Teaching educators about free software
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tech.life@school | Educators get help to
improve teaching skills
tech.life@school | Educators get help to
improve teaching skills
04/29/2004 06:33 AMPhiladelphia Inquirer Apr 29 2004 11:16AM GMT
SEO Industry Educators Robin Nobles and
John Alexander Return from Teaching At
Louisiana State University LSU - SEO
Workshop comes to Toronto, Ontario for
Thanksgiving in October
SEO Industry Educators Robin Nobles and
John Alexander Return from Teaching At
Louisiana State University LSU - SEO
Workshop comes to Toronto, Ontario for
Thanksgiving in October
09/08/2004 03:43 AMInternational search engine educators Robin Nobles and John Alexander
returned from delivering their SEO certification training at Louisiana
State University ( LSU Campus) last week and prepare to bring their
ultimate SEO Mastery Workshop to Toronto next. [PRWEB Sep 8, 2004]
Moreh - Jewish Teaching Software
Moreh - Jewish Teaching Software
09/06/2004 01:59 AMProject team forming
India's Upcoming Free Software, Free
Society Conference
India's Upcoming Free Software, Free
Society Conference
06/05/2005 11:10 PMFree software advocates and IT delegates from around the world will be
in Kerala, India, this week in the hopes of building free software
collaborations for the future.
Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices
Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices
06/12/2004 02:48 AMBarefoot Software Asia Limited (BSAL) is pleased to announce the
launch Australian Swimsuit Edition-Free (ASE), via the Barefoot
Software website (http://www.barefootsoft.com) for immediate download.
ASE is a Cardmate application for mobile phones which is being
launched for Free as a promotional application to end users who have a
Symbian based mobile phone. ASE, the first Australian swimsuit model
application for Smartphone devices in the World can initially be
downloaded by users who have a Nokia (6600/3650/7650), Sony Ericsson
P800/P900 and other compatible phones from the barefoot Web site.
[PRWEB Jun 12, 2004]
Celerus Networks® Unveils All-In-One
Wi-Fi Management Software Suite in a
Free Software License Package – Offer
Makes Wi-Fi More Affordable than Ever
Celerus Networks® Unveils All-In-One
Wi-Fi Management Software Suite in a
Free Software License Package – Offer
Makes Wi-Fi More Affordable than Ever
06/22/2005 02:31 AMCelerus Networks ships its feature-rich Wi-Fi management software
suite with a no-cost software license delivering unprecedented savings
to network builders & managers. The wireless management package
offers unsurpassed affordability coupled with comprehensive support
services. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2005]
Mobilization of Software Developers: The
Free Software Movement
Mobilization of Software Developers: The
Free Software Movement
06/17/2004 05:32 AMMobilization of Software Developers: The Free Software
Movement by Margret S. Elliott and Walter Scacchihttp://ope
nsource.mit.edu/papers/elliottscacchi2.pdfAbstract by Author:Free/open source software
(F/OSS) development projects are growing at a rapid rate. Globally
dispersed virtual communities with large groups of software developers
contribute time and effort often without pay. One force behind this
phenomenon is the Free Software Movement (FSM), a 20 year-old social
movement whose purpose is to promote the use of free software instead
of proprietary software. We show how the ideology of the FSM
influences software development work practices in F/OSS communities
and how an occupational community of F/OSS developers has emerged from
this movement. We present results from an empirical study of a F/OSS
development community, GNUenterprise (GNUe) whose purpose is to build
an Enterprise Resource Planning system. We show how the beliefs in
freedom and freedom of choice, and the values of cooperative work and
community building are manifested in the GNUe norms of informal
self-management, immediate acceptance of fellow contributors, and open
disclosure.
PHP: Free Software on Free Tools
PHP: Free Software on Free Tools
05/17/2004 10:25 AMOpen
Source: Open Source Scripting Made Easy: This is an article about
PHP scripting tools that makes an important point:
Commercial scripting languages have drawn success from
powerful and widely used development tools: ASP has Visual Studio,
ColdFusion has Macromedia's Dreamweaver, and JSP has a variety of
tools from commercial sources such as Borland and open source projects
such as Eclipse and NetBeans. PHP's enormous success, however, is not
tied to specific tools.
Some friends of mine have been working with Microsoft's .Net
platform. They tell me it's amazing ("fan-friggin'-tastic," one of
them called it). This is great, but I guess I don't like anything
where the barrier to entry is so high — first you have to have a
Windows server, then you have to have the Windows dev environment.
I code PHP in EditPlus,
which cost me all of $30, and that was an optional purchase because
there are so many other free alternatives. Maybe I'm just a snob.
Via PHP|Architect.
Click here to comment on this entry
Articles for Educators
Articles for Educators
04/19/2005 06:23 AM
Articles for Educatorshttp://www.articlesforeduc
ators.com/Articles For Educators is a free resource
offered by Virtu Software. On this website, teachers will find lesson
plans, field trip ideas, tips and tricks for the classroom written by
educators. Visitors can browse the directory of articles by subject or
search for a specific topic. This section highlights Mathematics
lesson plans written by math teachers and is organized into the
following main sections: Competition, Fun with Numbers, and
Miscellaneous. Membership, which is free, provides educators access to
post articles, comment on other articles, or discuss subjects in the
community forum. The website does include a few advertisements, but
they do not overwhelm the website and its creator, a software
developer who is also active in Christian ministry, also includes
several Christian education links. This will be added to
Education and Distance
Learning Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide.[From The NSDL Scout
Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout
Project 1994-2005.
http://scout.wisc.edu/]
The Ultimate Portal for Educators
The Ultimate Portal for Educators
11/10/2003 10:51 PMThe Ultimate Portal for Educatorshttp://www.tea
chers-connect.net/edres/portal.htmThe Ultimate Porta;
for Educators including Content Area Assets, Teacher Internet Assets,
Multimedia Assets, Raw Material Search Engines, Web Page Design, and
Copyright.
Educators use Internet as tool
Educators use Internet as tool
02/07/2005 01:49 AMPe.com - Sun Feb 6, 10:30 am GMT
Educators pan web copyright proposal
Educators pan web copyright proposal
09/22/2004 05:14 PMCBC Sep 22 2004 7:26PM GMT
Illinois Educators Conference Blog
Illinois Educators Conference Blog
03/14/2005 06:22 PMWhat in the World is IceCasting?
“IceCasting is an experiment in MobCasting, an idea that
Andy Carvin has been exploring lately. The Illinois Technology
Conference for Educators (IL-TCE) will be held in St. Charles from
March 1 through March 4 and I thought this might be an interesting way
to extend the learning.
Everyone loves attending conferences.
There's something about being surrounded by your colleagues and being
exposed to new ideas at every turn that really just gets people jazzed
up about technology, teaching, and education in general. This blog is
a way to capture that feeling and share it with other people. It's a
place to capture those ideas that you just can't wait to take back to
your school, or make you think differently about the way you're doing
things now.
If you experienced something at ICE and want to
share it with people, there's two ways that you can do so. Send an
email to teach42.icecasting@blogge
r.com, and the entire text of the email will be instantly posted
here. You can also attach photos to the emails if you'd like to! If
you'd like to leave an audio comment, simply call 1-661-716-BLOG
(2564), use 555-555-5555 for the login and then enter 2005 as your
pincode. Leave a message and your audio comment will be posted
directly to the blog!
So in between sessions, if you feel
inspired, pick up your cell phone and give the number a call. Share
what you've seen or heard that inspired you with everyone else. Please
feel free to pass this information on to anyone else attending the
conference.
If you happen to use Flickr, then tag your ICE photos with
ICE2005. I'll be adding a feed to the sidebar that will grab all of
our communal photos that way.” [IceCasting]
Steve Dembo seems to be doing
all of the heavy lifting at this point (text and audio),
but it’s certainly a great idea. Keep up the great work,
Steve!
To my great regret, I won’t be able to attend the
Computers in Libraries
conference this year, so I’m going to have to attend
via the blogs. Thank heavens for non-complex, navel-gazing conference
bloggers!
Educators Tune Into Computer Power
Educators Tune Into Computer Power
03/19/2003 10:23 PMThe "computers in the classroom" revolution that stalled in the 1990s
finally has arrived. (The Arizona Republic via MyAppleMenu)
Educators seek a cure for the common
computer
Educators seek a cure for the common
computer
08/20/2004 11:28 PMIHT Aug 21 2004 3:35AM GMT
National Association of Agriculture
Educators (NAAE)
National Association of Agriculture
Educators (NAAE)
06/05/2005 11:43 PM
National Association of Agriculture Educators
(NAAE)http://www.naae.org/As a
professional association for agricultural educators, NAAE provides
benefits to assist members with professional growth - both tangible
and intangible benefits to help members become more effective and
efficient as agricultural educators. NAAE seeks to advance
agricultural education and promote the professional interests and
growth of agriculture teachers as well as recruit and prepare students
who have a desire to teach agriculture. Membership benefits assist
members in growing professionally and in becoming more effective
agricultural educators. This has been added to
Agriculture Resources
Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.
Apple Distinguished Educators to teach
at DLexpo
Apple Distinguished Educators to teach
at DLexpo
08/03/2004 03:45 AMCalifornia Event Management today announced that several Apple
Distinguished Educators (ADEs) are scheduled to teach at the first
Digital Lifestyle Symposium, to be held at the Long Beach Convention
Center August 13 - 15...
help the British think about free
software?
help the British think about free
software?
09/03/2004 09:26 PMThe UK Parliamentary Office on Science and Technology is preparing a
POST note on 'Open Source'. (No, I didn't know what a POST note is
exactly either, but check it out
here.) The author is looking for helpful comments. I've created a
temporary email address
for David Berry. You can send him comments at that address for a week.
Unmaintained Free Software
Unmaintained Free Software
04/07/2005 05:18 AMNew Wiki
Not just free software under threat
Not just free software under threat
06/01/2004 10:32 AMLetter Richard Stallman writes
Apple Software: The End Of Free
Apple Software: The End Of Free
01/11/2004 09:23 PMI am not going to suggest that Apple reverse its path... On the other
hand, I do want to see Apple set as low a price point for its stuff as
possible. By Gene Steinberg (Mac Night Owl via MyAppleMenu)
You don't have to use free software
until you're ready
You don't have to use free software
until you're ready
08/02/2004 08:24 AMOne thing I try to drive home when speaking or giving an interview
about Linux and open source software is the concept that, unlike
commercial software, open source doesn't need more people to use it.
You can take your time and use what you want when you want.
Educators Flocking to Finland, Land of
Literate Children
Educators Flocking to Finland, Land of
Literate Children
04/09/2004 08:02 PMIf one trait sets Finland apart from many other countries, it is the
quality and social standing of its teachers.
Replacing FileMaker with Free Software?
Replacing FileMaker with Free Software?
08/31/2004 01:44 PMWill free software kill shareware?
Will free software kill shareware?
08/28/2004 09:44 AMWill free software kill shareware? Every day we celebrate the
victories of open source software against the big guns, enjoying each
corporate and governmental adoption as it comes. We talk about how
wonderful it is that open source software is taking part in a larger
social and economic revolution and comment on how we're looking
forward to the day when open source software will dominate the
software industry. The little guys, the story will go, put together a
series of tools that evolved into a complete operating system which
ultimately took over and threw down the big monolithic software
giants. And all along, we, the little guys, kept to our values and
ideals, held strong in the face of corporate threats, and banded
together to Fight the Good Fight. What started as a bunch of little
guys turned into several companies, and these companies grew until
they were big guys. Then we garnered the support of several large
companies and flirted with even more. Until one day we looked around
and realized we weren't the little guys anymore.
Free Software at the Local Library?
Free Software at the Local Library?
04/16/2004 07:50 PMUN drive to boost free software
UN drive to boost free software
08/28/2004 02:20 AMThe UN is holding events across Asia to encourage the region to adopt
free and open source software.
There's No Such Thing as a Free
(Software) Lunch.
There's No Such Thing as a Free
(Software) Lunch.
06/18/2004 08:36 PMJay Michaelson:
There's No Such Thing as a Free (Software) Lunch. This is
perhaps the only article I've seen that so clearly distinguishes
between freedom for software and freedom for programmers. Software
isn't alive; why should it have freedom?
Free Software As Nigerian Scam
Free Software As Nigerian Scam
11/04/2003 11:40 PMFree Computer Art Software for Kids
Free Computer Art Software for Kids
03/25/2005 01:20 AMAbout Mar 25 2005 4:50AM GMT
Free software and Open Source
Free software and Open Source
04/10/2005 07:12 AMFree software and Open Source: The freedom Debate and Its
Consequences By Mathias Klanght
tp://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/index.htmlAbstract:To most outsiders the ethics
of software is not something usually considered. To most proficient
computer users with a passing interest in this question the ethics of
software is recognised as one of the fundamental questions in the
digital rights area. To most of the latter, terms such as free
software, open source, and their derivatives (FLOSS, FOSS, Software
Freedom) are interchangeable. Choosing one over the other is a matter
of taste rather than politics. However, to most insiders the
question is not one of taste. There is a fundamental difference
between the two areas even if they share a similar root. Free software
is not the same as open source. The two groups differ in their
fundamental philosophical approach to software and its importance to
society as a whole. This paper examines the two groups’ differing
philosophies and explores how their actions have affected software
development, access to fundamental software infrastructure, and the
development of the concept of freedom.
Commentary: Free software on Windows
Commentary: Free software on Windows
07/17/2004 08:16 AMI haven't used Windows very often in the past seven or eight years. I
declared my independence on July 4, 1998, and I've never looked back.
Recently I was issued a company laptop. It came with Windows XP
preinstalled, of course, since it is an IBM ThinkPad and only
Microsoft operating systems are available preloaded on IBM (and HP,
and Dell) desktops and laptops destined for North American consumers.
I decided for various reasons to make the ThinkPad a dual-boot
machine. Color me surprised at what I've learned about the Windows
platform since. Who knew there is so much free -- as in speech --
software available for Windows these days?
Help introduce charities to free
software
Help introduce charities to free
software
12/20/2003 03:56 AMWhen I recently searched for organisations that were trying to help
introduce charities to free software, and I found practically no
information. I find this particularly surprising, as charities are, in
many ways, the most worthy organisations to use free software. If you
can go to a charity and propose a solution that is more stable and
secure, free from vendor lock-in, and free to use and maintain, you
can help the organization plough the savings into the work it is there
to do.
Free FingerPrint Imaging Software
Free FingerPrint Imaging Software
01/28/2004 05:38 PM0.0.2 stuff is out; an2k is next on TODO
Free Software on a Cheap Computer
Free Software on a Cheap Computer
04/10/2005 12:50 PMIn Brief: SOA Software offers free
Registry
In Brief: SOA Software offers free
Registry
04/19/2005 12:09 PMSOA Software (formerly Digital Evolution) is offering its Registry
product for free for a limited time. Registry is an enterprise-class
UDDI Version 3-compliant services registry and meta-data repository.
By offering its Registry at no charge, SOA Software hopes to encourage
adoption of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions.
A Brief History of Free Software, Part 1
A Brief History of Free Software, Part 1
08/07/2004 01:40 AMWe all love free software, but how much do we know about the origins
of it? Interested to find out what Open Source, GNU and GPL really
mean?
Join me for a unique Freeloader Friday look at what
could be software's most important movement, and find out how
it effects you as a Mac user.
Free software to aid poor doctors
Free software to aid poor doctors
12/19/2003 11:23 AMBBC Dec 19 2003 4:05AM ET
Free software Java platforms
Free software Java platforms
01/14/2003 02:28 PM
Richard Stallman is interested whether XSLT-process,
my XSLT processor and debugger Emacs interface for the Saxon and Xalan XSLT processors runs
on top of a free
software JDK.
As far as I know Kaffe is one
such free-software implementation of a Java virtual machine. There are
many other implementations listed at Kaffe's Web site.
Does anybody have any experience with any of these in a real
project? How much of the JVM functionality and the associated class
libraries in JDK 1.3 are implemented? Can one run an XML parser and an
XSLT processor like Saxon or Xalan on top of them?
Grok Description matches for Teaching educators about free software
GrokA matches for Teaching educators about free software
SQLite WinCE Port
SQLite WinCE Port
07/28/2004 03:09 PMNew releases and a new home page!
ACTIVstudio 2 Pro Edition debuts, for
ACTIVboard
ACTIVstudio 2 Pro Edition debuts, for
ACTIVboard
01/22/2004 11:36 AMACTIVboard makers Promethean
Ltd. on Thursday announced plans to release ACTIVstudio 2 Professional
edition, a new version of the company's group teaching software for
its ACTIVboard interactive whiteboard technology, developed with
feedback from elementary and secondary educators who are already use
the ACTIVboard in their classrooms.
MS expands WinCE 5.0 'shared' source
licence
MS expands WinCE 5.0 'shared' source
licence
06/28/2004 04:58 AMCommercial code derivatives can stay closed
Intel touts Celeron M for WinCE
Intel touts Celeron M for WinCE
04/12/2005 05:28 AMBanias for set-top boxes
TrakSoft Inc. Announces the Release of
PFS-Trans, Local Version, a Project
Funding System for Local Transportation
Departments and Private Transportation
Companies
TrakSoft Inc. Announces the Release of
PFS-Trans, Local Version, a Project
Funding System for Local Transportation
Departments and Private Transportation
Companies
02/01/2005 09:17 PMTrakSoft Inc., a professional software development firm, today
announced the January 31st release of an innovative and professional
Project Funding System for Local Transportation Departments (Cities
and Counties) and Private Transportation Construction Companies.
[PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]
Tom Leonard, AI Programmer for Valve
Software is Coming to the University of
Utah for a Free Lecture
Tom Leonard, AI Programmer for Valve
Software is Coming to the University of
Utah for a Free Lecture
03/25/2005 06:30 AMTom Leonard, AI Programmer for Valve Software is coming to the
University of Utah for a free lecture [PRWEB Mar 25, 2005]
New Look, New Version pdfMachine 9.6 Now
Available - Only US$49 per Licence, or
Free If You Have a Previous Version
New Look, New Version pdfMachine 9.6 Now
Available - Only US$49 per Licence, or
Free If You Have a Previous Version
06/01/2004 02:33 AMpdfMachine 9.6 NEW FEATURES• Now pdfMachine viewer can be started in
"stand alone" mode with no PDF loaded.• File open menu option - open
and assemble any PDF file, not just those created by pdfMachine.•
Opening of encrypted PDF's is supported; passwords are prompted for if
required.• "Sticky note" style comments/annotations. [PRWEB Jun 1,
2004]
.com Solutions Inc. Releases FmPro
Worksheet 1.01 for Windows - Free
Utility Sends SQL Commands to FileMaker
7 Databases
.com Solutions Inc. Releases FmPro
Worksheet 1.01 for Windows - Free
Utility Sends SQL Commands to FileMaker
7 Databases
07/13/2004 03:18 AM.com Solutions Inc., a developer of multi-platform database
development tools, has released a free utility named FmPro Worksheet
1.01 for Windows with support for sending SQL commands to FileMaker 7
databases. FileMaker 7 database developers can now use libraries of
SQL commands to speed development of FileMaker 7 solutions. [PRWEB Jul
13, 2004]
SQLite 3.0.2
SQLite 3.0.2
06/30/2004 11:05 PMAn embeddable SQL engine in a C library.
DBD-SQLite-1.01
DBD-SQLite-1.01
08/01/2004 06:54 AMDBD-SQLite-0.31
DBD-SQLite-0.31
02/14/2004 06:32 PMSQLite 2.8.8
SQLite 2.8.8
12/18/2003 01:05 AMAn embeddable SQL engine in a C library.
SQLite 2.8.14
SQLite 2.8.14
06/18/2004 09:51 AMAn embeddable SQL engine in a C library.
SQLite-DB-0.02
SQLite-DB-0.02
06/04/2004 01:13 AMDBD-SQLite-1.06
DBD-SQLite-1.06
09/21/2004 07:05 PMSQLite-DB-0.03
SQLite-DB-0.03
08/02/2004 11:59 PMDBD-SQLite-0.29
DBD-SQLite-0.29
12/05/2003 06:39 PMDBD-SQLite-1.03
DBD-SQLite-1.03
08/09/2004 05:12 PMDBD-SQLite-1.02
DBD-SQLite-1.02
08/02/2004 05:16 PMSQLite-DB-0.01
SQLite-DB-0.01
06/03/2004 05:32 AMDBD-SQLite-1.00
DBD-SQLite-1.00
07/22/2004 12:52 AMDBD-SQLite-1.05
DBD-SQLite-1.05
09/10/2004 06:39 PMSQLite-Abstract-0.1
SQLite-Abstract-0.1
01/07/2005 02:29 AMClass-DBI-SQLite-0.09
Class-DBI-SQLite-0.09
04/15/2005 05:48 PMSQLite for Delphi
SQLite for Delphi
11/15/2003 05:40 PM0.4.3 released
SQLite Admin 0.0.4
SQLite Admin 0.0.4
07/22/2004 11:45 AMA PHP front end to the SQLite database.
Java SQLite Wrapper 1.0
Java SQLite Wrapper 1.0
04/13/2004 07:53 PMA Java wrapper for SQLite.
SQLite: A Lightweight Alternative
SQLite: A Lightweight Alternative
03/06/2004 02:03 AMIn this tutorial, Timothy shows you how to get started using SQLite.
ADO.NET Data Provider for SQLite
ADO.NET Data Provider for SQLite
11/12/2003 10:24 PMADO.NET Data Provider for SQLite
SQLite/Ruby Module
SQLite/Ruby Module
05/11/2004 12:16 PMRehosted
Teaching educators about free software
