[clug] Linux in education

[steve jenkin]

Karun Dambiec wrote on 6/10/07 1:16 PM:
> Is there any equivalent to Matlab? As I would be interested in one if their
> was.
>
>   
Karun, in case you haven't run across these resources...
Sorry - don't know what a close replacement for Matlab might be.

The Education Ubuntu:
<http://www.edubuntu.org/>

and the older Knoppix based "Freeduc" originally sponsored by UNESCO,
but it now seems targeted at Primary School
<http://www.ofset.org/freeduc-cd>
The contents (debian dpkg list)
<http://www.ofset.org/uploadfiles/138/download/packages.txt> [probably
not useful]
WIki:
<http://community.ofset.org/wiki/Freeduc-cd>


Here is a good resource from Donna Benjamin of
<http://www.creativecontingencies.com/>

The Open Source Vic "Free Software for Schools"
<http://www.osv.org.au/index.cgi?tid=155>

The PDF is a bit large: 13Mb, so here's part of the TOC:
> Mathematical
> Applications.........................................................................................................36
>
> Kig – Geometric Construction
> Program.............................................................................36
>
> KmPlot – Mathematical Function
> Plotter...........................................................................36
>
> KMathTool – A Resourceful Maths
> Tool...........................................................................37
>
> KBruch – Fractional
> Exercises...........................................................................................37
>
> Maxima – Computer Algebra
> System................................................................................38
>
> YACAS ­ Computer Algebra
> System................................................................................38
>
> KAlgebra – A MathML­based graphic
> calculator..............................................................39
>
> ElectricForm – A program to calculate electronic
> values..................................................39
> KMathsTest – Random Mathmatical Equation
> Generator.................................................40
> Octave – Numerical
> Computations....................................................................................40
>
> Fung­Calc – An Advanced Graphing
> Calculator...............................................................41
> Kalamaris – Mathematics
> Framework................................................................................41
>
> Shodor – 60+ Maths
> Applets..............................................................................................42
>
> XPlot – Gorgeous Maths Plotting
> Tool..............................................................................42
>
> AERO – A Physically Based Simulation
> System..............................................................43


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