mindmappinghttp://musescore.org - music notation and compositionhttp://moodle.org - learning management systemhttp://mahara.org - eportfolio server softwarehttp://koha-community.org - library automation softwarehttp://drupal.org - content management softwarehttp://status.net - microblogging enginehttp://mediawiki.org - the wiki software that runs wikipedia
Thankyou
Photo credits:
Apples and Books by Darren Hester aka PPDigital
