Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Freeware, Open Source etc.

Hoping you found the information useful. I am always open to suggestions to make the presentation better..and if you have any you woule like to add please send them my way!
Laurie.heikkila@gmail.com

I will create labels shortly by topic with links to various freeware/opens source leads.

Please share this with as many educators as you think will benefit.

Lets make this the best community spot of shared info as we head into the
"STEM" age of education.

2 comments:

Two Whizzy said...

Wondered if you'd be interested in MSW LOGO, that can be downloaded from www.softronix.com for free use in educational contexts. The site www.numeracysoftware.com also has some useful Excel based and macro driven interactivities, and prepared MSW LOGO files to act as starting points for investigational work. Regards Simon

SE said...

Hi Simon,
thanks for the link. I put it up.
Great Resource.
Thanks!

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