AlternaGeek Episode 11: Back to School

 

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AlternaGeek.com Podcast, Episode 11 for the week of August 20th, 2007
Featuring Linuxchic, Code Ninja and TechMonkey.

It’s back to school time so for this episode we discuss resources for kids, college students, and educators including Edubuntu, the K12 Linux Terminal Server Project (K12LTSP), SchoolTool, Wikipedia for Kids on CD, the Open Directory Project, and more. Show notes and links below…
Linuxchic’s Links:

• Wikipedia for Kids - indexed Wikipedia articles hand selected creating the equivilent of a 14 volume encyclopaedia
• Edubuntu - educational and kid friendly Ubuntu distro
• LearningElectric.com -Flash tutorials including Edubuntu tutorials at
• SchoolTool - open source administration software
• EduBlogs - free blogs for educators
• Moodle - CMS for online courses

TechMonkey’s Links:

• K12LTSP
• OpenOffice
• NoteCentric
• NoteMesh
• Open Directory Project
• Open Directory Project - Kids and Teens - School Time
• World Of Math Online
• The Learning Company - Oregon Trail, Reader Rabbit, ClueFinders, Carmen Sandiego, etc.

CodeNinja’s Links:

• Mathworld - Math for most levels from Algebra up
• Librarians Internet Index - Index of useful web resources
• Robert Krampf’s Science Education - List of fun science experiments and videos
• GraphCalc - Free graphing calculator application for Windows and Linux
• >The OpenCD - Collection of free software useful for students

Extra Links:

• DownloadSquad: Web 2 Cool for school - A rundown of online applications for students
• Scratch from MIT - Programming for kids