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You need access to the FOSS applications taught in this tool-kit, for which you should install the ''custom software distribution'' provided. The distribution includes the Ubuntu GNU/Linux free and open source operating system which can be installed as a full fledged software system on your computer. You can install it ‘side-by-side’ with any other operating system on your computer as well. A video on installing this custom distribution is available [https://youtube.com/watch?v=nBD4KqH5CT8 here].

You need access to the FOSS applications taught in this tool-kit, for which you should install the ''custom software distribution'' provided. The distribution includes the Ubuntu GNU/Linux free and open source operating system which can be installed as a full fledged software system on your computer. You can install it ‘side-by-side’ with any other operating system on your computer as well. A video on installing this custom distribution is available [https://youtube.com/watch?v=nBD4KqH5CT8 here].

Many of these desktop applications are also available on the Microsoft Windows operating system. You can also download the installation kit (.exe files)  from the internet and install on your Windows operating system.

Many of these desktop applications are also available on the Microsoft Windows operating system. You can also download the installation kit (.exe files)  from the internet and install on your Windows operating system, see [[Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS/Annexure|Annexure]].

====Install the FOSS applications on your mobile phone====

====Install the FOSS applications on your mobile phone====

You can install the FOSS applications for the mobile phone (Android), used in the tool-kit, using the link for the app installer for each app. The installation can be invoked using [https://play.google.com/store?hl=en Google Play Store] or [https://f-droid.org/ FDroid]. Installation information is provided in [[Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS/Annexure|Annexure]] to the toolkit.

You can install the FOSS applications for the mobile phone (Android), used in the tool-kit, using the link for the app installer for each app. The installation can be invoked using [https://play.google.com/store?hl=en Google Play Store] or [https://f-droid.org/ FDroid], see [[Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS/Annexure|Annexure]].

====Create your own OER as a part of using this tool-kit====

====Create your own OER as a part of using this tool-kit====

Identify an area which you are very keen to learn more about, or where you feel you need resources for your own work as a teacher. Your own work as a teacher may require you to have materials for classroom teaching-learning processes, or for sharing with colleagues for mutual learning, or simply for your self-development. It will be much more meaningful learning, if as a part of using this tool-kit, you could access, create, re-purpose and publish a OER on a topic which you want to learn/ know more about. The topic could be from the subject you teach (a science topic like ‘Light’ or a mathematics topic such as ‘number system’ or a geography topic as ‘forests’), or a larger issue in education (“Challenges of teaching in inner-city public schools”), or larger social issue (“global warming”). You could create this OER in English or in your own native language (where the need for such an OER may be even greater).

Identify an area which you are very keen to learn more about, or where you feel you need resources for your own work as a teacher. Your own work as a teacher may require you to have materials for classroom teaching-learning processes, or for sharing with colleagues for mutual learning, or simply for your self-development. It will be much more meaningful learning, if as a part of using this tool-kit, you could access, create, re-purpose and publish a OER on a topic which you want to learn/ know more about. The topic could be from the subject you teach (a science topic like ‘Light’ or a mathematics topic such as ‘number system’ or a geography topic as ‘forests’), or a larger issue in education (“Challenges of teaching in inner-city public schools”), or larger social issue (“global warming”). You could create this OER in English or in your own native language (where the need for such an OER may be even greater).