Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to Software Engineering in Java
This MIT course is an introduction to Java programming and software engineering. The focus is on developing high quality software that solves real problems.
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Finale Music: Finale Note Pad for Windows
A free music notation software program! From the makers of Finale, the industry standard for this type of software, Finale NotePad can be downloaded from Coda for free. Although it is an entry level version of Finale, it is quite useful.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Program Analysis Using App Inventor
In computer science, program analysis is used to determine the behavior of computer programs. Flow charts are an important tool for understanding how programs work by tracing control flow. Control flow is a graphical representation of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Is a Program?
Using a few blindfolds and a simple taped floor maze exercise, students come to understand that computers rely completely upon instructions given in programs and thus programs must be comprehensive and thorough. Then students learn to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Do You Make a Program Wait?
Building on the programming basics learned so far in a corresponding Robotics unit, students learn how to program using sensors rather than by specifying exact durations. Working with the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots and software, they...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Automatic Floor Cleaner Computer Program Challenge
Students learn more about assistive devices, specifically biomedical engineering applied to computer engineering concepts, with an engineering challenge to create an automatic floor cleaner computer program. Following the steps of the...
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New Breed Software: Tux Paint
This resource provides a free drawing program designed for elementary students.
NC State University
All I Really Need to Know About Pair Programming I Learned in Kindergarten
A description of the software team development approach known as pair programming.
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Java Ranch: Java Programming Style Guide
An alternative style guide for writing clear code in the Java programming language.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: That's Hot! Robot Brain Programming
With the challenge to program computers to mimic the human reaction after touching a hot object, students program LEGO robots to "react" and move back quickly once their touch sensors bump into something. By relating human senses to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Java Programming of Ocr
Student groups use the Java programming language to implement the algorithms for optical character recognition (OCR) that they developed in the associated lesson. The ultimate goal is to produce computer code that recognizes a digit on a...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Programming Case Study: Going Beyond the Ka Curriculum
To give fellow teachers ideas for how they can teach the KA curriculum in a classroom setting, they created case studies. Here's how software engineer-turned-teacher Jenny Oliver builds upon the curriculum in her classroom.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Collaborative Software
Find out how some apps and programs allow for real-time or asynchronous collaboration.
Other
M Hon Arc: Earl's Perl's
An index to Perl software programs, resources, and libraries available on the World Wide Web.
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Edureka: Java vs Python : Comparison Between the Best Programming Languages
Compare software programming languages.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Presentation Program
This article explains how presentation software is used, and what types of software are available for this purpose.
Other
Honey Software: Personal Video Telecommunications
Honey Q is a conferencing program that allow users to combine instant snapshots with instant messaging-style communication.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Android Acceleration Application
This unit includes two sequential lessons. In the first, students create mobile apps that collect data from an Android device's accelerometer and then store that data to a database. This lesson provides practice with MIT's App Inventor...
School Express
School Express
This site contains free educational software programs to order. It also contains resources for teachers and parents.
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Certiport: Quickbooks Study Guide [Pdf]
This guide was created to help students prep for an exam on the bookkeeping software program Quickbooks. It can also be used as a tutorial from which students can learn the program with step by step guidance. PDF.
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Testbytes: 5 Most Common Software Testing Methodologies
Learn how to choose the right software testing model.
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Gimp the Gnu Image Manipulation Program
GIMP is an open source software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems and in many languages. This site provides the latest releases, information about the GIMP...
Other
Pigeons.net: Midi Software
Pigeons.net offers a collection of different types of MIDI software available for download.