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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
- See K12 Open Minds for a list of favorite applications from K12 teachers and IT staff at the 2009 K12 Open Minds conference in Indiana.
- http://wiki.k12opensource.com/Programs - K12OpenSource.com's wide list of educational software.
- Sugar Activities are activites for the Sugar Learning Platform.
Open education resources, content, and courseware
- http://oercommons.org -- open education resources with social ranking (participation) and contribution possibilies