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Discussions geared toward the use of FLOSS.

Website: http://k12opensource.wikispaces.com
Members: 184
Created By: Steve Hargadon
Latest Activity: May 14

Your Free & Open Source Software Box

Free (Libre) Open Source Software (FLOSS) holds a tremendous potential for K-12 education. By using Free and Open Source Software, schools can:

* Save money on their classroom and back-office programs
* Use programs that can be freely-copied and shared with students
* Customize programs for specific needs
* Provide teachers and students with an introduction to the world of collaborative software building

Here are links to my audio interview series on FLOSS in K-12 education:

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Why use MS Office anymore on student lab machines??
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With the host of simple, free and powerful client apps (eg OpenOffice) and web based apps (google suite), what are the advantages of continuing to pay annual seating fees for MS Office on our stude... Continue

Started by Matt Montagne. Last reply by Paul Anderson Apr 16.

Ubuntu on Dell - Good news. I think.

Dell is now shipping consumer computers loaded with Ubuntu 7.10 and an assortment of applications. I see this as a good thing - it exposes a large consumer base to Open Source computing, and also p... Continue

Started by Ed Hitchcock Feb 24

xubuntu, edubuntu...what to use
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I'm exploring the option of putting a version of linux on old laptops for a science class. Xubuntu should run better on the older (pentium III) machines, but edubuntu seems like a good one to try a... Continue

Started by Scott Beiter. Last reply by Gavin Jan 22.

Free and Open Source Software Recommendations!
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Both Alix Peshette and I blogged on this today, so it seems to make sense to put it in a forum post that will better track the discussion. Great stuff!

Tagged: floss, opensource

Started by Steve Hargadon. Last reply by Kelley Irish Jan 17.

Running into reluctance to adopt open source
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I am new to this site, so forgive me if I am addressing issues already hashed out... Has anyone run into the issue of presenting free and open source software to IT and admin people only to have i... Continue

Started by Ed Hitchcock. Last reply by Don Watkins Jan 10.

Promoting Open Source Software

The Open Source Software site that teachers in the El Paso ISD (TX) use frequently use has a popular section of "equivalencies" (what FOSS application replaces many proprietary ($) software product... Continue

Tagged: foss, open, source

Started by Alan Hodson Dec. 1, 2007

great Website for video lectures and animations

Hi Everyone, Here is a great website for free video lectures and animations. It has covered all most all the subjects in both engineering and medicine. Hope it is useful to all Continue

Tagged: videolectures, animations, free, engineering, medicine

Started by smart88 Jul. 26, 2007

FLOSS - Tools, recommendations, reviews and links-the trouble with Ning...
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I joined this group after seeing the comment below, by Steve, in reference to Alix's blog which included a long list of recommended free software with short descriptions and links to the appropriat... Continue

Tagged: socialnetworking, tagging, floss, rss

Started by SusanTsairi. Last reply by Ray Tolley Jul. 16, 2007.

My wiki
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I am a huge fan of open source software and am constantly downloading and evaluating software in relation to education. I have a wiki where I put up information about the tools I find. The address ... Continue

Tagged: suzie, source, vesper, wiki, open

Started by suziea. Last reply by Jason Hando Jul. 4, 2007.

Open Source Pavilion at NECC 2007

(Photos and links at original post: http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/07/open-source-p is the third year that I've overseen the Open Source "Pavilion" at NECC, and the response to Free and Open Sou... Continue

Started by Steve Hargadon Jul. 3, 2007

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Comment by Alan Hodson on March 26, 2008 at 5:51pm: I am wondering if there is a use for a service that personilizes the wonderful OS software available as an .ISO download from http://theopendisc.com/education. Let me explain: I am involved with a local community effort to provide low and medium income families loans for PC acquisitions (HP/Intel/WellsFargo,etc) and one of the offers is a PC without any software (other than XP) where the El Paso Collaborative (where I volunteer) provides the Open Source Software CD, customized from the address above. Thus, splash screens, credits and links all have been customized to promote our local effort (PR really) while the opendisc.org product is still the meat and potatoes (and they know about EPC). If anybody might want to look at a customized image, I can direct them to the project's repository. The idea is offering a very cool CD while being able to promote your own cause.

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