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Another list with recommendations concerning educational applications can be found [http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Applications/Desktop here].


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Revision as of 22:55, 28 December 2008

Fedora Educational Applications

Wishlist

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Please add recommendable educational apps to the wishlist!
The wishlist has been moved to the top.
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add yours here

Tables

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This content needs an update!
The tables here could need a clean-up.

Another list with recommendations concerning educational applications can be found here.

name of application short description recommended age
computer
tuxtype2 typing tutor 6+
misc edu apps
childsplay games for children 4+
gcompris suite for children 2+
games
enigma oxyd-like game ?
office apps
dia diagram creation program 12+
planner project management 14+
scribus desktop publishing 12+
taskjuggler project management 14+
kdissert mindmapping for kde 12+
vym planning & drawing ?
graphics
tuxpaint painting program for young children 4+
blender modelling of 3D figures 14+
gimp image manipulation 12+
inkscape vector drawing program 10+
skencil vector drawing program 12+
xfig drawing program 12+
math
drgeo geometry 10+
galculator calculator 8+
octave language for numerical computations 18+
qalculate calculator with gtk or qt interface 8+
wxmaxima computer algebra system 16+
natural science
atomix chemical game 10+
celestia planetarium software 14+
chemtool drawing chemical structures 12+
gchempaint chemistry 12+
genchemlab chemistry 12+
gnome-chemistry-utils chemistry 12+
gperiodic periodic system 12+
stellarium astronomy 14+
xaos interactive fractal zoomer 14+
computer science
bluefish editor for programmers 10+
kile kde latex editor 12+
labplot data analysis 14+
pythoncad cad 16+
qcad cad 16+
artistic work / sound
audacity audio editor 12+
hydrogen drum machine 14+
jokosher audio editor 12+
rosegarden4 audio + midi sequencer 14+
solfege musical education 6+
muse score cross platform WYSIWYG music notation program 12+
kdenlive non-linear video editor 12+
languages
stardict dictionary platform ?
amusement
lincity-ng city simulation 10+
others
grass geographic information system ?
gonvert unit converter 12+

general system applications

name of application short description
krdc rdesktop & vnc interface
tsclient rdesktop & vnc interface

teacher tools

name of application short description
fl_teachertool remote control a terminal, broadcast teacher's desktop, send files, lock screen...
kde's kiosktool preset and lock down user's desktop and preferences
eXe authoring application to assist teachers and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. (exports to moodle)
Hot Potatoes lesson construction software to build a teaching website; includes crosswords, gap-fills, cloze tests, matching, multiple choice and jumbled exercises. (exports to moodle)
Wink screen cast / tutorials editor
recordMyDesktop screen cast --> ogg

web applications

name of application short description
Moodle a course management system (CMS) - designed to help educators create effective online courses
Wordpress blogging system
Joomla content management system (CMS)
Drupal community and content management system
MediaWiki wiki web system

note: although these web applications are easily installed with yum they some time require some extra setup and connection to an SQL database and the initiation of some basic tables before they start to work, fixing this can help teachers alllllooot :-)

note: ghemical and skynet are currently not part of Fedora