- 10,000 netbooks for 1:1 use in Year 5 and 6 classes (in Victoria Year 6 is the final year of Primary school)
- software is a mixture of proprietary (Microsoft, Adobe) and FLOSS (see list below)
- running Vista operating system (hard to figure since most netbooks are sold with XP)
- cost of each netbook is $550 - computer $480, bag $30, software $40 - this includes insurance
- costs are shared by the families, school and government; families end up paying a dollar a week, spread over 3 years
- Anywhere Anytime Learning has been involved in the consultation process. Their 21 steps to 1:1 success presentation is available from this page of the wiki.
- the netbooks are Acer Aspire One and Lenovo S9, detailed specifications here
Adobe Flash Player
Create and view animated content
Adobe Reader 8
Provides options for basic PDF viewing and comment-making
Adobe Shockwave Player
Displays web content that has been created by Adobe
Apple Quicktime
A multimedia framework capable of handling various formats of digital video, media clips, sound, text, animation, music and interactive panoramic images
Audacity
Open source software for recording and editing sounds
Blender
Open source, cross-platform suite of tools for 3D creation
CD Burner XP
Application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs
Cute PDF Writer
Create PDF files from any printable document, save PDF forms using Acrobat Reader, make PDF booklets, impose, rearrange pages and more
Debut
A simple, easy-to-use video recorder program that lets you capture files directly
DEECD Fonts Victorian Cursive
Downloadable electronic font of Victorian Modern Cursive script to make handwriting exercises, posters, crosswords, flashcards and other classroom resources on your netbook
DVD Flick
A simple DVD authoring tool
Free Mind
A Mind Mapping application
Gamemaker
www.yoyogames.com
Make exciting computer games, without the need to write a single line of code
GIMP
Stands for the GNU Image Manipulation Program and is a raster graphics editor used to process digital graphics and photographs
Google Picasa 3
Helps you organise, edit and share your photos
Google Sketchup
Create, modify and share 3D models
Irfan View
An image viewer and convertor that opens and edit images, as well as multiple media formats
Jahshaka
An open source video editing and effects application
Java runtime environment
Run Java applications
Kahootz V2
Create, explore and invent in 3D (V3 upgrade available soon)
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Web browser
Microsoft Office 2007
Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Microsoft Office Media Content
Includes the Microsoft Clip Organiser and a library of clip art and other media files that users can insert into Office documents
Microsoft PhotoDraw 2.0
Graphic software
Microsoft PhotoStory 3
Create multimedia video presentations using still images
Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint
Provides users with many powerful new features that make it easier to synchronise audio, video, slides and images to create engaging and effective rich-media presentations
Microsoft Silverlight
Delivers high-quality, interactive video across the web and mobile devices.
Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium
Encyclopaedia software
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Store and play music, video and pictures
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
Operating system
MonkeyJam
Create stop-motion movies
MSW Logo
Logo is a computer programming language used for functional programming
NVU
Create web pages with a program that does not require previous web editing knowledge
Paint.NET
Image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows
Scratch
Create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music and art
Symantec Client Security (anti-virus)
Anti-virus software
Tuxmath
Educational maths tutor for children starring Tux, the Linux Penguin
Tuxtyping
Educational typing tutor game starring Tux, the Linux Penguin
VLC Player
VideoLAN Client is a portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats
2 comments:
Great news for Microsoft. They still control the platform and "FLOSS" in application-space (with the notable exception of MS Office) is promoted. This is exactly how they see their future business model.
hi peter,
In the short term, yes, but I think the general trend towards leaner and cheaper is working against Microsoft, who would prefer more bloatware. See the ARM article.
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