On Friday 12 April 2002 12:30, Christopher Mahmood wrote: - - - snip - - -
That's one of the best sites for finding free math and science software--I don't think they much in the way of "educational" software but you could add, say, octave (a replacement for matlab), R (replacement for S-Plus), etc. to the demo and instantly replace about $2000 worth of software.
Hi: WOW! What a nice way to start the weekend. You know, I'm totally convinced that with the right demo, this thing explodes [schools using linux]. For example, Blender [although not supported, last I heard] is one of those applications where a student or two will help the others, and absolutely marvelous stuff comes out. And, for example, students can pickup one of the GUI packages, and the sky's the limit from that moment on. Some students can contribute content [history, English, geography, etc.], and others can enter the info, and projects leading to apps for other schools are born. But, they can't do anything, if the computer isn't there. Forget network access, if that's a problem. Just give them access to the computers, I say. The rest takes care of itself. Thanks, Tom Poe Reno, NV http://www.studioforrecording.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/ http://renotahoe.pm.org/