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 * Thursday evening, April 24 7:00–9:15 PM**

Jeff Ingraham, Educational Service Unit 3**
 * T31 Exploring Free Open Source Software for the Classroom

If your school is like most educational institutions, you are probably faced with financial constraints when it comes to integrating technology into curriculum. Competing demands for resources and the high costs of commercial software can be major obstacles. Fortunately, there are TONS of sources of FREE software available thanks to the open-source software development community. Participants in this workshop will learn how FREE versions of open source programs such as Open Office, Audacity, GIMP, Firefox, NVU and LOTS more can help you bring 21st century technology into your classroom today. (Mac—Lobby B)

"Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live." -Peter Cochrane