îApplications  

îCourseware

îPodcast by Martin: What is open source?

îLawrence Lessig  Free Culture

îCreative Commons: Get Creative

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Writing / Office Tools 

A selection of open source applications available for educators:

îGoogle Web-based tools

îPrimoPDF

îAmaya  Web editor tools hosted by W3C

îBlender  3D graphics creation suite for modeling, animation, rendering, game creation and more.

î BlueFish  Web editor tools

Other Tools*

îCelestia  free space simulation

îCentre  the open source, free student information system that tracks student demographics, includes a scheduler and gradebook, maintains attendance records and transcripts, creates calendars, and displays student photos. Student billing and cafeteria modules are also available.

îDebian Linux  Free operating system

îFedora  Free operating system 

îFree Mind  Brainstorming and mind mapping software that also outlines and organizes links and can exports to html format.

îGimp  Cross platform graphic software for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.îGliffy  Create and share diagrams on the Web

îGraphic Converter Graphics software that allows users to open, view, resize, and edit in multiple images formats.

îGRASS  Graphical Resource Analysis Support System for analyzing GIS data formats.

îImageJ  Java-based image processing tool developed at the National Institute of Health for use in science and math.

îJacuba Charts (Play with data and create attractive charts online)

î Koha  Library circulation, cataloging, and acquisitions system 

î Moodle  is a course management system designed to help educators create online courses with a ground in constructionist pedagogy.

îMozilla / Firefox   Internet browser offers a built-in popup blocker, protection from spyware, and smart search features and imports favorites, and settings from other browsers.

îNvu Web Editor WYSIWYG editing of pages, makes word processor..Integrated file management via FTP. Simply login to your web site and navigate through your files, editing web pages on the fly, directly from your site.

îOdeo (for recording and sharing audio)

îOSPI () Open Source Portfolio Initiative

* Quanta Plus  Web development tools

îSakai Project Online course management system

îShibboleth  Allows teachers and pupils remote, secure access to online content from multiple providers using the same password, eliminating the need to remember multiple passwords.

îSqueak  Media authoring and educational games for children 

î StarLogo   Programmable modeling environment creating in the MIT Media Lab.

îThunderbird    email system offering intelligent spam filters, built-in RSS reader, quick search, and more

îTux Paint () A free drawing program designed for children ages 3 and up, featuring an attractive and simple interface, and graphics and sound effects that get played as the user interacts.

îTUX&GNU@school

îWebMail  Hosted email, an Outlook-style interface, a choice email box sizes, virus protection and spam filters

î Weft QDA  for coding and analyzing qualitative data

îThinkFree

îZamzar

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îJava The Java tutorial:   A practical guide for programmers with hundreds of complete, working examples and dozens of trails — groups of lessons on a particular subject.