Possible
Technology Tools
Portable
Apps - These can be installed on your USB flash drive - http://portableapps.com/download
Firefox
(Please note that there are many very useful "add-on" and "extensions"
that can install with your Firefox web browser. We can't
install
these on Firefox in the lab, but you can install these at home.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
7-Zip
(this allows you to open files that have the .zip extension)
http://www.7-zip.org/
CamStudio
- This allows you to record your computer screen and edit it later.
http://camstudio.org/
the
GIMP - this is image editing software that is a great free alternative
to Adobe Photoshop
http://www.gimp.org/
Kompozer
- This is an HTML editor and web authoring tool. I highly
recommend you install it. It is very useful for creating web
pages.
http://www.kompozer.net/
Audacity
- This is free sound editing software.
*http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Stellarium
- This is an open source planetarium software application.
http://www.stellarium.org/
Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/pages/download
Squeak
http://www.squeakland.org/plugin/installers/win-std.html
OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/
Dia
http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Download
Avidemux
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
Paint.net
http://www.getpaint.net/
Web
2.0 Software – (available online)
Other
useful resources:
- Windows MovieMaker tutorials
- Video Editing Tools
- Juice
(a nice aggregator to organize your podcast and rss feeds)