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Revision as of 15:31, 13 July 2009
Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
Educational Software
- Add, try or write free, open educational software
| Software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |
Biology Educational Software
| Immune Attack: an educational video game that introduces basic concepts of human immunology to high school and entry-level college students | http://fas.org/immuneattack/ | Made by Federation of American Scientists | High School |
http://www.wartoft.nu/software/seterra/
Geography Educational Software
| Seterra | http://www.wartoft.nu/software/seterra/ | Seterra is a challenging geography program with 70 different exercises. Learn about countries, capitals, flags and cities all over the world. Examples of exercises countries in Europe; American states; American state capitals; French cities; cities in Mexico; countries in Asia. Version 3 includes new exercises on the autonomous communities of Spain, plus a timer to measure how fast you complete the exercises. Version 3.03 includes Portuguese. | Made by Marion Wartoft | English |
Math Educational Software
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Programming Languages' Educational Software
| MIT's Scratch: A Programming Language for Everyone | http://scratch.mit.edu/ | Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab | 'Drag and Drop' Teaching Language for Programming |
Vocabulary Learning Software
| Free Rice | http://www.freerice.com/ | non-credit, so far | Browser | Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple game that increases your knowledge. Used with great success in correction facility in Jamaica. | English |
Software Tools
Animation and Machinima-Making Software
| Moviestorm | http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/ | Complete Movie-Making Package for Animations |
Audio Editor and Recorder
| Audacity | http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ | Soundforge | Audio Editor and Recorder | Free - To encode mp3 files from audicity, install Lame |
Blogging tools
| Blogger.com | http://blogger.com | made by Google | free blogging tool, integrates with other, free Google technologies | All ages |
| WordPress | http://wordpress.com | made by Wordpress | free blogging tools | All ages |
Communication
| Skype | http://www.skype.com/ | Skype | Free calls, video calls and instant messaging over the internet. | Level | Multiple |
Debate
| Debate Visualization Tool | http://debategraph.org/ | Skype | Debategraph.org's goal is to make the best arguments on all sides of any public debate freely available to all and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all. | Level | Multiple |
Drawing Programs
| Google Sketchup | http://sketchup.google.com/ | Google Sketchup ... | English |
| Gmail | http://mail.google.com | Gmail | Multiple | ||
| Google Docs | http://docs.google.com/ | Gmail, Google docs, iGoogle, Google Docs, Google Scholar, Google Books, Google Earth ... | Multiple |
Media Players
| Apple Quicktime | http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ | Apple | Audio, video, and media player | Level | Multiple |
| Real Player | http://www.real.com | Real Networks | Audio, video, flash and media player | Level | Multiple |
| Windows Media Player | http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx | Microsoft | Media player | Level | Multiple |
Operating Systems
| Sugar Learning Environment | http://www.sugarlabs.org | Sugar Labs | the Open Source Software that runs on the XO - One Laptop per Child |
PDF Ebook
| Free PDF Ebooks |
Photo Editing Software
| Vicmans | http://www.vicman.net/download.php?Title=VCW%20VicMans%20Photo%20Editor | VicMan Software | Free, for Windows only | |
| Toy viewer | http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~ogihara/software/OSX/toyv-eng.html | Toy viewer |
Productivity Office Suite
| Open Office | http://download.openoffice.org/ | Open Office | Free and Open Productivity Suite with word processor, spreadsheet, slideshow, etc. | All ages |
| Jing Project | http://www.jingproject.com | Jing | Make Machinimas, and Snap a picture of your screen, record video of onscreen action, share instantly over the web, IM, email |
Social Media Classroom
| Social Media Classroom | http://socialmediaclassroom.com/index.php/ | Howard Rheingold | Classroom and Collaboratory Software | All ages |
Statistical Software
| Scilab | http://www.scilab.org/download/index_download.php | Scilab | The open source platform for numerical computation |
Stream Video into Second Life and Open Sim
| Veodia | http://www.veodia.com | Veodia | Agile video that puts your work in motion |
Survey Software
| Survey Monkey | http://www.surveymonkey.com | Survey Monkey | a simple way to create surveys | All ages |
| Lime Survey Software | http://www.limesurvey.org/ | Lime Survey | easy and free open source survey application | All ages |
Translation Software
| Google Translator | http://translate.google.com/translate_t# | limited languages |
Twitter for Learning
| Edu-Tweets | http://twitter.com/edu_tweets | Edu-Tweets | Finding and posting the most interesting education links on the web. | Many Levels | English |
| Educational Freeware | http://twitter.com/mwartoft | http://www.educational-freeware.com | Most popular educational freeware, mostly for kids, but also for adults. | Many Levels | English |
Video-Streaming Hosting Services
| Blip TV | http://blip.tv/ | Blip | Free video hosting, 10 minute length limit | All Levels | English |
| Daily Motion | http://www.dailymotion.com/us | Daily Motion | Other Info | All Level | Languages |
| Flickr Video | http://www.flickr.com/ | Made by Flickr | Other Info | All Level | Languages |
| Kyte.tv | http://www.kyte.tv/home/index.html | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |
| Vimeo | http://vimeo.com/ | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |
| Youtube | http://youtube.com | Broadcast yourself for free, 10 minute length, 100 MB limit | All Levels | English | |
| Name | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |
| Name | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |
| Name | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |
Video-Streaming Software for Your Mobile Phone
| Qik Mobile Live Video Sharing Software | http://qik.com | Qik | Share live video from your phone |
Virtual Worlds as Fora, Classrooms, Building Sites, Design Sites, Art Studios, etc.
| Second Life | http://secondlife.com | Linden Lab | free to use, teen and adult grid, pay to build, currency for buying and selling |
| Open Simulator | http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page | Open Sim | free, open source virtual world software |
Wiki Software
| Wiki Answers | http://wiki.answers.com/ | Enter a question or phrase... | All ages | |
| Wikia's Wikis | http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia | Wikia | Free wiki software | All ages |
Template
| Name | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |