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Filed under Editing, Educational, Graphic and Desktop Publishing, Graphics/Design, Software, Windows (PC)
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If you are an artist, engineer, architect or an aspiring one, then you might have heard of Google Sketchup. The program is free to download for home use and definitely very helpful when it comes to learning how to render various objects and structures needed for your particular course.
With this helpful program, it's much easier to practice and learn 3D rendering and modelling. It can help you create houses, decks, rooms, floorplans or other objects in 3D. It's certainly an easy and free way to find out whether creating 3D models is perfect for you.
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Written by Valerie
· March 27, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Filed under Audio, Educational, Video
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OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a term describing high quality university-level course materials in a virtual learning environment that are created and freely distributed around the world through the internet; available for use and adaptation under an open Creative Commons license.
So if you want to learn something new form the best in the field but don't have the time to take classes or money for the rising tuition costs, OpenCourseWare might just be the answer.
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Written by Natalie
· March 6, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Filed under Educational, Mac, Productivity, Software, Utility, Windows (PC)
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Were you unhappy with your organizational efforts this year? Have you promised to rectify this when the New Year comes?
‘FET’ helps to ensure that this promise does not become as empty as the one you made last year... or the year before that. This form of freeware is a timetable generator and it applies to people who attend school, high-school or university. Teachers will benefit from this program as well. FET ensures that every organizational detail is recorded neatly and remembered.
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Written by Gav
· January 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Filed under Educational, Graphic and Desktop Publishing, Software
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Need something fun to improve your typing skills? TuxTyping can help you do this and have a little fun to go with it as well.
In TuxTyping, you help Tux, get some fishes by typing the words falling from the sky. It's a simple and straightforward software that can help you improve your typing skills. Of course, it's primarily aimed for children, but who says that those young at heart can't enjoy it as well? If you are a Linux user, then you'll instantly recognize the main character, Tux, as the official Linux mascot.
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Written by Valerie
· September 17, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Filed under Educational, Graphic and Desktop Publishing, Software
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There are times when we simply want to listen to something as opposed to actually reading them. If you are an avid fan of text to speech programs or simply looking for one, then Sayz Me is one software you might want to try out.
Reading through countless pages is much easier by simply copying and pasting the text onto Sayz Me and then listening to it. The program is very easy to use, provides a practical interface and best of all, absolutely free.
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Written by Valerie
· September 14, 2010 at 7:52 AM
Filed under E-Books, Educational
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“Can Professors Teach Open Source?” The answer is a resounding yes. In fact, TeachingOpenSource.org has written a book that work pretty much in the same way as any other open source software project – improvements, technically known as patches, are very much welcome.
The textbook has a foreword by Greg DeKoenigsberg, a Senior Community Architect at Red Hat. He was the founder and first chairman of the Fedora Project Board, the governance body for the Fedora Project, an open source software project.
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Written by Amihan
· April 21, 2010 at 8:00 AM
Filed under Educational, Software
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Solfege is an open-source software for music education. You can use it to practice your listening skills for rhythm, chords, note scales and note intervals. It helps musicians, music/sound engineers and music enthusiasts to remember and recognize notes to let them play better.
Solfege is a great alternative for ear training and for conducting tests for ear training classes.
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Written by hailey
· February 24, 2010 at 8:00 AM
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