web 2.0 – Dr. Ray Pastore's Instructional Technology Blog

Best Opensource Software

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:35:32 +0000

Here is my list of the best opensource software and its all 100% FREE!

Blogging – WordPress

Forum – PhpBB

Photo Gallery – Coppermine

Office (Word/Powerpoint) – Open Office

Browser – Firefox

Survey – Lime Survey

Social Networking – Buddy Press

Music Editor – Audacity

Photo Editor – Gimp

Course Management System (CMS) – Moodle

Is HTML Dead?

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:46:20 +0000

It appears that the recent Web 2.0 craze is really catching on and standard HTML pages are becoming a thing of the past. Many people are creating their web pages via blog software such as wordpress and/or utilizing CMS software such as Moodle/Joomla/Drupal, etc. These software packages are free and easy to set up. They only require programming experience if you want to change their interface or modify them. Otherwise, they are stand alone packages that any user can set up. Many sites are converting to these applications because they allow for more interaction, are easy to set up, and very easy to edit and maintain. So is HTML dead? Not right now but its use as a stand alone web language is declining dramatically.

Free FTP for Macs

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:41:20 +0000

Here is a great free ftp program for the mac that I have been using for a while now: Cyberduck (http://cyberduck.ch/). Check it out.

For those of you that do not know, FTP mean file transfer protocol. Its used as a bridge between your computer and the internet. So it allows you to takes html files from your computer and publish them onto the internet.