[K12OSN] killer elementary/junior high apps?

[Peter Hartmann]

Thanks for the replies guys.  Can anyone else tell me what educational
software they are using in elementary schools FOSS or otherwise? 
C'mon, what's good out there?


Thanks,
Peter

On 5/10/05, richard ingalls <aslansreturn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> My middle school aged kids mostly use the labs for
> OpenOffice and the Gimp and Firefox (and of course
> games).  I don't even use my linux labs with the
> primary grade kids (they have a Windows lab with
> "JumpStart" games).  The 5-8th grade kids write
> reports, letters, do presentations and some
> spreadsheet work, as well as internet research for
> class projects.
> 
> I chose to go with PostNuke for my schools' CMS.  I'm
> in the process of setting up a Moodle site for the
> middle school language arts class.  I host the
> PostNuke site on our own webserver (RedHat 8 with
> Apache).  I'll host the Moodle site from the Language
> Arts classroom server.  All of this software is FOSS.
> 
> http://glenwood.k12.mo.us is my school site.  Before
> PostNuke CMS I used Dreamweaver and it was a LOT of
> work and ate up TONS of my time.  Now, it's pretty
> simple.
> 
> --- Ascension Tech <ascensiontech at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey All,
> > I'm sure this question must have been asked before.
> > Let me first say
> > that our school is prek-8th grade. What software are
> > elementary/junior
> > high schools getting the most out of, FOSS and
> > otherwise?  We have
> > been using Gcompris. Also some of the math programs
> > like tux math and
> > kbruch.   The bundled software doesn't seem to offer
> > much to our older
> > grades since much of it shoots too high or too low.
> > Also, how many
> > elementary schools are benefiting from content
> > management systems?
> > What do you like and why?  Can anyone's CMS be
> > accessed from the
> > internet so I can see what they are like and also
> > show
> > teachers/administration what they are capable of?
> >
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Peter
> >
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