I may or may not have any of the Macs put into that room by the time I leave at 6pm today. Prep work involves electric cables from first floor, tables, etc Denise leaves to leave early so Neo Office can be early We will be giving our PCs (we think) as well as Macs Final total will be between 15-20 participants Michael has the Ikea bags, I think and hope I may have a few interns from Storefront ... I never know if they will actually come We need to have a tech Saturday look on the computer connected to the projector This means taking the time to install a tech saturday account on a macbook which replicates the look
from Karen: I can't make it on Saturday, but I want them to cram them with actual skills intermixed with the fun stuff from the Dock and the web. File Management Saving Neo Office Airport System Preferences Google Earth
Atomix ...puzzle game for building molecules out of isolated atoms Dia Diagram editor GCompris Educational games for small children -- some of the features are nice, but overall just a so-so program. It uses "fun" things to try and teach Math and Engish. Gnu Paint a small, easy to use paint program for GNOME Kalzium periodic table and chemistry tools kalgebra algebraic graphing calculator for KDE 4 Kanagram Jumble word puzzle -- Reveals a jumbled word, you need to guess what it is by re-arranging letters Kbruch fraction learning ai -- Gives a randomized problem and shows correct, incorrect, etc Khangman Hangman word puzzle Kig interactive geometry tool kmplot mathematical function plotter -- Unlike KAlgebra, you CAN graph things, e.g. y=3x-2 kpercentage percentage calculation learning aid kstars desktop planetarium ktouch touch typing tutor -- You can create the "phrases" to be practiced kturtle Logo educational programming environment -- Just like Microworld. Control a turtle using a command list ktuberling (Potato Guy) stamp drawing toy kvoctrain vocabulary trainer kwordquiz flashcard learning program marble Marble globe and map widget parley vocabulary trainer for KDE 4 step interactive physics simulator tomboy desktop note taking program using Wiki style links tuxmath math game for kids with Tux tuxpaint A paint program for young children tuxtype Educational Typing Tutor Game Starring Tux Xaos - Fractal Zoomer real-time interactive fractal zoomer
Canorus is a free music score editor. Celestia The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Asymptopia Crossword Builder is a JavaScript education application that runs in any modern internet browser but does not require an internet connection. The simple controls allow teachers or parents to create unlimited math crosswords, or supply their own word:hint pairs GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can find a list of categories with some of the activities available in that category. - computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gesture, - algebra: table memory, enumeration, double entry table, mirror image, - science: the canal lock, the water cycle, the submarine, electric simulation - geography: place the country on the map - games: chess, memory, connect 4, oware, sudoku - reading: reading practice - other: learn to tell time, puzzle of famous paintings, vector drawing, cartoon making Multiplication Station will teach your child to add, subtract and multiply ... Guaranteed! Version 0.5.0 is a complete rewrite of previous versions, and brings the code into alignment with the latest versions of TuxMathScrabble and TuxWordSmith. NoteEdit is a free music score editor for Linux. It supports an unlimited number and length of staffs Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer TuxMathScrabble is a math version of the classic word game "Scrabble" (Trademark of Hasbro,Inc) which challenges kids to construct compound equations and to consider multiple abstract possibilities. There are four skill levels for practice, from basic addition with small numbers, through multiplication and division with larger numbers. TuxWordSmith ... you get English Scrabble, French Scrabble, German Scrabble, Italian Scrabble
