4:10 am Software
Not having access to software can be a major pain for students. They might not have a certain office application or the ability to open/create a given media file. So, one our projects has been to look into Open Source, or at least free software solutions that we could bundle to students. The idea would be to package it onto a cd or flash drive and distribute it to every incoming student.
Well, it’s always nice to find out it’s already been done before :)
Check out: SoftwareFor.org: Home of Software for Starving Students
From the website:
“Software for Starving Students is a free collection of programs organized for students (but available to anyone). We’ve gathered a list of best-in-class programs onto one CD (one disc for OS X, one for Windows), including a full-featured office suite, a cutting-edge web browser, multi-media packages, academic tools, utilities and more. For more information, check out our Questions and Answers.”
This looks fantastic. I’m going to try it out myself and have some student play with it. I’ll post more once I know more :)
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