Open+Source

Norm wrote: Here are three open source programs that can replace/supplement district apps, that are absolutely free, and available for OSX and Windows:

Scribus desktop publishing www.scribus.net  (alternate to MS Publisher?)

GIMP GNU image manipulation program www.gimp.org  (alternate to Photoshop Elements

Avidemux Video editor [|avidemux.sourceforge.net] click the Wiki Docs button for the manual

http://www.netc.org/openoptions/
 * Resources**

http://www.k12opensource.com/Programs and other info

Fellow open source education specialists have just launched a new resource site for schools using open source software, called Open Source Schools, at http://www.opensourceschools.org.uk/ "The Schools Open Source Project is an initiative to help schools with awareness, adoption, deployment, use and ongoing development of Open Source Software (OSS)...