[clug] Linux on new school computers [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Robert Edwards]

Thanks for that starting point, Jeff. Not sure what the basis is for
your confidence that I wouldn't need any help for the presentation...
(which is a round-about way of saying that I think I will need all
the help I can get!).

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

jm wrote:
> Robert Edwards wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thanks, I got moodle (and Samba), but I am looking for an app that
>> runs on a laptop for teaching some secondary-level concepts like math
>> or science etc. that is FOSS and preferably Australian.
>>
>> I guess there aren't any around (yet), but there could be...
>> Maybe an Aussie geo-political game of some sort? Some sort of
>> climate-modelling simulation for high-school students? Sex-ed?
>>
>> Oh well, if it all actually comes about, I guess I'll just show that
>> Linux can display a web-page as good as the rest and that OpenOffice
>> can do the job.
>>
> 
> While I'm sure you don't need any help on the presentation. I thought 
> I'd draw up a list of every discipline that I could think of and start 
> adding applications to have something ready to demo in every possible 
> field, plus the general stuff like open office,
> 
> English
> 
> Foreign Languages
>  eg parley http://edu.kde.org/parley/
> 
> Mathematics
>   http://sagemath.org/
> 
> Astronomy
>   http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ (suggested by Dave)
> 
> Physics
>   http://phet.colorado.edu/new/index.php
> 
> Chemistry
> 
> Biology
> 
> History
> 
> Geography
> 
> Music
>  eg https://canorus.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> 
> 
> General/back office
>  Open Office http://openoffice.org/
>  Moodle http://moodle.com/ and http://moodle.org/
> 
> Can anyone think of more to add?
> 
> Jeff.