Online and Open Source Darrel Branson ICT educator Sunraysia Mallee schools network

Darrel Branson

ICT educator

Sunraysia Mallee schools network

Sunraysia Mallee Schools Network 33 schools in the North West of Victoria 6 - I&E Clusters

Open source Software Definition: “ Computer software whose source code is available under a license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that permits users to study, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. It is often developed in a public, collaborative manner.” Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software

Definition:

“ Computer software whose source code is available under a license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that permits users to study, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. It is often developed in a public, collaborative manner.”

Sunraysia Mallee Schools Network Local Linux Server (Running Ubuntu) www.smsn.vic.edu.au Hosted linux server need2learn.net LAMP stack Linux, Apache, Mysql and PHP (or Perl or Python)

Local Linux Server (Running Ubuntu)

www.smsn.vic.edu.au

Hosted linux server need2learn.net

LAMP stack

Linux, Apache, Mysql and PHP (or Perl or Python)

Open Source Software MRBS (Meeting Room Booking System) Web Calendar

www.smsn.vic.edu.au/moodle

Need2learn.net

http://moodle.org Open source learning management system Discussion boards, curriculum resources, polls, calendar, assignments, journals, wikis, questionnaires, quizzes and much more.

Moodle - Statistics

Collaboration Professional Learning with network teams Assessment team, Restorative practice, Habits of Mind, New Tools & New Media ICT Group, Intel Teach to the Future. Document repository Resources, weblinks, documents. Communication tool Email, discussion boards, reflection journals. Professional reading & discussion Rich digital history of the learning

Professional Learning with network teams

Assessment team, Restorative practice, Habits of Mind, New Tools & New Media ICT Group, Intel Teach to the Future.

Document repository

Resources, weblinks, documents.

Communication tool

Email, discussion boards, reflection journals.

Professional reading & discussion

Rich digital history of the learning

Online Curriculum Giving access to curriculum at home and at school for students. Allowing students to using ICT and elearning in their learning. Allowing teachers to setup and get going in a short time. Everything is done inside a web browser! No HTML, FTP or coding! http://need2learn.net

Giving access to curriculum at home and at school for students.

Allowing students to using ICT and elearning in their learning.

Allowing teachers to setup and get going in a short time.

Everything is done inside a web browser!

No HTML, FTP or coding!

http://need2learn.net

http://wordpress.org Open source - blogging solution Plugins, themes and community Roles and permissions Easy installation on Netspace

What it looks like Grade / Class / Subject - Blog Teacher as Administrator Students as... Editors, Authors, Subscribers

What we are trying to do We are not waiting ... Ready, Fire, Aim Enabling enthusiastic teachers (students almost always respond positively!) Offering classrooms the opportunity to have their own blog, their own Moodle, which they can control.

We are not waiting ... Ready, Fire, Aim

Enabling enthusiastic teachers (students almost always respond positively!)

Offering classrooms the opportunity to have their own blog, their own Moodle, which they can control.

http://joomla.org Open source - content management solution Extensions, plugins, themes and community Roles and permissions

Web Calendar http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php Meeting Room Booking System http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/

Why not use free tools? Control Cost Appropriateness Flexibility to respond Community

Control

Cost

Appropriateness

Flexibility to respond

Community

What do I need to try it? A web server with Apache or Microsoft IIS PHP programming language Database server - Mysql (or others) Someone with an interest in technology and learning.

A web server with Apache or Microsoft IIS

PHP programming language

Database server - Mysql (or others)

Someone with an interest in technology and learning.

Open Source Software http://www.osv.org.au/education Downloadable catalogue of software http://sourceforge.net Registered Projects: 148,087 Registered Users: 1,581,672 http://freshmeat.net Freshmeat maintains the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software http://www.opensource.org http://www.fsf.org

http://www.osv.org.au/education Downloadable catalogue of software

http://sourceforge.net Registered Projects: 148,087 Registered Users: 1,581,672

http://freshmeat.net Freshmeat maintains the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software

http://www.opensource.org

http://www.fsf.org

On the Desktop Legally use software at home and at school No licensing issues Hey, it’s free!

Legally use software at home and at school

No licensing issues

Hey, it’s free!

Some Notable OSS Firefox Open Office The Gimp Audacity