Assalammualaikum W.B.T...
This is a tiring week for me and burdening with a lot of task and assignment. But, I learnt a lot and gained a fruitful knowledge for the task assigned. For this week, we are assigned with THINK,PAIR,SHARE which are requires to work in group of two. Firstly, we need to choose one topic based on the list given by our coordinator. Thus, my partner(Halil b. Siri) and I chose to work on Open Source Software(OSS) topic. Comparing with another topics, this topic is quite hard in collecting and finding information about it. For the ages before, I'm just familiar with Application Software and System Software because both are the basic software that we must install in our computer. For another difficult part is enduring the server-down problem. We depend on the online material because we could be able to find many information in the book. I was very lucky working with someone who experienced in this field before.
From the surface of my reading, Open Source Software is free downloaded software. It can run well in any operating system (OS). However, the security and safety offered by OSS is not so effective to against any viruses. The words below is our final touch and conclusion about the Open Source Software:
Fee or free? Corporation controlled or user controlled? Both questions are portraying the future of open source-software. Based on the research that we have conducted, we can define that the Open source software is a kind of software which can be used freely or without any charge. In other words, Open Source Software (OSS) is software that must be distributed under a license that guarantees the right to read, redistribute, modify, and use the software freely. But don’t get it wrong because when we speak of about “free software”, the ICT user will refer it as the freedom for them to read, redistribute, modify, and use the source code rather than the lack of cost. In addition, we also can even download free open source programs for application such as word processing and database management.
Nowadays, Education system practically more focuses on the application of technology. Thus, the huge number of application software, system software and open source software are created to fulfil the needs. Regarding to demand, many there are groups who have been established due to developing and promoting OSS as a viable technology for educational uses. As an essential part of teaching and studying in era, schools can free themselves from paying licensing course and put (often scarce) resources to other uses if they use OSS. The most commercial one is Linux and tools that work on its platforms. What makes Linux (UNIX before Linus Torvald wrote about the Linux operating system) so attractive and friendly-user? Two things; it’s powerful and free. Open Source software offers tremendous benefit to the user based on a few projects handled by Red Hat, a stable company behind GNU/Linux. They had developed The Open Source Now Project which providing the educators with an introduction to OSS in education, a discussion list, and links to a wide variety of other OSS in education sites. Under that particular program is Simple End User Linux – Educationwhich preparing the discussion list about the uses of Linux in education system.It also provides a database of case studies and links to current projects like a variety of software for mathematics and art. Those selected programs can save schools from wasting hundreds of dollars in software expenditure per computer, and run on all common school platforms (Windows, Macintosh, and Linux):
Function Name Download site
Office suite OpenOffice.org www.openoffice.org
Desktop publishing Scribus www.scribus.net
Concept mapping tool Cmap cmap.ihmc.us
Image editing GIMP www.gimp.org
Advanced Logo programming language NetLogo ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo
Astronomy modeling tool Celestia www.shatters.net/celestia
Web browser Firefox www.mozilla.com
Online courseware system Moodle www.moodle.org
Although the use of open software is growing rapidly, a legal cloud is still on the horizon. For example, Linux might be powerful and less cost or no cost at all but it still depends on the other developer (The Red Hat) to support especially when the user of OSS need technical support whereas they need to find a website such as www.redhat.com or someone who knows better about Linux. The beauty of this OSS is giving educators and students flexibility and intellectual freedom often absent from software. Thus, in class, the use of Open Source software can assist the student know more about the widely computer science community and to the practice of peer- review.
I can conclude that the task assigned for this week gave me a lot of input about OSS instead of knowing about Application Software and System Software only. This inspired me to learn more about computer and its functions especially for education field.
Nowadays, Education system practically more focuses on the application of technology. Thus, the huge number of application software, system software and open source software are created to fulfil the needs. Regarding to demand, many there are groups who have been established due to developing and promoting OSS as a viable technology for educational uses. As an essential part of teaching and studying in era, schools can free themselves from paying licensing course and put (often scarce) resources to other uses if they use OSS. The most commercial one is Linux and tools that work on its platforms. What makes Linux (UNIX before Linus Torvald wrote about the Linux operating system) so attractive and friendly-user? Two things; it’s powerful and free. Open Source software offers tremendous benefit to the user based on a few projects handled by Red Hat, a stable company behind GNU/Linux. They had developed The Open Source Now Project which providing the educators with an introduction to OSS in education, a discussion list, and links to a wide variety of other OSS in education sites. Under that particular program is Simple End User Linux – Educationwhich preparing the discussion list about the uses of Linux in education system.It also provides a database of case studies and links to current projects like a variety of software for mathematics and art. Those selected programs can save schools from wasting hundreds of dollars in software expenditure per computer, and run on all common school platforms (Windows, Macintosh, and Linux):
Function
Office suite
Desktop publishing
Concept mapping tool
Image editing
Advanced Logo programming language NetLogo ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo
Astronomy modeling tool Celestia www.shatters.net/celestia
Web browser
Online courseware system Moodle
Although the use of open software is growing rapidly, a legal cloud is still on the horizon. For example, Linux might be powerful and less cost or no cost at all but it still depends on the other developer (The Red Hat) to support especially when the user of OSS need technical support whereas they need to find a website such as www.redhat.com or someone who knows better about Linux. The beauty of this OSS is giving educators and students flexibility and intellectual freedom often absent from software. Thus, in class, the use of Open Source software can assist the student know more about the widely computer science community and to the practice of peer- review.
I can conclude that the task assigned for this week gave me a lot of input about OSS instead of knowing about Application Software and System Software only. This inspired me to learn more about computer and its functions especially for education field.
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B.Ed.TESL(SM) IPGKS-UKM
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