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if you want to try out a new Linux flavour.. this app can save you burning a cd or dvd just for the experiment. Use the same usb stick over and over again to try out various Live Linux systems.

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Games that could be useful for teaching and learning literacy skills.. wordsearch, memory, crosswords.. appears to be free, plus you can make your own, and embed them in your own site.

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This is not a bad download application (windows only).. seems to integrate well with browsers, with a few hiccups.

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Good site showing all the alternatives to well-known commercial software. Also links to and reviews the commercial versions. Some good examples of software you wish would run on windows instead of the opposite situation, eg quanta plus.

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good list of apps to include after you've upgraded your ubuntu linux to karmic koala (9.10). Ranges from desktop publishing to multimedia and instant messaging.

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Build web-based interactive quizzes. Hot Potatoes, the Canadian quiz generating software, is now freeware.. i notice on their website (as of 1st September). i wonder if you can export it to a flash interactive movie, and embed that in a wiki.. that would be great. 

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aha! a free and open source typing tutor.. which includes the dvorak keyboard. Brilliant. This app also has multiple versions.. including a network install where students select their teacher and get the appropriate lessons. 

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Community of people involved in building software for people with disabilities.. from their blurb: "Project:Possibility is a nonprofit, community service project committed to creating groundbreaking open source software for persons with disabilities."

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massive calculator that can run as portable app, open source.. multiple platforms, has inbuilt formulae and overview.. can't recall the formula for volume of a sphere? Don't worry, we've got it all here .. nice one.

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Terrific !! someone in scotland has put together a collection of portable usb applications especially for educational purposes. Plenty of accessibilty apps included.. that's the main focus. You can compare the download / collections here.. need to registe

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my favourite extension for firefox.. can't wait for this on the google chrome browser too.

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big list of freeware for music

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This application has been discontinued (as of 2005), but you can still download: allows you to program the "Windows key" to launch whichever applications you use most often: eg Win + W = word. Also has Win + Left for minimise etc, which i believe Windows

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a collection of free and open source software (foss) for education: would be good to see the portable versions on here as well. You download the iso and burn to CD i think.

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Very nice collection of freeware tools which are (a) tiny in file size (b) free and (c) reviewed in detail.

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who can go past a big list of stuff. Here's some open source applications that work on windows, including web browsers (surely we know all these), image editors .. games, media players (DVD flick and handbrake are good, VLC is a must).. and some CD burnin

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.. lifehacker recommends meet-o-matic, but also links to several other meeting date picker services .. and there are some gems in the comments too. i'm trying out gather-grid now.

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so if i spend time researching these time-saving tools, i'll make extra time, right? i've used AutoHotkey (for creating text shortcuts eg ll=language and literacy), google calendar and workrave. Next up is RescueTime ;-] (via Tools and Apps - Dumb Littl

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jose picardo is a language teacher somewhere in the world .. here's his list of random free tools for education (i say random meaning sorted by alphabet rather than category). Via Maria P in the ace e-learning network (Victoria, ning).

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good site for free vst (audiomastermind); no direct download only link

www.audiomastermind.com/browse-piano-5887027-1.html - Preview

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