Subjects Technology for Teachers Free & Open Source
Free & Open Source
Photostory
Free software for Windows from Microsoft that allows students to easily create multi-media slideshows. Users can easily import digital photos and add effects, music and narration.
West Point Bridge Design Software and Co...
Students can design a truss bridge using the free award winning West Point Bridge Designer software. The site provides a basic tutorial on using the program. The software is only available for Windows. There is also a related contest that students age ...
Kerpoof
Kerpoof provides free online multimedia software that allows students to create create original artwork, animated movies, and stories online. Check out the teacher page for ideas on how to use this tool in the classroom.
OpenOffice
Free downloadable software that meets the needs of both teachers and students. The OpenOffice suite has word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics and database software. Because it comes with an open-source licence, OpenOffice.org 2 can be free ...
Gimpshop - Image Manipulation Software
Based on Gimp, Gimpshop is free software that can perform tasks such as photo retouching, image authoring and image composition. Uses a interface similar to Adobe Photoshop. Works on MAC, Windows and Unix.
Audacity - sound editing software
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Teachers can use the software in their classrooms for creating podcasts or adding audio to multimedia presentations. Users can record live audio; convert tapes and records into d ...
FireFox
Web browser that is an alternative to Internet Explorer - promotes itself as the faster, more secure, and fully customizable way to surf the web.
Camstudio
Camstudio is a free program that records screen activity from a Windows desktop and audio from a microphone. You can use it to create computer video tutorials for teachers and students to use, or have students create their own tutorials. Files are rec ...
Freemind - mind-mapping software
FreeMind is a free mind-mapping software. Teachers and students can use mind map diagrams to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify i ...
Blender - 3D Creation
Blender is a open source (free), cross platform suite of tools for 3D modelling and animation.
Eduforge
Eduforge is a central point for development, distribution and maintainance of Free Software for education. It allows contributors to easily join existing Free Software projects.
Stellarium - Free planetarium software
Stellarium is free, easy to use planetarium software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars.
Celestia - Free space simulation softwar...
Celestia lets students explore the universe in three dimensions. The program is different from most planetarium software becasue it doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth - students are able to travel throughout the galaxy. The program comes ...
TuxPaint - Open Source Drawing Program f...
Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for students in K-6 (key stages 1 & 2 in the UK). The program has a simple and easy to use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who will guide your students as they use the ...
Scratch
Scratch is a free programming language developed at MIT designed to help students learn important mathematical and computational ideas as well as learn about the design process. Students can make their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, ...