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Discussions geared toward the use of FLOSS.

Website: http://community.k12opensource.com
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Latest Activity: Oct 23, 2016

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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

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Free Teacher Resource Portal

Started by ewa777. Last reply by Benjamin Levy Dec 11, 2013. 3 Replies 0 Likes

I was wondering if anyone has some great database websites of where to find a plethora of free resources for teachers related to FLOSS or just Free tools. My wife and I created noTLB.com (No Teacher…Continue

Tags: Tools, Software, Source, Open, Free

HASTAC Announces New Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition

Started by mdailey Nov 17, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

*********PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY********* HASTAC Announces New Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition HASTAC is proud to announce a new…Continue

Tags: assessment, feedback, badges, learning, media

MATH PRACTICE AND LEARNING PROGRAM – FREE FOR TEACHERS

Started by Dan Sherman. Last reply by Ann-Jeannette Estrada Oct 4, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Hi, TenMarks has launched a math practice and learning program for grades 3 - High School and as of today, it’s FREE for teachers to use in class or for their students to use at home.The TenMarks…Continue

Tags: Classroom, Math, Resources, Teachers, Education

Interactive Quiz Software for Lab

Started by Erin. Last reply by Student Lanka Aug 26, 2011. 9 Replies 0 Likes

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…Continue

Why use MS Office anymore on student lab machines??

Started by Matt Montagne. Last reply by Barry Bakin May 25, 2011. 29 Replies 0 Likes

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…Continue

Is there something else I can use besides Skype?

Started by leewin. Last reply by Grace Gorman May 1, 2011. 12 Replies 0 Likes

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…Continue

Alternative Screen Capture and Graphics Apps

Started by Stephen A. Schneiter. Last reply by Shawn Turner Feb 14, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Does anyone have an alternative application for screen captures other than SnagIT? SnagIT is great but I was hoping to find something comparable that is free and opensource. I have tried…Continue

Tags: screen, capture, Camtasia, SnagIT, editor

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Comment by Rose Arnell on April 6, 2014 at 2:03pm: Teacher Needs Support. I am working on my graduate research study and need perspectives from 10 K-12 teachers on what drives them to learn and engage in virtual communities like C 2.0. Please consider participating as your input and expertise would contribute greatly to the research. Click here for more information.

Comment by Dr Anna Maria Wertlen on April 7, 2011 at 12:34pm: Is there a member here in this group who works in rural or peri-urban South Africa or Southern Africa and is interested in a FLOSS social networking site - especially designed for learners and teachers - that functions off-line, so that interrupted Internet connectivity and low Internet quota isn't a problem?

Comment by Jim Roberts on February 5, 2011 at 2:14pm: Anyone have experience in using Moodle?

Comment by Jessie Chuang on December 12, 2010 at 6:30am: We support open educational resources and cost-effective technology aid to take the full advantage of digital contents and tools in classrooms.

We provide interactive projector or interactive module which give you interactive whiteboards on any surface but only cost a fraction of traditional ones.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ClassroomAid?feature=mhum

Comment by Kevin Murphy on September 21, 2010 at 7:54am: Really cool website Donna

Comment by Donna GUTHRIE on September 21, 2010 at 7:09am: Hello, have a website called MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids (www.meetmeatthecorner.org) . I am very interested in using technology in the classroom and developing a website that is helpful to the classroom teacher.

Comment by emma nilsson on August 31, 2009 at 1:31am: 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

Comment by Geoff St. Pierre on February 18, 2009 at 7:00am: 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

Comment by Nocturnal on September 5, 2008 at 5:47pm: Programming! does anyone know of any kid friendly programming software for up to an 8th grade level?

Comment by Bill Schreiter on June 4, 2008 at 6:01pm: 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...