1. How to Utilize Free and Open Source Resources in the Classroom Dr. Odin Jurkowski University of Central Missouri Building Bridges 11.16.2009 http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski/bb2009open.odp http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski/bb2009open.pdf

2. Why F ree / O pen S ource S oftware (FOSS)? ● Cost savings ● Focus on integrating technology rather than worrying about finding funds ● Student access to same tools at home ● Focus on concepts vs. proprietary tools ● Social justice / collaboration; Shared knowledge and parallels with science; Students used to open resources

3. Free vs Open Source ● Shareware/freeware early beginnings ● Free is not always open ● Free may mean web based or downloadable

4. Web Browsers ● Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en- US/firefox/http://www.mozilla.com/en- US/firefox/ ● Google Chrome http://www.google.com/chrome http://www.google.com/chrome ● Opera http://www.opera.com/http://www.opera.com/ ● Camino http://caminobrowser.org/ Mozilla for machttp://caminobrowser.org/ ● Safari http://www.apple.com/safari/http://www.apple.com/safari/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browser s

5. Office Productivity ● OpenOffice ● http://www.openoffice.org/http://www.openoffice.org/ ● NeoOffice http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php (Mac)http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php ● AbiWord http://www.abisource.com/http://www.abisource.com/ ● Google Docs http://docs.google.com for working onlinehttp://docs.google.com ● Google Apps http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/included.html http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/included.html ● Scribus http://www.scribus.net/ Desktop publishinghttp://www.scribus.net/

6. Wikis & Blogs & Social ● Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/http://www.wikispaces.com/ ● PBworks http://pbworks.comhttp://pbworks.com ● Blogger http://www.blogger.comhttp://www.blogger.com ● ePALS http://www.epals.com/http://www.epals.com/ ● WordPress http://wordpress.org/ create your own blogshttp://wordpress.org/ ● Ning http://www.ning.com free hosted social networkhttp://www.ning.com ● Elgg http://elgg.org/ create your own social networkhttp://elgg.org/

7. Communication ● Skype http://www.skype.com/http://www.skype.com/ ● Meebo http://www.meebo.comhttp://www.meebo.com ● Google Talk http://www.google.com/talk/http://www.google.com/talk/ ● AIM http://dashboard.aim.com/aimhttp://dashboard.aim.com/aim ● Pidgin http://pidgin.im/ multi-protocol instant messaginghttp://pidgin.im/ ● Jabber http://www.jabber.org/http://www.jabber.org/

8. Images ● Gimp http://www.gimp.org/ (similar to Photoshop)http://www.gimp.org/ ● Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/ Vector graphics (similar to Adobe Illustrator)http://www.inkscape.org/ ● Blender http://www.blender.org/ 3D modelinghttp://www.blender.org/ ● Google Sketchup http://sketchup.google.com/http://sketchup.google.com/

9. Screen Capture ● Zscreen http://www.brandonz.net/projects/zscreen/http://www.brandonz.net/projects/zscreen/ ● Greenshot http://greenshot.sourceforge.net/http://greenshot.sourceforge.net/

10. Screen Casting ● CamStudio http://camstudio.org/http://camstudio.org/ ● Wink http://www.debugmode.com/wink/http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ ● Jing http://www.jingproject.com/http://www.jingproject.com/

11. Audio ● Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

12. Video ● Windows Movie Maker ● Jashaka http://jahshaka.org/http://jahshaka.org/ ● JayCut http://jaycut.com/ online video editinghttp://jaycut.com/

13. Web Editing ● Nvu http://net2.com/nvu/http://net2.com/nvu/ ● KompoZer http://www.kompozer.net/http://www.kompozer.net/ ● Amaya http://www.w3.org/Amaya/http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ ● Bluefish http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/ ● SeaMonkey http://www.seamonkey-project.org/http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

14. AntiVirus ● Avast http://www.avast.com/http://www.avast.com/ ● ClamWin http://www.clamwin.com/http://www.clamwin.com/ ● Avira http://www.free-av.com/en/products/index.htmlhttp://www.free-av.com/en/products/index.html ● Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

15. Utilities ● Filezilla http://filezilla-project.org/ FTPhttp://filezilla-project.org/ ● CoffeeCup http://www.coffeecup.com/free-ftp/ FTPhttp://www.coffeecup.com/free-ftp/ ● 7-Zip http://www.7-zip.org/ Ziphttp://www.7-zip.org/ ● Wuala http://wua.la/ Social Online Storagehttp://wua.la/ ● FOG http://www.fogproject.org/ Ghosthttp://www.fogproject.org/ ● OpenVPN http://www.openvpn.net/ VPNhttp://www.openvpn.net/

16. Course Management Systems ● Moodle http://moodle.org/http://moodle.org/ ● Sakai http://sakaiproject.org/http://sakaiproject.org/ ● Claroline http://www.claroline.net/http://www.claroline.net/ ● NineHub http://ninehub.com/ Free Moodle Hostinghttp://ninehub.com/

17. Library Automation ● koha http://www.koha.org/http://www.koha.org/ ● emilda http://www.emilda.org/http://www.emilda.org/

18. Educational ● Celestia http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Spacehttp://www.shatters.net/celestia/ ● Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org/ Planetariumhttp://www.stellarium.org/ ● Tux Typing http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/ Typinghttp://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/ ● Typing Web http://www.typingweb.com/ Free online typinghttp://www.typingweb.com/ ● Tux Paint http://www.tuxpaint.org/ Drawinghttp://www.tuxpaint.org/ ● Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/http://scratch.mit.edu/

19. Other ● Cmap http://cmap.ihmc.us/ Mind mappinghttp://cmap.ihmc.us/ ● FreeMind http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Mind mapping http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page ● gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/ Flow charthttp://www.gliffy.com/ ● Zamzar http://zamzar.com/ File conversionhttp://zamzar.com/ ● GanttProject http://ganttproject.biz/http://ganttproject.biz/ ● GnuCash http://www.gnucash.org/ Account softwarehttp://www.gnucash.org/

20. Continued… ● FET http://www.lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/ Scheduling softwarehttp://www.lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/ ● Adeona http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html Laptop trackinghttp://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html

21. References ● Lamb, A., et. al., (2006). Open-Source software in school libraries. Teacher Librarian, 33(5), 55-7. ● Pfaffman, J. (2008). Transforming high school classrooms with free/open source software: It's time for an open source software revolution. The High School Journal, 91(3), 25-31. ● Pfaffman, J. (2007). It's time to consider open source software. TechTrends, 51(3), 38-43. ● Surran, M. (2003). Making the switch to open source software. T.H.E. Journal, 31(2), 36, 38, 40-1.

22. Contact Information Dr. Odin Jurkowski Chair, Department of Career & Technology Education Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Educational Technology University of Central Missouri Grinstead 120 Warrensburg MO 64093 660.543.8387 jurkowski@ucmo.edu http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski http://www.ucmo.edu/edtech http://www.ucmo.edu/cte Also on Skype, Facebook, Twitter, AIM, Meebo, Blogger, Ning, Flickr, delicious, LinkedIn,...