All about OSI

What is OSI? 

OSI stands for Open Source Initiative. Below is a brief explanation about what it is, some images, and links to the programs that are included. Open Source normally refers to a program that has it's code open to the public to download or modify it for free. The changes made can be shared with the community. 

How can a program be OSI Certified?

In order to be OSI Certified, programs have to meet the following criteria: 

• • The author or holder of the license of the source code cannot collect royalties on the distribution of the program
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• The distributed program must make the source code accessible to the user
  
• The author must allow modifications and derivations of the work under the program's original name
  
• No person, group or field of endeavor can be denied access to the program
  
• The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's being part of a particular software distribution
  
• The licensed software cannot place restrictions on other software that is distributed with it.        

Programs that use OSI 

There are many programs that are open source, or are OSI Certified. 

• Open Office
• Gimp
• Scribus
• Audacity
• Moodle
• Cmap Tools 
• ... 

Here are some of the logos of the programs mentioned above and the links to download some of them. 

Links: 

AUDACITY: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/?lang=es

OPEN OFFICE: http://www.openoffice.org/download/

SCRIBUS: http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus

CMAP TOOLS: http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/

1st Trimester Summary

During this trimester in Technology we studied lots of interesting subjects and learned many exciting things! Here we have a brief summary of all the great things we did:

• Blog editing
• What is moodle 
• How to create a form in google docs 
• How to create graphs in google docs 
• All about QRs

BLOG EDITING:

I am posting this on a blog so I think that it is good proof of how I have learned to use blogs. We use Blogger.com and post wonderful blogs full of images, audio files and others! 

What is moodle? 

We have studied moodle not only as a webpage we use at school but as a webpage you download for free and can edit. We have also learned that it is Web 2 and not Web 1 so you can edit and exchange info on the web instead of downloading it. 

Forms in google docs:

We have created a survey about web browser with google docs for our classmates. We have learned how to do a form with one or more possible answers for each question and how to share it with others. We have also learned how to check the answers and see what and how many people have answered. 

Graphs and spreadsheets in google docs:
After collecting the answers of our surveys we have tabulated them on a google docs spreadsheet and organized them adecuately. We have also learned how to do graphs for the information that was collected. 

QRs:
Some of us, for extra credit, have downloaded a QR app in our mobile phones. We have then scanned them (there was one for each grade) and talked about them and discussed their positive aspects on a forum in moodle. 

This trimester was great!