Re: [school-discuss] Linux in Education Workshop

[mike eschman <meschman@engima.com>]

hello,

hope this is of use :

create UML design documents : ---> http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/
Dia is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL license.

Dia is designed to be much like the commercial Windows program 'Visio'. It can 
be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special 
objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, 
network diagrams, and simple circuits. It is also possible to add support for 
new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the 
shape.

It can load and save diagrams to a custom XML format (gzipped by default, to 
save space), can export diagrams to EPS or SVG formats and can print diagrams 
(including ones that span multiple pages).

http://www.gimp.org/
 The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed 
piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image 
composition and image authoring. This site contains information about 
downloading, installing, using, and enhancing GIMP. This site also serves as 
a distribution point for the latest releases, patches, plugins, and scripts. 
We also try to provide as much information about the GIMP community and 
related projects as possible.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import 
and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds 
using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or 
apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope 
editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for 
audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and 
Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects.

Audacity version 1.0.0 is the most stable version we have released yet, and 
many people have found that its unique features and intuitive interface make 
it more enjoyable to use than other audio editors, including commercial ones.

The developers of Audacity have also released version 1.1.0, which is a 
beta-quality preview of new things we are actively working on. It contains 
many, many new features, but is not quite as polished and stable.


http://freshmeat.net/projects/sox/?topic_id=119%2C122
 SoX is the Swiss Army knife of sound processing tools. It converts audio 
files among various standard audio file formats and can apply different 
effects and filters to the audio data. 

http://freshmeat.net/projects/lame/?topic_id=113%2C123
 LAME (LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder) is a research project for learning about and 
improving MP3 encoding technoligy. LAME includes an mp3 encoding library, 
simple front end application, a much-improved psycho-acoustic model 
(GPSYCHO), and a graphical frame analyzer (MP3x). Please note that any 
commercial use (including distributing the LAME encoding engine in a free 
encoder) may require a patent license from Thomson Multimedia. 

mike eschman, etc ...
http://www.etc-edu.com
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On Sunday 04 August 2002 02:06 pm, Gary Frankenbery wrote:
> I have been approached to teach a Linux in Education Workshop to a group
> of K-12 Computer Science/Business teachers in Oregon (sponsored by an
> industry group--the program is called Superquest).  This Workshop will
> not take place until Summer 2003, so I have plenty of time to prepare.
>
> Generally the students are very computer savvy educators who are largely
> ignorant regarding Linux and Open Source Software.
>
> I'm a Linux Mandrake, KDE guy, so this is the systems software my students
> will install and use as representative of Linux.  The class will last for
> 5 days, from approximately 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM each day.
>
> I'm not an LSTP(Linux Terminal Server Project) guy, as I prefer so place
> applications on the Linux Workstation's Hard Disk, and store student data
> and files on the server.  So, I will be dealing with both Linux as a
> workstation and Linux as a server.
>
> I have some plans and ambitions regarding curriculum for the class, but
> thought I'd throw it out to the ListServ --> any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Gary Frankenbery
> Grants Pass HS
> Grants Pass, OR