Open Source Resources

Links verified 7/14/2016

1. A guide to free and open source education - a comprehensive listing of many helpful, accessible, amazing open education resources. (There will inevitably be some left out, but here goes!)
2. Miro - Download - watch free internet video channels and play any video file
3. Open Ed Resources Kids Love - the following resources offer some particularly great examples of using digital technology to get kids exploring the universe
4. Open Educational Resources (OER): Resource Roundup - Explore this educator's guide to open educational resources (OER) for information about online repositories, curriculum-sharing websites, sources for lesson plans and activities, and open alternatives to textbooks.
5. Open Source Multimedia, Open Source Sound, Open Source Photo - a great way to start your search for openly licensed digital media.
6. Open Source Options For Education - This document presents options for open source software for use in the education sector. Some of these may have uses outside of education, but they are presented here in the context of their specific benefits to educational establishments, or their use in the course of teaching and learning.
7. Open Source Resources - List of open source resources for schools
8. Portable Applications for Portable Devices - "PortableApps Suite? is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go."
9. Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open Source, and Student Use Images and Media - This page provides links to some of the better copyright-free and public domain resources. The advice on this page is not a legal opinion. The ideas are intended for educators and librarians who wish to locate quality, copyright-friendly materials for educational, noncommercial, and nonprofit projects.