Wow! In the last two days I have set down and read through 18 other peoples thoughts and feelings, I have posted comments on 38 different blog post. When I first began this task I really couldn't see what the whole point of this was, especially the having to post to each person's site 3x (sorry Dr. Hebert). After sitting her and reading all these different post I am actually amazed! I have come to realize that a lot of us have so much in common that we would never realize if we didn't have to sit down and read each others thoughts, we are all juggling so much within our individual lives and yet we are all still very passionate about our careers as teachers! Also, sitting here reading through the various blog post brings forth so many questions that I wouldn't have necessarily thought about.........What are my dreams?..........Have any of my dreams already come true?.........Life CAN change in a blink of an eye........Do I spend enough quality time with my kids?..............With my family in general?.........Am I ready to go for National Boards?.............
It has been amazing to sit and think about some of the great points and questions that have been called into play through my classmates thoughts and opinions, and it is really neat to be able to share my thoughts and opinions with others. Even if no one else reads this...........I did!!!! And I had to think about it while I did!!!!!!!!
What's even more amazing is I actually look forward to reading new post to see what thoughts and questions are called to mind:)
Friday, July 18, 2008
Open-Source Materials
Last week when I attended the Arkansas Technology Institute at AETN they gave us a disk of various types of software that are available for free download on the internet. They are called "open-source" because they are free and available to anyone who wants to download them.
Here is a list of the open-source software items that were introduced to me: * Adobe Acrobat Reader (Most of you probably already know about this one) * Audacity Music (An audio editor) * Open Office Suite (It does word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more) * Web Browsers such as Foxfire and Safari * Anim8or (A computer annimation application) or FlipBook * GIMP (A multi-platform photo manipulation tool) * DVD Decrypter (A software application that can create backup disc images of the DVD-Video structure of DVDs. It can be used to image any DVD, but controversially it is especially useful for decrypting copy-protected movies.) * MacTheRipper (A free DVD ripper (extractor) for Mac OS X) * DVD Flick (Aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool.) * Nvu (Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.)
As I said before I only recently learned about all these open-source softwares that are available for free download from the internet. I have not had the opportunity to truly explore them yet, but I have used Audacity to "rip" down songs that I had downloaded into short clips. Also, the instructors at AETN were comparing Open Office Suite to Microsoft.
I don't know that this will be helpful to anyone else but I was very grateful to have this information shared with me and thought that I would pass it on :)
Here is a list of the open-source software items that were introduced to me: * Adobe Acrobat Reader (Most of you probably already know about this one) * Audacity Music (An audio editor) * Open Office Suite (It does word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more) * Web Browsers such as Foxfire and Safari * Anim8or (A computer annimation application) or FlipBook * GIMP (A multi-platform photo manipulation tool) * DVD Decrypter (A software application that can create backup disc images of the DVD-Video structure of DVDs. It can be used to image any DVD, but controversially it is especially useful for decrypting copy-protected movies.) * MacTheRipper (A free DVD ripper (extractor) for Mac OS X) * DVD Flick (Aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool.) * Nvu (Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.)
As I said before I only recently learned about all these open-source softwares that are available for free download from the internet. I have not had the opportunity to truly explore them yet, but I have used Audacity to "rip" down songs that I had downloaded into short clips. Also, the instructors at AETN were comparing Open Office Suite to Microsoft.
I don't know that this will be helpful to anyone else but I was very grateful to have this information shared with me and thought that I would pass it on :)
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