Free Educational Software

This is just a very quick overview of a few of the educational software packages that may be suitable for use in schools.

The KDE Edutainment project

The KDE project comprises many sub-projects that cover a wide range of computing areas, from office applications to development tools. One of these projects, the KDE Edutainment project, has education as focus. [20]

The software is divided into categories. Currently, these are Astronomy, Chemistry, Languages, Mathematics, Miscellaneous and Planning. Astronomy contains the very extensive program KStars which shows the starry night sky with some 10 000 objects. The application Kalzium belongs to Chemistry category, and offers an informative and clear presentation of the Periodic Table of the Elements. In the Languages section are many programs that let you practise a specific language, or that help you to learn expressions in other languages. KHangMan and KMessedWords are games which let children learn new words while playing. In the Mathematics category, we find KGeo, a program for the presentation and construction of geometric drawings.

Here are some more detailed descriptions of some of the packages:

Resources

There are numerous sources of educational software on the web. Some starting places are:


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