OpenSource Software

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Open-Source Software

• It can help you Learn

It can help you Teach
It can help you Share
It wont
cost a Thing
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What IS Open-Source Software?
Open-source software is free and its source code
(the nuts and bolts of the program) is available.
This means that anyone can see the code, modify
it, or otherwise use it for free.
Mozillas Firefox A Web Browser
OpenOffice A Software Suite
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Mozillas FireFox Features
Bookmarks Save your favorite pages
http//www.mozilla.org/firefox
Tabbed Browsing Multiple Pages in One Window
Built-In Searching Google, Wikipedia, and more
Many themes Change the look and feel of your
browser
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OpenOffice A Software Suite
http//www.openoffice.org
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• Operating Systems enable you to do everything
  you do on a computer.

Windows XP can cost up to 100.
http//www.linuxiso.org
Mac OS X can cost up to 200.
Many distributions of Linux are free.
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How can it help me learn?

• You can do more, for less, on your computer.
• You can find software that works better for your
  particular method of learning and study needs
  
• Flash Card systems to interactive development
  tools.
  
• Mandarin Chinese to simple Mathetmatics

http//www.sourceforge.net
http//directory.fsf.org/education/
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How can it help me teach?

• Open-source applications are often more
  tailored to a particular subject or goal. This
  can help you use specific, simple, and free
  software to aid your students.

http//www.schoolforge.net
http//www.ticalc.org
http//richtech.ca/seul/
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Why would I want to share?

• Programmers spend many hours making free to use
  applications for educational purposes.
  
• You can contribute to any project with
  commentary, suggestions, donations or even
  programming code to make the application better.
  
• You can distribute, or share, the program with
  your students, friends, or even teachers for
  free this gives others more educational tools.
  

Education is Sharing.
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Resources
Images and information obtained from Wikipedia,
OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, and Forbes Magazine.
http//en.wikipedia.org http//www.mozilla.org/f
irefox http//www.openoffice.org http//www.forbe
s.com/
Educational Open-Source software resources used
in this presentation were http//www.sourceforg
e.net http//richtech.ca/seul/
http//www.schoolforge.org http//www.ticalc.org
http//directory.fsf.org/education/
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• This presentation was meant to inform you about
  the basics of open-source software, give examples
  of what that software is, point you to resources
  that can be useful, and elaborate on how these
  tools can help you learn, teach, and share.
• Sharing is Education.

If you have questions or comments about this
presentation, or if you would like to request
more information please feel free to contact me.
Name Abi ONeal E-Mail address aoneal_at_uoreg
on.edu