Educational
Posted by waremock on Thursday Dec 11, 2008 Under Free SoftwareName: Tux Typing
Website: http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/
Description: Tux Typing is an educational typing tutor for children. It features several different types of game play, at a variety of difficulty levels.
Name: Tux Paint
Website: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/
Description: A drawing program for young children with sound effects, a cartoon character, and fun ‘rubber stamp’/'sticker book’ pictures
Name: Childsplay
Website: http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/
Description: Childsplay is a ‘suite’ of educational games for young children. It’s written in Python and uses the SDL-libraries to make it more games-like then, for instance, gcompris. The aim is to be educational and at the same time be fun to play
Name: Celestia
Website: http://celestia.sourceforge.net/
Description: Celestia is real-time 3D space simulation which lets you travel through our solar system and to over 100,000 stars in our neighborhood.
Name: Flashcards 3.0
Website: http://rawilson.net/shareware/index.html
Description: I put this together for my kids to practice their basic math facts. It’s a simple flashcard program that covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You can select any one of the operations to practice on, or have the program mix them up. Though the default is 10, facts up to 100 are selectable. Version 3.0 includes the ability to practice fractions. A timer or a clock runs in the background, and a count of correct/incorrect answers is displayed. This program is freeware. Enjoy.
Name: Read Please
Website: http://www.readplease.com/
Description: Reads any onscreen text in any of four voices
Name: Certification Genie
Website: http://in.tech.yahoo.com/010721/94/11n8x.html
Description: These are free, fully functional MCSE Track practice exams with over 500 questions, including scenarios, exhibits, and detailed explanations. This is the only program you need to fully prepare yourself for the MCSE NT 4.0 exams. It includes Networking Essentials, NT Workstation, Server, Enterprise, TCP/IP, and IIS 4.0.
Note: You must register at the website to get the serial number to unlock this exam.
Name: Exam II
Website: http://www.deltafarms.com/setup.exe
Description: A program for designing and administering exams. It can also be used by a student for preparing for practice exams.
