"Scheda del corso Paddi A
Cos'è
Il corso è suddiviso in cinque moduli orientati alla conoscenza del mondo digitale e, in particolar modo, delle risorse che questo ambiente offre alla scuola e alla formazione in genere. Ha lo scopo di aiutare le insegnanti e gli operatori della scuola ad integrare progressivamente le risorse del web e della tecnologia in genere nel loro percorso didattico. Una delle scelte progettuali di tale percorso sposa la filosofia FREE o Open source proponendo l'utilizzo di materiali, risorse e strumenti di libero utilizzo. Il discente potrà quindi fruire direttamente dei materiali e le risorse senza alcun costo aggiuntivo di licenza o acquisto.
Il corso propone una libreria di soluzioni e materiali che, per sua stessa natura, non può essere esaustiva, ma va utilizzata come spunto per la ricerca e l'aggiornamento periodico. "
"welcome to the European Schoolnet Academy.
The Academy is a platform where you can learn about innovation in the school and classroom through online professional development courses for teachers in primary and secondary schools.
The courses offered on this platform are completely free of charge. They will offer you an introduction to key concepts and ideas that are relevant to developing your practice and will provide you with the opportunity to discuss these ideas and share your experiences with your peers. We hope that by attending these courses and by engaging with your peers you will feel empowered and inspired to try out something new in your practice."
"K-8 Intro to Computer Science is a free course that aims to demystify computer science and show K-8 students that it's fun, collaborative, and creative. The course is designed to motivate students and educators to continue learning computer science to improve real world relationships, connections, and life.
Educators will foster an environment of communal learning that emphasizes risk-taking. This course will teach students about computer science, computational thinking, and programming. It will also teach that success does not come on the first try, just like the world's most difficult problems aren't solved on the first try. Challenge is good when it is supported by plans and tools that lead to success. This course will help students persevere in solving problems."
L.A. Flash Cards is a free software program for making educational flash cards to help you learn anything, anywhere.
Make audio, image and text flash cards.
Learn by repetitive rote learning with intelligent testing.
Upload flash cards to your cell phone, iPhone or iPod Touch.
Convert them to Google gadgets and learn from the web.
Printable flash cards.
"Creating a user account in the LRE is easy and totally free of charge.
LRE uses an OpenID login system. This means that first you need to create an OpenID account and then you can login with it on the LRE portal. European Schoolnet is using the OpenID for most of its websites and services."
"Digital Storytelling (also affectionately known as ds106) is an open, online course that happens at various times throughout the year at the University of Mary Washington… but you can join in whenever you like and leave whenever you need. This course is free to anyone who wants to take it, and the only requirements are a real computer, a hardy internet connection, preferably a domain of your own and some commodity web hosting, and all the creativity you can muster."
Example + comment:
"This language is designed to grab all rights from a free-lance author or artist. The first clause purports to create a work for hire agreement, which would mean that the author has no rights left at all, ever (and cannot even get them back through the termination right). The second clause takes a belt-and-suspenders approach: if for any reason the work is not for hire -- which it would not be if the commissioned work did not fall within the statutory categories -- the author explicitly assigns all rights not only in this work, but in any work based on this work, for the full term of copyright, for the whole world."
"What is Coding with Scratch?
Coding with Scratch is a free, online class that will teach you how to program using Scratch, a graphical programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations - and share your creations with others around the world."
"ThingLink interactive images help students develop 21st century skills and enrich their enthusiasm for learning. Teachers can use ThingLink images as interactive learning modules (ILMs) that activate and inspire students with creative and effective learning experiences.
If you're a teacher or student, you can sign up to Education; it's FREE."
"Google Hangouts is Google's free video-conferencing tool that is available for teachers to use as part of Google Apps for Education. Up to 10 participants can join a Google Hangout at a time. It's a great way to connect your classroom with other classrooms anywhere in the world. This site will provide teachers and administrators with step-by-step directions how to get started on Hangouts, joining a Hangout, collaboration tools available inside a Hangout, and ideas for ways to use Hangouts in your classroom."
"Items sold on through the CreateSpace service must follow our content policy and guidelines, detailed below. (...)
Public Domain and Other Non-Exclusive Content
Some types of content, such as public domain content, may be free to use by anyone, or may be licensed for use by more than one party. We will not accept content that is freely available on the web unless you are the copyright owner of that content. For example, if you received your content from a source that allows you and others to re-distribute it, and the content is freely available on the web, we will not accept it for sale through CreateSpace. We do accept public domain content, however we may request that you provide proof that your submitted material is actually in the public domain and may choose to not sell a public domain title if its content is undifferentiated or barely differentiated from one or more books already available through our service or available through other retail sites. We do not currently accept public domain material for Amazon Video on Demand.
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"What are my ISBN options?
You have four ISBN options: you can either use a CreateSpace-Assigned ISBN, a Custom ISBN*, a Custom Universal ISBN*, or you can use your own ISBN. Both custom ISBN options are offered through an agreement with Bowker®.
Price
Imprint
Distributors
CreateSpace-Assigned ISBN Free CreateSpace Independent
Publishing Platform
CreateSpace
Custom ISBN* $10 You choose CreateSpace
Custom Universal ISBN* $99 You choose You choose
Provide Your Own ISBN Existing ISBN
Required You choose You choose"
"By Larry Seltzer for Zero Day | March 25, 2014 -- 12:00 GMT (05:00 PDT)
Internet security research and services company Netcraft has determined that sites running the WordPress blogging software are a major source of both phishing attacks and malware distribution.
Interestingly, none of the phishing sites were hosted on WordPress.com, a a large blog-hosting service run by Automattic. The founder of Automattic was one of the original authors of WordPress and the company still contributes to the WordPress.org open source project. Netcraft speculates that this familiarity explains their security record. It also shows that WordPress can be administered securely.
But the WordPress application is free and is installed on many web sites across the world. The administrators of these sites are responsible for keeping WordPress and its component parts updated, and many do not. "
