Open Source Resources - Freeware Consider all the organizations that are connected to the open software movement.

Software
The following are some of the freeware programs that we are currently using. I have added the web site where the software is linked (new versions of being released) and I have added links to the tutorials on Concordia's web site.

Audio Recorder and Editor Audacity Mac
Win		 http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ http://concordia.ciss.com.cn/Technology/HELP/tutorials/Audacity/audacity.htm
Graphic Irfanview Win http://www.irfanview.com/ http://concordia.ciss.com.cn/Technology/HELP/tutorials/IrfanView_Tutorial_files/I_Tutorial.htm
Graphic TuxPaint Mac
Win		 http://www.tuxpaint.org/ Similar to KidPix - http://www.tuxpaint.org/videos/
Graphic Paint.NET Win http://www.getpaint.net/index.html http://concordia.ciss.com.cn/Technology/HELP/tutorials/gimp&paint_tutorials.htm
Animation 1- Blender
2-GoogleSketchUp
3-Pivot Stickfigure Animator		 Mac
Win		 http://www.blender.org
http://sketchup.google.com/
http://groups.msn.com/Pivotanimation 		3D painting and animation studio
 
Video Movie Maker II Win http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/ http://concordia.ciss.com.cn/Technology/HELP/tutorials/movie_maker_2.htm
Video Photo Story 3 Win http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using
 /digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx 		http://concordia.ciss.com.cn/Technology/HELP/tutorials/photostory_tutorial/photostory_tutorial.htm
Concept mapping CMap
Freemind		 Mac
Win		 http://cmap.ihmc.us/
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page 		http://concordia.ciss.com.cn/Technology/HELP/tutorials/CMap_Tutorial/index.htm
Dictionary WordWeb Win http://wordweb.info/free/ (We use with grades 3-4) a type of dictionary
Graphic Inkscape Mac
Win		 http://www.inkscape.org/ Vector graphics application
Writing -Layout Scribus Mac
Win		 http://www.scribus.net Desktop publishing
Write to PDF PDF Creator Win http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ (do online at http://www.primopdf.com)
Math Calc 3D Win http://www.calc3d.com/index.html  
Manipulation Squeak
Scratch		 Mac
Win		 http://www.squeak.org/
http://scratch.mit.edu/ 		A quick reference for the Squeak user interface
 http://www.mucow.com/squeak-qref.html
Religion e-sword Win http://www.e-sword.net/  
Programming Game Creation Mac
Win		 http://www.yoyogames.com/make http://www.yoyogames.com/make/tutorials

Office Alternatives - Look at
    NeoOffice http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
     Zoho Office http://www.zoho.com/  offers a suite of online web applications geared towards increasing your productivity and offering easy collaboration. Zoho's online office tools include a word processor ...
    Thinkfree http://www.thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo Java-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation package that offers MSOffice compatibility.
     Lotus Symphony http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa Lotus Symphony is based on the Open Document Format (ODF) standard-which means you're not locked into proprietary file formats, software licensing agreements and upgrades.
    Open Office is a free alternative to Microsoft Office. http://www.openoffice.org/  It comes with the following components.

http://moodle.org/  Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed to help educators create effective online learning communities.
 http://www.k12opentech.org/implementation-study-3-moodle (Report)

The following links are a mix of activity and games, and tools Some are online, some sites offer freeware programs for downloading.

    http://www.vocabulary.com/
    www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing
    http://www.starfall.com/
    www.funbrain.com/math/
    http://www.edheads.org/
    http://kathyschrock.net/navigating/index.htm Primary Source material
    http://www.learningscience.org/index.htm