Bits and Bytes

Archive for January, 2008

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• MacInstruct
• Comics In the Classroom.net
• Comics In the Classroom.net – Lesson Plans
• Comics In Education
• Comics In Education – Print Resources

• Animated Cartoon Drawing

  • CreaToon (not open source but FREE version available)

• CamStudio – Screen capturing and annotation

  • CamStudio (open source)

• Flash Capture

  • Browser tools – Flash Saving Plugin

• Drawing
  • Inkscape
    (very powerful drawing application – open source)
  • Inkscape Videos
  • Dia (similar to Visio – open source)
• Paint
  • Paint.NET
    (very powerful paint program – free)
• Interior Design
  • Sweet Home 3D
    (Free interior design application, place furniture on a house 2D plan, preview in 3D.)

• Desktop Publishing

  • Scribus (DTP software – open source)

• Office Suites

  • OpenOffice (open source)

• Note Taking

  • EverNote (not open source but FREE version available)
    EverNote allows users to capture, organize and retrieve text notes, web clips, mobile phone snapshots, images containing printed and handwritten text, digital ink notes taken on tablet PC and PDA, and more.

• Random Name Selector

  • The Hat (free)
    The Hat is a simple but handy little utility that offers a fun and easy way to automatically determine a random order from a list of names. It can also be used to pick pairs of names to create random partnerships, and comes complete with cool animation and sound effects.

• Other Documentation (these documents require Adobe Acrobat)

  • Web links
    List of web sites used for some workshops.

• Flight

  • Flying Model Simulator - Local Download (open source)

  • Flying Model Simulator - Link to web site (open source)

    • Metasequoia – Free CAD Program to design aircraft for FMS

      • Tutorial for Metasequoia
        (not open source but FREE version available)

    • Landscape generator

    • Plane field editor

    • Aircraft (this self-extracting file contains a wide selection of aircraft)

    • SMART Notebook Flight Activity – Manitoba, Grade 6 Science Curriculum

    • WSD Documentation (how to use Flying Model Simulator)
      (requires Adobe Acrobat)

  • Flight Gear (open source)

• NASA Flight Resources

  • Aerodynamics Index

  • Learning Modules

  • Dryden Gallery

• NASA – Others

  • Virtual Lab (open source)

• Design Simulation Technology – Physics

  • Interactive Physics (commercial)
    

• West Point Bridge Designer

  • West Point Bridge Designer 2007

• A Science Odyssey You Try It Plate Tectonics
  • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/shockwave.html
• Educational Multimedia Visualization Centre
  (University of California – Santa Barbra)
  • http://emvc.geol.ucsb.edu/downloads.php
• NASA Simulations
  • http://www.knowitall.org/nasa/simulations/science.html
• PhET  Physics Education Technology at CU Boulder
  • http://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/index.php
• ForgeFX
  • http://www.forgefx.com/demos.htm
• Houghton Mufflin
  • http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/
• Earth Kam – North Carolina
  • http://www.ncsu.edu/earthkam/simulation/
• North Harris College
  • http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm
• Skool.ie
  • http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/junior.asp?id=3404

• Canadian

  • Statistics Canada

• Global

  • International Futures

• Celestia

  • Space simulation (the solar system and beyond – Open Source)

• Google Earth & Google SketchUp

  • Google Earth Web Site (not open source but FREE version available)

  • Google Earth SketchUp Web Site (not open source but FREE version available)

• Google SketchUp – SketchyPhysics2

  • SketchyPhysics (SketchyPhysics is a plug-in for SketchUp (Windows Only). It combines a simple and easy to use interface with the power of a fast and accurate physics library, the Newton SDK

• Google SketchUp – Rendering Software

  • Kerkythea (Open Source)

  • indigo RENDERER (FREE for non-commercial use)

• Google Earth Tours (Google Earth must be installed before viewing these tours)

  • GoogleLit Trips (link to original site)
• NASA

  • World Wind (includes World Wind Moon and World Wind Mars – Open Source)