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Fedora Educational Applications

Wishlist

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Please add recommendable educational apps to the wishlist!
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applications for children (6-12)

name of application short description
computer
tuxtype2 typing tutor
graphics
tuxpaint painting program for young children
misc edu apps
childsplay games for children
gcompris suite for children
games
enigma oxyd-like game

applications for teenagers (12-18)

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

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