1. O PEN S OURCE S OFTWARE A LTERNATIVES Presented by the Monroe County Public Library

2. I NTRODUCTION Me – Austin Stroud: Instructional Designer at the Monroe County Public Library and Adjunct Faculty at Ivy Tech Community College You – Do you know what open source software is? If so, have you used any open source software before? Not this type of open 

3. W HAT IS O PEN S OURCE S OFTWARE ? Open source software “refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e., open. Open source code is typically created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve upon the code and share the changes within the community. Open source sprouted in the technological community as a response to proprietary software owned by corporations.” (source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/O/open_source.html)http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/O/open_source.html More background information can be found on the Open Source Initiative website: http://opensource.org/http://opensource.org/

4. M ICROSOFT O FFICE A LTERNATIVES Microsoft Office can cost upwards of $200-$300 depending on which version you want to purchase: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/?CTT=1 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/?CTT=1 Two FREE, open source alternatives that work similar to Microsoft Office are: Open Office: http://openoffice.org/http://openoffice.org/ Libre Office: http://www.libreoffice.org/http://www.libreoffice.org/

5. A DOBE P HOTOSHOP A LTERNATIVES The cheapest versions of Adobe Photoshop, such as Photoshop Elements can cost you over $100. The full version is several hundred dollars: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopfamily.html http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopfamily.html Free alternatives to Adobe Photoshop include: Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/http://www.gimp.org/ Paint.Net: http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html

6. V IDEO AND A UDIO E DITING Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (Audio)http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Wax: http://download.cnet.com/DebugMode-Wax/3000-13631_4-10413350.html (Video) http://download.cnet.com/DebugMode-Wax/3000-13631_4-10413350.html VLC Media Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.htmlhttp://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html (Plays all types of files)

7. A NIMATION /3D E FFECTS Blender: http://www.blender.org/http://www.blender.org/ Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu/http://scratch.mit.edu/

8. A DDITIONAL R ESOURCES http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/bestwebsitestop25 Website’s for Teaching and Learning http://sourceforge.net/directory/security-utilities/antivirus/os:windows/ Anti-Virus Software (Open Source) http://sourceforge.net/http://sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge – Open Source Software listings for almost anything you are looking for!)

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