Same goes for GIMP, OpenOffice, Avast, etc.
That’s part of why I love teaching with Google Apps – it’s free for them to get at home. You shouldn’t train kids to use programs that they can’t actually acquire at home. When you’re teaching kids from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds, free is better. Here I’m referring to the open source movement as a subset of the free software movement (see here). If you’re curious, the blend of programs I usually download from ninite for school machines:Īnyone else have good tools they like to use when setting up a new computer? I’ve been using ninite for about a year to set up school and personal computers, and I’ve been happy with every experience. The installer skips all those annoying toolbar downloads and saves you a ton of time. You just choose the programs you want (including many open-source options) and then download an installer. Ninite gives you a great list of programs to choose from. is a huge time saver and makes my life so much easier. At my small school, anything I want to install has to be done manually, sitting in front of each computer. If you’re working at a larger school, chances are your computers are networked and it’s a little easier for you to install and update your machines.
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