20 FOSS applications for Education

Links to a list of Free and Open Source Software in our Open Source Options presentation.

1. http://libreoffice.org - office productivity suite
2. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox - web browser
3. http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ - email client
4. http://inkscape.org - scalable vector graphic editor
5. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - sound editor
6. http://www.geogebra.org - maths, geometry, algebra
7. http://gimp.org - photo and image editor
8. http://gcompris.net/ - early learning literacy and numeracy
9. http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/ - maths, typing, painting
10. http://synfig.org - vector based 2d animation
11. http://scratch.mit.edu - programming and animation
12. http://celtx.com - story board and creative development tool
13. http://freemind.sourceforge.net - mindmapping
14. http://musescore.org - music notation and composition
15. http://moodle.org - learning management system
16. http://mahara.org - eportfolio server software
17. http://koha-community.org - library automation software
18. http://drupal.org - content management software
19. http://status.net - microblogging engine
20. http://mediawiki.org - the wiki software that runs wikipedia

For more Free Software for Schools see the Open Source Victoria Catalog
http://cc.com.au/free-software-for-schools

Open content

• http://openclipart.org
• http://openstreetmap.org
• http://commons.wikimedia.org

Random Resources and References on the use of FOSS in education

• http://opensource.com/education/11/10/foss-meets-it-education-acm-sigite
• http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page
• http://oedb.org/library/features/how-the-open-source-movement-has-change...
• http://www.schoolforge.net/
• http://opensourceschools.org.uk/