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Useful Technology Tools

Web 2.0 Software – (available online)


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/

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