www/server/staging free-software-for-education....

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   16/01/25 14:34:09

Added files:
        server/staging : free-software-for-education.html 

Log message:
        First draft of page for educational software.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/staging/free-software-for-education.html?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1

Patches:
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+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 -->
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+<title>Free Software for Education - GNU Project - Free Software 
Foundation</title>
+
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+<!--#include virtual="/server/fs-gang-definitions.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+
+
+<h2>Free Software for Education</h2>
+
+<p>[INTRODUCTION]</p>
+
+<table>
+<thead>
+<tr>
+<th>Category</th>
+<th>Free/libre program</th>
+<th>Features</th>
+<th>Replacement for (Google)</th>
+<th>Replacement for (Microsoft)</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td>Operating systems</td>
+<td>Trisquel GNU/Linux</td>
+<td>Composed exclusively of software that respects your freedom.</td>
+<td>ChromeOS</td>
+<td>Windows</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>Web browsers</td>
+<td>GNOME Web (also known as Epiphany), GNU IceCat</td>
+<td>These browsers do not track users.</td>
+<td>Chrome</td>
+<td>Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>Office</td>
+<td>LibreOffice, Collabora Online Development Edition (collaborative editing,
+browser-based)</td>
+<td>Documents are not uploaded to third-party servers by default.</td>
+<td>Google Docs, Sheets, Slides</td>
+<td>Microsoft Office, Office 365</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>E-learning platforms</td>
+<td>Moodle</td>
+<td>Entirely self-hosted. Manage classrooms and courses, give lessons and 
+assignments, create groups, take tests, synchronize data and collaborate in 
+forums, chats and wikis.</td>
+<td>Google Classroom</td>
+<td>----</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>File synchronization</td>
+<td>ownCloud</td>
+<td>Entirely self-hosted. Allows collaborative document editing and 
+bookmark synchronization as well.</td>
+<td>Google Drive, Calendar, Contacts</td>
+<td>OneDrive, Outlook</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>Media sharing</td>
+<td>MediaGoblin</td>
+<td>Entirely self-hosted. Can share all kinds of media in safety.</td>
+<td>Youtube, Google Photos</td>
+<td>----</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>Email</td>
+<td>Kolab</td>
+<td>Entirely self-hosted. Complete groupware solution which includes email, 
+calendar, address books, file synching and tasks. Clients are based on 
+Roundcube (web interface) by default but any other email client can be used. 
+This way, only the school can read the students' mail, and nobody else.</td>
+<td>Gmail, Google Calendar, Contacts, Google Drive</td>
+<td>Outlook, Live</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>Chat (audio,video, text)</td>
+<td>Jitsi, Jitsi Meet (browser-based)</td>
+<td>Entirely self-hosted (Prosody is recommended as a XMPP server) and 
+browser-based. Students can chat across many platforms without their faces 
+being scanned by facial recognition algorithms and their voice and text 
+being recorded.</td>
+<td>Google Hangouts</td>
+<td>Skype</td>
+</tr>
+
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+<p>Here's some additional free software which does not necessarily replace 
+a proprietary counterpart but can be very useful to students and teachers:</p>
+
+<table>
+<thead>
+<tr>
+<th>Category</th>
+<th>Free/libre program</th>
+<th>Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="5">Art, graphics and design</td>
+<td>Blender</td>
+<td>3D suite which includes a video editor and a game engine
+that can be used without programming (via logic blocks.)</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>FreeCAD</td>
+<td>High-quality parametric 3D CAD modeler.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>GIMP</td>
+<td>Graphics editor suitable for image retouching, editing and drawing 
+(<a href="/education/edu-software-gimp.html">case study</a>.)</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>Krita</td>
+<td>Fully featured, easy to use digital painting program, suitable for 
+students and professionals alike.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>Tux Paint</td>
+<td>Graphics editor aimed at young children 
+(<a href="/education/edu-software-gcompris.html">case study</a>.)</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="1">Games and educational activities</td>
+<td>GCompris</td>
+<td>Educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for 
+children aged 2 to 10 (<a href="/education/edu-software-gcompris.html">
+case study</a>.)</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="1">Maths</td>
+<td>GNU Octave</td>
+<td>High-level interpreted language similar to proprietary MATLAB, 
+primarily intended for numerical computations.
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="3">Music</td>
+<td>GNU Solfege</td>
+<td>Ear and music training program.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>LMMS</td>
+<td>Professional-grade (but easy to use) music creation software and 
+digital audio workstation.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>MuseScore</td>
+<td>Fully featured scorewriter, with support for MIDI playback.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="2">Programming</td>
+<td>GDevelop</td>
+<td>Codeless game development tool based on drag and drop.
+Ideal to teach students programming concepts while having fun.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>Racket</td>
+<td>Battery-included programming language and environment
+suitable for both students and Lisp/Scheme wizards.
+Despite it being a fully-featured functional programming language,
+it was designed to be educational.</td>
+</tr>
+
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+<p>Do you know more free programs suited for students? If so, please 
+contact us at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.</p>
+
+
+
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+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
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+<div class="unprintable">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
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+
+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
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+<p class="unprintable">Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2016/01/25 14:34:08 $
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+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>