SIGs/Education/Apps

Fedora Educational Applications

Wishlist

Please add recommendable educational apps to the wishlist!

task	owner	bugzilla	status
avogadro	sdziallas	#458030	done
add yours here

Tables

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Another list with recommendations concerning educational applications can be found here.

name of application	short description	recommended age
educational enviroment
sugar	complete educational enviroment	6+
computer
tuxtype2	typing tutor	6+
misc edu apps
childsplay	games for children	4+
gcompris	suite for children	2+
games
enigma	oxyd-like game	?
office apps
dia	diagram creation program	12+
planner	project management	14+
scribus	desktop publishing	12+
taskjuggler	project management	14+
kdissert	mindmapping for kde	12+
vym	planning & drawing	?
graphics
tuxpaint	painting program for young children	4+
blender	modelling of 3D figures	14+
gimp	image manipulation	12+
inkscape	vector drawing program	10+
skencil	vector drawing program	12+
xfig	drawing program	12+
math
drgeo	geometry	10+
galculator	calculator	8+
octave	language for numerical computations	18+
qalculate	calculator with gtk or qt interface	8+
wxmaxima	computer algebra system	16+
natural science
atomix	chemical game	10+
celestia	planetarium software	14+
chemtool	drawing chemical structures	12+
gchempaint	chemistry	12+
bkchem	chemistry	12+
BALLview	molecular modeling and visualization	16+
genchemlab	chemistry	12+
gnome-chemistry-utils	chemistry	12+
gperiodic	periodic system	12+
stellarium	astronomy	14+
xaos	interactive fractal zoomer	14+
computer science
bluefish	editor for programmers	10+
kile	kde latex editor	12+
labplot	data analysis	14+
pythoncad	cad	16+
qcad	cad	16+
artistic work / sound
audacity	audio editor	12+
hydrogen	drum machine	14+
jokosher	audio editor	12+
rosegarden4	audio + midi sequencer	14+
solfege	musical education	6+
muse score	cross platform WYSIWYG music notation program	12+
kdenlive	non-linear video editor	12+
languages
stardict	dictionary platform	?
amusement
lincity-ng	city simulation	10+
others
grass	geographic information system	?
gonvert	unit converter	12+

general system applications

name of application	short description
krdc	rdesktop & vnc interface
tsclient	rdesktop & vnc interface

teacher tools

name of application	short description
fl_teachertool	remote control a terminal, broadcast teacher's desktop, send files, lock screen...
kde's kiosktool	preset and lock down user's desktop and preferences
eXe	authoring application to assist teachers and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. (exports to moodle)
Hot Potatoes	lesson construction software to build a teaching website; includes crosswords, gap-fills, cloze tests, matching, multiple choice and jumbled exercises. (exports to moodle)
Wink	screen cast / tutorials editor
recordMyDesktop	screen cast --> ogg

web applications

name of application	short description
Moodle	a course management system (CMS) - designed to help educators create effective online courses
Wordpress	blogging system
Joomla	content management system (CMS)
Drupal	community and content management system
Drupal WebQuests Module	WebQuests module for drupal
MediaWiki	wiki web system

note: although these web applications are easily installed with yum they some time require some extra setup and connection to an SQL database and the initiation of some basic tables before they start to work, fixing this can help teachers alllllooot :-)

note: ghemical and skynet are currently not part of Fedora

Resources

Education software

• http://wiki.k12opensource.com/Programs - K12OpenSource.com's wide list of educational software.

= Open education resources, content, and courseware

• http://oercommons.org -- open education resources with social ranking (participation) and contribution possibilies