Free Open Source Software (FOSS) and Web2.0 that make technology accessible to students.
Mikey Magic Technologies presents Active User Manager which is a complete user manager tool for a Windows Active Directory (AD) environment (Windows 2000 Server & Windows 2003 Server domains) that makes the process of manipulating users and organisational-units as easy as 1-2-3. From the very beginning, Active User Manager has been design to automate the tedious and time-consuming tasks that are involved in creating users. This includes the automatic creation, deletion and moving of user's folders and shares for their home and profile folders whenever the user is manipulated within the Active Directory environment.
wisesoft scripts: Simply add¸ delete¸ move users from an excell sheet. Works better then I ever expected. They also have some other really helpful scripts to manage AD.
This document contains information about applying policies to Google Update/Google Installer within the enterprise. Google Update is an end-user application that installs and updates many of Google's applications for Microsoft Windows®.
Easily edit Domain Group Policies from your Windows XP computer.
This is a goup of bat files that will create a csv log of when people logged in and off a computer. Great for tracking who was logged in when a violation happened.
MyLogon provides the advantages of a server-based logon and centralised data storage to small-business workgroups. It does so without requiring the cost, complexity and maintenance-overhead associated with the Active Directory Domain approach to local networking, as typically required by other small-business networking products. Migration of standalone or workgroup computers into a MyLogon network is extremely simple, and avoids the problems of loss-of-settings and loss-of-access to the user's data commonly experienced when joining standalone computers to an Active Directory Domain.
Rename My Documents to User Documents
A microsoft Copy Utility which allows you to copy file and have them keep their file permissions.
Manage login scripts. You can even manage printers using this.
For Windows 2003+, this is basically a user manageable backup system.
I created these scripts because at the beginning of the year I didn't want to just disable students who have not handed in their acceptable use policies, I wanted to somehow inform them why they were not able to get onto the computer.
pre-configured Ubuntu 8.04 Lts Linux server to act as a domain controller for windows and linux clients.
Decent ghosting/cloning.
Successfully ran it from a usb key (requires 2 keys or 1 cd and 1 key)
Deploy & image Macs & PCs
One of the best alternatives to Symantec Ghost that I have ever used. Web based administration and works off pxe network booting.
Simple cloning solution
For instructions on running it from a usb key: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=21170
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD.
Unattended OS installations (Windows, Linux, ESX, Solaris) over the network.
Use the SysAngel DVD Generator : Provide your original Microsoft Windows CDRom and serial number Let the DVD Generator download Service Pack, hotfixes, drivers, software, and integrate every needed stuff on a unique, bootable, DVD Then, boot the DVD on the computer on which you need to install or reinstall Windows, answer a few questions (5 minutes), and leave the computer. Come back 2 hours later: everything should be up and running.
WinToFlash starts a wizard that will help pull over the contents of a windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive to become a bootable replacement for the optical drive. It can alsow do this with your LiveCD.
Craigslist Preview
This extension provides easy access to your files just with some clicks.
allows you to easily send large files to anyone in seconds directly from your Chrome browser. Files up to 100MB can be sent and the best part is that it is FREE!
GooglePreview by the author of the Firefox GooglePreview / SearchPreview extension. Inserts preview images (thumbnails) into the Google search results page.
Easily run Internet Explorer within Chrome.
Check GMail, Google Reader, Google Voice, and Google Wave. Four sources, one number.
OneLogin provides single sign-on and identity management for organizations that embrace cloud computing. Because OneLogin itself is hosted in the cloud, you can get up and running in a matter of minutes.
Simple Vertical Tabs for power user.
Fast&Simple extension to capture the whole webpage. Even long pages are saved in one image file. This extension lets you save PNG image of any webpage. Just one click. Designers can choose to resize the window before capturing.
Our videos are short, simple and focused on making complex ideas easy to understand. We use a whiteboard-and-paper format we call Paperworks that is designed to cut out the noise and stick to what matters.
More video's on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=common+craft&aq=f
Petri.co.il is a comprehensive IT knowledgebase covering topics related to Windows Server 2008, Vista, Microsoft Networking, Exchange Server, Active Directory, Cisco Routing, VMware Virtualization and much more!
Currently evaluating, seems to be for Active directory only.
Currently evaluating
Network inventory. I have used this in the past and liked it. It takes some configuring but follow the instructions in the forum and it works well.
Very powerful with inventory and help desk included. Add Supported. ~ If you choose to use this then run it on a very powerful server. I have always had performance issues when just clicking around. While the interface seems slick, I find it too flashy and hard to read.
Welcome to our educational freeware site! We have specialized in finding and reviewing high-quality free learning software and websites from the Internet - mostly for kids, but also for grown-ups. We have a large selection of web-based software (check the Online tab), as well as Windows software to download (under the Downloads tab).
Eduforge is an open access environment designed for the sharing of ideas, research outcomes, open content and open source software for education. You are welcome to use our community resources or start your own project space.
Open 1-to-1 is a not for profit organization that provides resources and support for schools that want to deploy 1-to-1 computer solutions. Our organization is comprised of school technologists, educators, consultants, vendors, and other parties which collaborate to provide a comprehensive set of solutions and services for the Open 1-to-1 community. The mission of this organization is to make 1-to-1 computing more affordable, and create solutions that further aid in learning and greater opportunities for students and their communities.
This page lists cost-free software which has proven useful to teachers and parents of learners with special needs. Only software which is fully free for use in schools and at home is listed, no shareware or demo software is included.
Very similar to teamviewer but uses a different back end remote method.
This is my first Choice in Remote Tech support. You can easily swap from watching/remote control to presenting your screen. Allows for file transfer an chatting. The free version does require both parties to download an exe file, but the file can be be ran standalone so no installation is required.
This .NET Framework cleanup tool is designed to automatically perform a set of steps to remove selected versions of the .NET Framework from a computer. It will remove files, directories, registry keys and values and Windows Installer product registration information for the .NET Framework. The tool is intended primarily to return your system to a known (relatively clean) state in case you are encountering .NET Framework installation, uninstallation, repair or patching errors so that you can try to install again.
AutoPatcher is based on the functionality of these special updates, automating their installation process. This way, with only a few mouse clicks and two minutes of your time, AutoPatcher is able to continue with the installation of the items you selected. In short, AutoPatcher combines the advantage of both Windows Update (presentation and description of updates and automated installation), and the special administrative updates (portability and installation without the need of an Internet connection).
The checker will check to see if there is there is a newer version of your installed software on their website, and provide a download link.
ad and update software specifically selected by google.
Find Driver Updates
The Secunia Online Software Inspector will inspect your operating system and software for insecure versions and missing security updates. A default inspection normally lasts 5-40 seconds, while a thorough inspection may take several minutes.
WinUpdatesList displays the list of all Windows updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed on your local computer. For hotfix updates, this utility also displays the list of files updated with these hotfixes. In addition, it allows you to instantly open the Web link in Microsoft Web site that provides more information about the selected update, uninstall an update, copy the update information to the clipboard, or save it to text/HTML/XML file.
A.nnotate.com lets you easily give, collect and store detailed notes on documents and web pages.
The Free version is very limited, but the service itself seems really nice.
BrainHoney allows any educator to quickly and efficiently leverage online learning
social bookmarking on steroids. This adds a highlight and sticky note feature to bookmarks. Great for taking notes on webpages.
Dimdim is a free web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with absolutely no download required for attendees.
Use drop.io to create drops and privately share your files by web, email, phone, fax, and more. Drops are protected from search engines so you can conveniently share what you want, how you want, with whom you want.
Student email
Light weight alternative to Acrobat Reader. It allows for annotations.
Free Student Email
Jarnal is an open-source application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal, making a presentation, annotating a document - including pdf - or collaborating using a stylus, mouse or keyboard. It is similar to Microsoft Windows Journal and to the earlier Mimeo whiteboarding and Palm notepad applications. There is also a commercial knockoff of Jarnal called PDF Annotator - for $50 you can enjoy a subset of the capabilities that Jarnal provides for free.
Mash your ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki. Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and enjoy an interactive chat with more than 50 friends.
ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication — a remarkably easy way to have a face-to-face video chat with friends, family or colleagues, no matter where they are in the world.
osTube is the first content management system for media content (MCMS) for creating websites similar to YouTube, Veoh, metacafe, vimeo and Revver.
Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It's the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print — anywhere. It can help you to raise money by letting people pledge via text messaging. Its simplicity and flexibility are earning rave reviews.
New way to present. It does not use slides, but a single canvas which you then can create a path to take through it. Nice.
Simple Invoices is Free/Open Source Software, community developed, and designed to get the job done. There is no hype, no buzz words, and no features you are never going to use. It's aimed at freelancers, or small businesses and non-profit organizations that need casual invoicing.
Google's Web browser Chrome thrilled with an extremely fast site rendering, a sleek design and innovative features. But it also gets critic from data protection specialists , for reasons such as creating a unique user ID or the submission of entries to Google to generate suggestions. SRWare Iron is a real alternative. The browser is based on the Chromium-source and offers the same features as Chrome - but without the critical points that the privacy concern.
A single tool for building and sharing online multimedia projects in or out of the classroom.
Work from any computer. Anywhere. And then give those powers to students, colleagues, and friends. Bring them into your workgroups.
A learning platform where teachers and students create learning projects, participate in a website competition, and browse a library of student projects.
With TinyChat you can create your own chatroom and invite people through one simple link. You can also embed your chatroom on your blog, MySpace, personal site and many other portals. And, you can invite people through simple mail notification and twitterings.
Conversation around media.
http://voicethread.com/?#home.b409
VoiceThread is a powerful new way to talk about and share your images, documents and videos.
Another Collaborative WebEx alternative. It allows for multiple video streams and multiple contributors, and desktop sharing between collaborators. I prefer this to dimdim.
Hold online meetings, share your screen and work together on the same documents in real time.
Web Conferencing - Online Meetings - Remote Assistance
Zotero is an easy-to-use yet powerful research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources (citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects), and lets you share the results of your research in a variety of ways.
Cleans Spyware from your computer
Free Home Antivirus, I use this at home.
Another option for free antivirus at home.
CWShredder™ finds and destroys traces of CoolWebSearch. CoolWebSearch is a name given to a wide range of different browser hijackers. Though the code is very different between variants, they are all used to redirect users to coolwebsearch.com and other sites affiliated with its operators.
free utility which quickly scans your Windows computer to find settings that may have been changed by spyware, malware or other unwanted programs. HijackThis creates a report, or log file, with the results of the scan.
IMPORTANT: HijackThis does not determine what is good or bad. Do not make any changes to your computer settings unless you are an expert computer user.
Remove Mailware.
Sypware remover
Runs on your computer preventing spyware from being installed. Most other spyware removers you will just check for spyware.
Takes a while but it works. I use their commercial product as the antivirus solution at my schools, it doesn't slow the computer down like Symantec does.
Microsoft's Spyware Remover
Great multi-track audio editor.
Photo-editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture & more at Aviary.com
simple free video editing.
CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)
DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks, subtitles as well as a menu for easier navigation.
Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter. Provides functions below: All to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF. All to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV. All to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA. Rip DVD to video file , Rip Music CD to audio file. MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format.
Lowcost Garageband alternative for windows. Can record both midi and audio at the same time.
Powerful movie editor for serious movie editing.
great screencasting application
MediaPortal turns your PC and TV into a very advanced home media center. Our software allows you to listen to your favorite music and radio stations; watch and store your videos and DVDs; view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder; and much, much more. MediaPortal is open source software.
MuseScore is a free cross platform WYSIWYG music notation program
Web2.0 music editor.
Alternative to Skype, with the added feature of multiple video conferencing.
Video Annotations is a new way for you to add interactive commentary to your videos! Use it to:
Add background information about the video Create stories with multiple possibilities (viewers click to choose the next scene) Link to related YouTube videos, channels, or search results from within a video All of the above! You control what the annotations say, where they appear on the video, and when they appear and disappear.
RemoteX is a free Skype plugin that gives you full two way desktop connectivity between remote computers. Works with both Mac and PC, and you can also share photos, web surfing sessions and generally hang out together. You even get a built in laser pointer.
Similar to Sibelius, Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.
Rosegarden is an easy-to-learn, attractive application that runs on Linux, ideal for composers, musicians, music students, and small studio or home recording environments.
MPEG Streamclip is a powerful free video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG Streamclip can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL.
online photo editor.
SysTrayPlay is an MP3 and CD playing application that is based on being light-weight on both design and on impact on system resources and provides a simple yet fully functional way to enjoy music as it is meant to be, heard not seen.
Online Presentation creation.
Convert your videos quickly, easily, and all at once with WinFF and FFmpeg
You can monitor the activity of all the PCs in your classroom remotely. Plus, you can share your screen with your students' PCs, making demos and presentations much easier.
view and control other computers in your network in several ways. It supports Linux and Windows 2000/XP/Vista and it even can be used transparently in mixed environments!
Similar to Deepfreeze, where it will refresh the computer on restart. The personal edition is free.
Keep your shared access computers running smoothly with Windows SteadyState.
RCLogon will Automatically Login¸ log off¸ shutdown or restart a group of computers. Great for computer labs. RCLogon 2 now includes the ability to Disable Internet on Select Remote Computers. I have only tested this with Windows XP.
local page for RCLogon: http://www.askbj.net/cms/node/67
Emerge Desktop is a replacement windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the lower right corner in Explorer), called emergeTray. It will also provide access to the users programs (normally accessed with the windows "start" button) via a right-click on the desktop, via emergeCore.
Create a map of your ideas, images, videos, then show overview, zoom to details, amaze, convince, take the day. And it is very simple to use.
Cool Free desktop calendar.
RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add and launch from the dock.
Similar to OSX
Samurize is an advanced system monitoring and desktop enhancement engine for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. IT professionals, overclockers, gamers and desktop modders alike use Samurize for system information, weather reports, news headlines and much much more. And best of all, Samurize is 100% free!
creencast-O-Matic is the free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!
Customize Windows XP
The WinFlip application was desigend to enable the 'Flip 3D' function for Windows XP. It provides an alternate window-switcher to the standard Windows Alt-Tab. Winflip displays all open windows in a 3D stack, which the user can flick through and select using either keyboard or mouse.
I like the Royale Noir skin
With the introduction of the Windows XP desktop operating system, Microsoft brought a native skinning system to the end user. Visual Styles are as fast as the default setting of XP since it is all built right into the OS.
ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. I wrote ZoomIt to fit my specific needs and use it in all my presentations.
Send large files, or shorten links.
Replacement for IE or Firefox. If features a very simple interface and is optimized for web2.0 applications.
K9 Web Protection is our free Internet filtering and control solution for the home. K9 puts YOU in control of the Internet so you can protect your kids.
POP Peeper is an email notifier that runs in your Windows task bar and alerts you when you have new email.
Another Print to PDF utility
SharpReader is an RSS/Atom Aggregator for Windows
Windows, Apache, Mysql, PHP. Quick install for windows
There are plenty of choices in webhosts, http://www.siteground.com is my current host, which has a nice default install of several popular CMS programs.
XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.
Stop Spam by disguise your email address posted to the web.
Welcome to the home of ArtRage, the easy to use, stylish painting software for Windows and Mac OS X!
Artweaver is a Windows Freeware program to simulate natural brush tools. It is therefore suitable to leave your creativity free run. Artweaver offers you a clear program window, which can be used without training immediately
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite
Graphics program similar to an older version of photoshop.
3D modeling cad program
Virtual ImagePrinter is based on the Microsoft universal printer driver. ImagePrinter can print to file any printable document in your Windows system to the one or many BMP, PNG , JPG, TIFF or PDF files.
Simple Graphic viewer. It has a batch converter which is what I use it for lately.
iTag is a free tool that adds title, description and keyword tags to your photos and movies. The captions you enter are embedded into each file using industry standard IPTC and XMP headers - all in a lossless operation that doesn't degrade the image.
Can create Cooliris rss feed for website.
KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. Nvu's unofficial bug-fix release.
Free Online Drawing Tools, Online Painting Tools, and Online Sketching Tools and Programs
Print to pdf files.
This is a cross between PowerPoint and a movie editor. Teachers love it.
Turn any scanner into a photocopier
PhotoPlus is the amazing photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance digital photos, create stunning bitmap graphics and even web animations.
Really cool graphic viewer plugin.
Webbased photo editor.
Pixelpost is an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible photoblog application for the web. Anyone who has web-space that meets the requirements can download and use Pixelpost for free!
Online Image editor
Use your scanner and printer as a copy machine.
Small utility that will resize your Internet browser window. Great for web developers.
Web-based screencasting. Very easy to use.
Common alternative to MS publisher.
Online Graphic Editor.
Sumo Paint is a powerful web-based graphics editor with a variety of different editing tools. Sumo Paint can be used as a paint program and photo editing program. With Sumo Paint you can save your artwork on your computer but also on Sumo account in the web. This allows you to open your images from any computer. All you need is a network connection.
Scenery generator.
You can do screen captures and make annotations for presentations, classes and other projects. Similar to interactive white board software just without the equipment.
Nice Web-based photo editor.
decent online took for making slide shows.
Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.
The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.
Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production software. It has everything you need to take your story from concept to production. Celtx replaces 'paper, pen & binder' pre-production with a digital approach that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share.
Social bookmarking
The Blio eReader software is the new touchstone for the presentation of electronic books, magazines, and digital content. Its feature-rich design is perfect for today’s power readers, who increasingly rely on digital content for work, leisure, and learning.
Course Tool, as an alternative to moodle and blackboard.
The Edusim application is a slimmed down verion of the core Open Cobalt Metaverse Project. Edusim is a 3D multi-user virtual world platform and authoring toolkit intended for your classroom interactive whiteboard (but equally powerful on the students laptop or desktop computers !). Cobalt - Edusim has been tested and works on the Smartboard, Activeboard, Interwriter, Polyvision, Mimio, eBeam, and even the Wiimote Whiteboard. Edusim is extendable allowing multiple classrooms to connect their interactive whiteboards for collaborative learning session. Edusim as a concept seeks to model a new we to engage student by leveraging 3D virtual environments on the interactive surface or classroom interactive whiteboard. Read more about Edusim on Wikipedia here.
A geometry package providing for both graphical and algebraic input. Web-based or local install.
Graphic and Photo editor.
Great tool for the classroom
Think of Google Earth but look up.
- Most complete free program for GPS devices - Compatible with more than 160 GPS models - Support for Garmin, Magellan and others - Easily create your own maps - Support for vector maps and images - Multi-Language - Vehicle Tracking and AVL
Other links: ~ http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map_input ~ http://freegeographytools.com/2007/a-better-solution-for-gps-exportimpor...
Mahara is an open source e-portfolio system with a flexible display framework. Mahara, meaning 'think' or 'thought' in Te Reo M?ori, is user centred environment with a permissions framework that enables different views of an e-portfolio to be easily managed. Mahara also features a weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities.
Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices.
You can download additional voices: http://www.bytecool.com/voices.htm
Open Text Book is a registry of textbooks (and related materials) which are open — that is free for anyone to use, reuse and redistribute
This is a flavor of OpenOffice with thousands of clip art and a few other features.
Phun is a free game like 2D physics sandbox where you can play with physics like never before. The playful synergy of science and art is novel, and makes Phun as educational as it is entertaining.
Poll Everywhere is a simple text message voting application that works well for live audiences. People vote by sending text messages to options displayed on-screen. The poll that is embedded within the presentation or web page will update in real time. Advanced uses include texting comments to a presentation, texting questions to a presenter, web voting, and SMS interactivity in print, radio, and TV.
Clickers with cell phones.
Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.
Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
Text2Speech is Text to Speech Synthesis application that converts text into immediate audible speech. Simply put this software will read text to you.
Its features include:
Playback at custom rate/volume Export into wav file Export into mp3 File Highlighting of currently spoken word
There is a time traveler in each of us. Whether you are a litigator or an 8th grader, TimeGlider can quickly enhance your experience of the past, present, and future. Once you’ve explored a TimeGlider timeline, you’ll wonder why you’ve never seen information organized like this before.
Great program for keyboarding. It can work standalone, networked, gives teachers tracking information, and word management (great for spelling words).
Test your typing speed.
Concept Map, Mind Map, Graphic Organizer, Brainstorming
FreeMind is a free mind-mapping software. Unlike Vue it works of a central idea opposed to multiple nodes.
There are plenty of really good web2.0 mind mapping software, this just happens to be the one I tend to use.
Free concept map software that works off of nodes. It included a presentation feature not normally found in other similar programs.
Lesson: Making a Family Tree Using VUE Concept Mapping Software
After moving to OpenOffice I found teachers really missed the clipart provided by microsoft. While using StarOffice's gallery helped some it wasn't enough. Below are the solutions I found.
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
Open Clipart
Simple graphics similar to ones found in Board Maker.
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection.
Filtered for Education, this clipart can be searched via the web or downloaded to the computer.
A collection of Educational Games for kids.
A Collection of educational games for Early Education. The Linux version includes all games, while the Windows Version is limited.
Currently JILetters is a very simple application which presents a choice of alphabet letter buttons - when one of these is pressed another window pops up with a picture of an object/animal and then the letter and object is read out (make sure that you have your sound turned up). If you want to see future features that will appear here, please see the ToDo list.
Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.
Teatrix is a 3D virtual environment for collaborative story creation. It has been developed to support the teaching of literacy to young students.
Great drawing program for Early Education, it has replaced Kidpix at my school.
Great Beginner typing program for kids.
Insight Systems Exchange offers affordable, off-lease, brand name technology for education which has been tested, certified and configured to meet exacting standards.
Run graphical linux programs form ssh in windows.
Good OS currently has two products:
* Cloud - A browser operating system for web, email, and chat, and toggling into a different operating system such as Windows or Android.
* gOS - Currently at its third major release, gOS 3 Gadgets is a full desktop operating system perfect for desktops and notebooks.
Build a custom kernel.
Free Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
universal boot disk. Just download the .ima file and convert it to a floppy disk. For linux follow the instructions, for windows I suggest rawwritewin (http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite)
Free open-source app that creates custom Ubuntu-based live CDs.
Universal USB Installer is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive.
Angry IP scanner is a very fast IP address and port scanner.
Commercial backup program that uses ntbackup as it's standard. I really like the product, and think it is worth the cost and is still less money then other popular industry backup programs.
ClarkConnect is a powerful server/gateway software solution designed for the small/medium-sized organization.
Free web based content filter.
Troubleshoot event Id's that show up in the event viewer of windows
Simple web-based Help desk that does not require users to have a login and password, and includes a FAQ. The paid version is multiuser.
Ekahau HeatMapper - The Free Wi-Fi Coverage Mapping Site Survey Tool
Project management site, with google openID signin.
wireless networking tool.
NetSetMan is a network settings manager which can easily switch between 6 different, visually structured profiles.
Network Notepad is a Freeware program for creating interactive network diagrams.
Open-Mesh creates ultra low-cost zero-config, plug & play wireless mesh network solutions that spread an Internet connection throughout a hotel, apartment, neighborhood, village, coffee shop, shopping mall, campground, marina and just about anywhere else you can imagine.
osTicket is a widely-used open source support ticket system. It seamlessly integrates inquiries created via email and web-based forms into a simple easy to use multi-user web interface. Easily manage, organize and archive all your support requests and responses in one place while providing your clients with accountability and responsiveness they deserve.
It is multiuser but does not include a Knowledge Base.
PacketFence is a fully supported, Free and Open Source network access control (NAC) system.
VMWARE backup solutions.
ForensiT’s advanced software technology delivers a range of Windows migration and management tools that massively simplify the task, and significantly reduce the cost of domain migration and desktop management.
Monitoring R-U-ON assists you in monitoring and managing your IT resources - from servers and network connectivity to applications, standard or proprietary. Because R-U-ON is an open platform, you can actually monitor anything that comes to mind (we hooked up a coffee machine, top that). In case of resource failure, the R-U-ON application offers email or SMS notifications, web based monitoring screens, widgets and RSS feeds. Click here to learn more about how our monitoring system works .
RT is the leading open-source issue- and ticket-tracking system, providing enterprise-grade quality and reliability. The RT FAQ Manager is a knowledge management tool that enables an organization to easily capture and share its employees' knowledge and wisdom. Where RT tracks issues, RTFM tracks articles.
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).
This is a network appliance with many features. I use it as my router, firewall, content filter, Spam filter, and secure access for teachers/students to access their files via the web.
Tools to initiate a Wake On Lan
Spen source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows.
Zeroshell is a small Linux distribution for servers and embedded devices aimed at providing the main network services a LAN requires. It is available in the form of Live CD or Compact Flash image and you can configure and administer it using your web browser. The main features of this Linux distribution for Network Appliances are listed below:
Includes a Net Balancer feature.
Basically great alternatives to Microsoft Office.
Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and form software. The best pare is it's collaborative abilities. People can work on the same document at the same time.
Free to everyone, We have replaced MS office with this, and it has worded out great.
This is a flavor of Open Office with extra clip art and other commonly supported options like Office 2007 support. It can also be installed as an extension if you already have Open Office installed.
PortableApps.com Suite™ is a complete collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, audio player, sudoku game, password manager, PDF reader, minesweeper clone, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go.
This is free to educational institutions. It is very similar to Open Office but has more clipart.
Another online collaborative suite similar to Google Docs.
Engrade is a free set of web-based tools for educators allowing them to manage their classes online while providing parents and students with 24/7 real-time online class information. It's private, secure, truly free, and unbelievably easy to use - so join over 50,000 teachers and start using Engrade today.
This is a Project Based Leaning Project for teachers, that I created during one of my courses I was taking.
a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.
Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there's no need to rely on a single third party. What's more, Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving. This means that no one besides the owner (or an agent of the owner's choosing) can use Adeona to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users of Adeona can rest assured that no one can abuse the system in order to track where they use their laptop.
Creat Msi installers.
Gives the ability to increase the resolution on the notebook computers.
http://wiki.msiwind.net/index.php/How_to_scale_display_to_1024x768
AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on all versions of Windows out-of-the-box with no annoying "runtimes" required!
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool.
CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface.
CDInterface is a free tool to create autorun cd menu for your software collection.Will organize your softwares and have all the informations you want - title,description,serial number,updates,etc...An easy to use interface.
CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.
Mount cd images without a cd.
DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides one of the best optical media emulation in the industry. DAEMON Tools enables you to use your CD/DVD images as if they were already burned to CD/DVD.
From everyone here at Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva... we now bring you a file defragmentation tool... Defraggler!
It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool!
This works so be careful. Each year I make archive all student homefolders then delete the contents to students so they start out with a blank slate.
command line delete profile utility.
Delprof.exe is a command-line utility that you can use to delete user profiles on a local or remote computers running Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.
Double Driver is a very simple and useful tool which not only allows you to view all the drivers installed on your system but also allows you to backup, restore, save and print all chosen drivers simply and reliably.
2 gigs of free storage, easy method for uploading files.
Enhanced Windows Backup uses Windows' built in backup engine called Windows Backup (ntbackup.exe) which provides state-of-the-art core backup technology. Enhanced Windows Backup substantially extends the capabilities of NTBackup, providing an effective integrated backup solution that can take on leading edge but expensive solutions like Backup Exec and Retrospect from companies like Veritas, Symantec and Dantz.
Explore2fs is a GUI explorer tool for accessing linux ext2 and ext3 filesystems.
A data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems.
OCR online.
Using GParted to Resize Your Windows Vista Partition: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-you...
Freeware grade book program for teachers.
It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the "mirrored" website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.
This tool is used for writing images to USB sticks on Windows.
The Batch Program USB_MultiBoot.cmd can prepare a Bootable USB-Stick, which can be used to Install XP from USB.
Create exe install that can be scripted.
Slipstreem or customize your windows installation.
Notepad++ is a generic source code editor (it tries to be anyway) and Notepad replacement written in c++ with win32 API. The aim of Notepad++ is to offer a slim and efficient binary with a totally customizable GUI.
Windows Password Recovery Bootdisk extends a helping hand when you lost your logon password.
A more thoro version of Add & Remove Programs.
uncompressed gz and tar files
If you every have had problems copying files in windows, then have it stop in the middle well this one's for you.
Use Defraggler to defrag your entire hard drive, or individual files - unique in the industry. This compact and portable Windows application supports NTFS and FAT32 file syste
PSCafePOS is a free Point of Sale system for educational institutions, released under GNU General Public License. It connects directly to your school district's student information system (sis) and pulls student information such as free/reduced meal status, enrollment status and student credit. The system supports cash drawers, biometric/barcode/magnetic scanners, touchscreen displays and numerous operation systems.
Supported SIS Sytems
Powerschool SIS Version 5.0 or higher Focus SIS Centre SIS Sungard eSchoolPlus+
Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!
Tracks what you do on the computer and give you graphs as to how much time you spend on what.
Sets the default option to shutdown.
Advanced Text editor for programing.
Reset the admin password, test, and other very handy utilities on one cd.
Unknown Devices helps you determine what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are if Windows can't figure it out by itself.
USB Detect & Launch allows you to automatically execute a script or application each time a USB storage device is plugged into your PC.
Search for text inside multiple files.
The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware open source utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install Windows from your registry. It allows you to print or save your keys for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007 family of products. It also has a community-updated configuration file that retrieves product keys for many other applications. Another feature is the ability to retrieve product keys from unbootable Windows installations.
Convert files online for free.
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EDU 2.0 is a free, web-hosted learning management system that allows anyone to create an online school in minutes. It's easy to use, comprehensive, and can be accessed from any web browser.
Run exe files as a service.
