Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla's Firefox is a web browser.

(It's like Internet Explorer, only much better for you and your students!)

Make sure you click on blue

(hyperlinked) text.

Better than IE? How?

Firefox is FOSS. Firefox is full of features. Firefox offers endless customization

features.Firefox runs on Windows or Mac.

Windows: 2000 or higherMac: OS X 10.4 or higher

Click here for more information on system requirements.

Firefox is FOSS

Free Software- “a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.” (FSF, 2007, ¶3)

Open Source- access to the source code under certain distribution terms

Free is better!

Firefox is Full of Features

Security

Full zoom

Spell checker

Great for those with visual impairments!

These are just a few.

Security

Parental controls Pop-up blocker Password manager Phishing and malware protection

For more informationon Firefox's security,

click here.

The add-on, Ad Block Plus will completely remove ads from websites. (This keeps students from accidentally clicking on ads!)

Full ZoomThis

becomes this.

To zoom in Firefox, just hold down Ctrland use the scroll

button on the mouse.

Spell Checker

Teach students to right-click and select the correct spelling,

or have them find the correct spelling on their own to make edits.

Firefox Offers Endless Customization Features

Add-ons are the cornerstone of customization,and are what really makes Firefox

exceptional for education.

Here are a few examples.

Text-to-Speech

Accessibar- also includes other accessibility features (e.g., change font and background color)

Parolu- for webpages written in Esperanto FoxLingo- “The Ultimate Language Tool!”

Web Page Translation Supports 52 languages There are also 75 different

language dictionary add-ons. Click here to see them.

Calculators

These add-ons offer an alternative to buying scientific calculators:

Graphing Calculator Toolbar Galculator Calculator

Research

Notefish- allows users to save, organize, and share snippets of web pages

Zotero- helps users collect, manage, and cite research sources.

Diigo- social bookmarking uses the power of others' searches to improve research