For this list, we've compiled a set of open source security tools and their commercial counterparts. We're not suggesting that the open source apps have all the same features and use the same methods as the commercial products they can replace.
Instead, we're saying that they provide end users with some of the same benefits and deserve consideration, particularly as businesses small and large look for ways to stretch their budgets.
50+ Ways to Tell the Dominoe Story
Just to prove it can be done, I am going to try and tell the same story as an example for every tool in the list.
Previously, I created a short story originally as a video assembled from still images and audio that was submitted for a 60 Second Story contest Every story is based on my storyboard and assembled images on flickr and in Picasa -- a number of tools allow you to directly import media from these storage sites.
Below are examples of the same story (over and over again!) I was able to create in the 50+ tools, with both linked versions (on the tool's web site) and embedded versions, using the code provided to embed a media player into this web site. One of the most interesting discoveries was that about 2/3 of these tools provided the ability to embed the media in other web sites.
Very cool
The educational community has discovered open source tools in a big way. Analysts predict that schools will spend up to $489.9 million on support and services for open source software by 2012, and that only includes charges related to operating systems and learning management systems. Teachers, professors and home schoolers are using open source applications as part of their educational curriculum for a wide variety of subjects.
Not pretty but there is a pile of useful stuff here!
The tools in this Directory fall within 12 categorise that support both formal education and training and enterprise working.
How cool is this!
For those unfamiliar with the term, a learning style is a way in which an individual approaches learning. Many people understand material much better when it is presented in one format, for example a lab experiment, than when it is presented in another, like an audio presentation. Determining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive.
Came across this out of the UK, it has a wide range of student work ideas, templates and tools for getting kids working online.
Could be a useful in class (netbook) or home learning site.
I send this at my peril, Yes it is 100 more things we could be doing, yes some of them may seem odd.
But maybe there is one thing in the list that would be fun to try and see if it makes learning more fun/interesting.
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