Open+Source

=Open Source Resources= toc

[|www.ncose.org]


 * Thin client technology
 * National Center for Open Source Education - Free Software for schools (catalog online)
 * Red hat
 * Cool Free website: Lulu [|www.lulu.com] - custom publishing - people can order online.
 * Untangle
 * Library automation - Koha
 * Content Management Systems (CMS) - Drupal(good for community websites)
 * Learning Management Systems - Moodle
 * Content Filtering - DansGuardian
 * Firefox
 * OpenOffice
 * Scratch - use for programming, animation, and gaming (cross platform}; easy web sharing and display
 * International Grades in Open Technologies (INGOTs) - teachers gain certification to do assessments
 * Geocaching
 * Mesh networking

Open Source Hardware

 * 'One laptop per child' [| laptop.org]
 * ASUS - currently $400 - price is going to drop soon

Literature

 * "The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail" - Clayton Christensen
 * "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" - Malcolm Gladwell