Posted in Access, Assistive Technology, Content and Curriculum, Downloadable Program, Free Resources, Languages, Linux, Literacy, Mac, Online Resources, Productivity, UDL, Windows on Jul 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Welcome to this Treasure Chest of Free Stuff.
The purpose of this blog is to highlight free downloadable programs and online resources of good quality that may be of value to educators and their students, especially those involved in special education.
Why, oh why do so many folks persist in using Internet Explorer?!? New add-ons that [...]
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Posted in Assistive Technology, Audio, Downloadable Program, Free Resources, Linux, Mac, Media & IT, Productivity, Video, Windows on May 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Welcome to this Treasure Chest of Free Stuff.
As I wrote in a post last June, I’ve been a loyal Winamp user since Justin Frankel first put it out back in 1996. Now that I’ve discovered the VLC Media Player, I think I’m finally ready to move on. Although I didn’t know I [...]
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Welcome to this Treasure Chest of Free Stuff.
Mozdev.org describes itself as “…a software development community dedicated to making quality applications and extensions freely available to all computer users.” With Mouse Gestures, Mozdev has definitely made the web more accessible to computer users who cannot use the keyboard or an ordinary mouse. Once again, [...]
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Posted in Basic Concepts, Content and Curriculum, Downloadable Program, Free Resources, Linux, Literacy, Mac, Math, Numeracy, Typing, Windows on Mar 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
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Here is yet another set of free but very worthwhile educational activities that have been put together with early learners in mind.
Childsplay (downloadable program) This is a suite of 14 high quality educational games designed for young children. The games have been carefully crafted and have considerable kid-appeal. [...]
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Welcome to this Treasure Chest of Free Stuff.
The free downloadable program I am featuring today comes from Tux’s friends in the open source Linux community. It offers numerous well designed early learning activities for young children. Some of the activites are available for Windows as well as for Linux users.
Gcompris (downloadable program) [...]
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