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# Government of India has issued the 'open standards in eGovernance' policy in November 2010, which requires government departments to use only open standards. The OpenOffice document standard (ODF) has been notified under this policy, while the MS Office format .doc is not open and hence not notified under thus policy
 
# Government of India has issued the 'open standards in eGovernance' policy in November 2010, which requires government departments to use only open standards. The OpenOffice document standard (ODF) has been notified under this policy, while the MS Office format .doc is not open and hence not notified under thus policy
 
# FOSS is available in all subjects, which allows us to integrate computer into regular teaching learning. The table below provides some popular FOSS subject tools.
 
# FOSS is available in all subjects, which allows us to integrate computer into regular teaching learning. The table below provides some popular FOSS subject tools.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|'''Subject'''
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|'''Public Software'''
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|'''Description'''
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|-
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| rowspan="5" |
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'''SCIENCE'''
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|Kalzium
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|Kalzium shows the periodic table and the properties of elements. It is an encyclopedia, explaining states of matter, evolution of elements. Basic equations can be balanced using this tool.
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|-
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|KStars
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|Desktop planetarium-Astronomy with over 130000 stars, all planets, etc.
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|-
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|Stellarium
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|This is a desktop planetarium software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars.
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|-
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|PhET
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|Fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomenon
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|-
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|KTechLab
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|Can be used to build your own circuits and explain various components
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|-
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| rowspan="3" |
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'''MATHS'''
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|Geogebra
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|An algebra and geometry package providing for both graphical and algebraic input, very versatile to create lesson plans and resources for maths learning
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|-
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|Tux Math
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|A fun game through which children can practise their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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|-
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|KBruch
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|This tool can be used to explain fractions as well as for the children to practice arithmetic problems.
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|-
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|'''LOGIC'''
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|KTurtle
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|K Turtle can be used to create exercises to learn logic.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" |'''SOCIAL STUDIES'''
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|KGeography
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|Quiz on different states and capitals across the globe
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|-
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|Marble
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|This acts as a dynamic desktop atlas.
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|-
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| rowspan="4" |
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'''ENGLISH'''
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|KHangman
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|Guess the correct work with a certain number of guesses allowed
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|-
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|KAnagram
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|Unscramble the word
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|-
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|KLettres
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|Identify the alphabets by recognising the sound
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|-
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|'''Tux Typing'''
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|Tux Typing" is an educational typing tutor.
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|}
 
[[Category:A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit]]
 
[[Category:A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit]]

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