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Free & Open Source Software

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Website: http://community.k12opensource.com
Members: 422
Latest Activity: Feb 3

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

Join the discussion here, or at the new stand-alone community: http://community.k12opensource.com/.

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Moshe Burt

Free online Biblical Hebrew lesson: 26+ minutes

FYI, here is a free online lesson on the basics of reading and understanding Hebrew, especially Biblical Hebrew: http://www.tanach.co.il/demox.php It is in a simple video format like a Youtube vide…

Tagged: video, understanding, lesson, online, Hebrew

Started by Moshe Burt Feb 3.

MariaD

Math 2.0 Interest Group: January 27th at 9:30ET and weekly

Join us at LearnCentral tonight, January 27th, for a discussion with the Science Online 2010 organizer Bora Zivkovic about putting together a web-centric unConference. Details at http://mathfuture.wi

Started by MariaD Jan 27.

mdailey

2010 HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition

2010 HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition We are pleased to announce that all information regarding the 2010 international HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and…

Tagged: gaming, grants, funding, 2.0, web

Started by mdailey Jan 5.

YU-Lin Lai

Hi, I am currently conducting a research

Hi, I am currently conducting a research on educator site and I would be so appreciate of you for taking few minutes to complete this online questionnaire. All of your answers are highly valuable, an…

Started by YU-Lin Lai Dec. 22, 2009.

leewin

Is there something else I can use besides Skype? 9 Replies

IT people in our division don't like using Skype because it is incredibly bandwidth intensive. Is there an alternative option so that I can do interesting videoconferencing projects with other school…

Started by leewin. Last reply by Ghislain Fabre Dec. 3, 2009.

Matt Montagne

Why use MS Office anymore on student lab machines?? 22 Replies

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 student…

Started by Matt Montagne. Last reply by Joel Garcia Nov. 12, 2009.

Erin

Interactive Quiz Software for Lab 6 Replies

Hi again! I've had some really good input and gotten some great resources from this site so I'm hoping to get lucky once again. Our school is moving towards interactive whiteboards in all classrooms…

Started by Erin. Last reply by Bill Kingsland Nov. 5, 2009.

Rob Hurley

Joomla Question 5 Replies

I am currently looking to redesign our schools web site. I was looking at using Joomla, but my proposal was met with quite a bit of concern from our technology director. She doesn't believe it's secu…

Started by Rob Hurley. Last reply by Alline Sada Nov. 5, 2009.

Leigh Newton

Lab Management Software 13 Replies

What is your experience with open source lab management software? What can you recommend?

Tagged: oss, lms

Started by Leigh Newton. Last reply by Derek Wilson Oct. 22, 2009.

Rob Hurley

Open Source Document Management 3 Replies

Is anyone aware of an open source document management program that uses tags. I am in the process of trying to go paperless?

Started by Rob Hurley. Last reply by Cliff Lyon Mar. 12, 2009.

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emma nilsson Comment by emma nilsson on August 31, 2009 at 12:31am
hey there!..... i came across a site http://surveycheese.com and i'm able to earn 700 to 1000$ every month by just spending \2 hrs a day.i would like to spread the word...its my extra income option..thats it
Geoff St. Pierre Comment by Geoff St. Pierre on February 18, 2009 at 6:00am
Logo is good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)

There are a variety of implementations of it for Linux/UNIX, Mac, and uhh that other one.

Geoff
Nocturnal Comment by Nocturnal on September 5, 2008 at 4:47pm
Programming! does anyone know of any kid friendly programming software for up to an 8th grade level?
Bill Schreiter Comment by Bill Schreiter on June 4, 2008 at 5:01pm
Hi, My name is Bill and I work in a school district in Ontario Canada. We use a mixture of WordPerfect and Microsoft Office in the classroom. WordPerfect version 12 is provided by the Ministry of Education to school districts for free. MS Office is something that we have to purchase over and over again.

For a variety of reasons I would like to champion a move to replace both Office suites with Open Office. These reasons are clear to me ... such as student take home, compatibility, features and finally price... This does not mention all the benefits to FLOSS and the community support compared to any proprietary software.

Do you know of districts that have moved to Open Office?

What are the issues?

What about importing old WordPerfect documents... I have trouble with the graphics that in the wpg (wordperfect) format.

Do you know of case studies, feature comparisons etc that might help?

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Bill

PS: I am very new and if this is inappropriate please tell me and I will retract and withdraw...
Alan Hodson 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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