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Portable Application Drives To Cross the
Digital DivideTimothy Kaar
Assistant Professor of Graphic DesignElgin Community College
NISOD 2006
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What is thedigital divide?
According to the Wikipedia, the digital divide is the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies and those without.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide
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What are PADs?
They are USB flash memory sticks (512 mb)They are high speed (15 - 25 mb/sec)They have applications copied to them
apps have small footprintsapps are self containedapps are often open source
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Kingston Data Traveler
Kingston Data Elite
OCZ Rally
LET’
S C
OM
PARE
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Kingston Data Traveler
6MB/sec read, 3MB/sec write
Kingston Data Elite
24MB/sec read, 14MB/sec write
OCZ Rally
28MB/sec read, 15MB/sec write
SPEE
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Kingston Data Traveler
6MB/sec read, 3MB/sec write
$24
Kingston Data Elite
24MB/sec read, 14MB/sec write
$56
OCZ Rally
28MB/sec read, 15MB/sec write
$27
CO
ST
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OCZ Rally
28MB/sec read, 15MB/sec write
$27
OU
R C
HO
ICE
Because speed is important!
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Why use them? Addresses Digital Divide
provides students with tools for successlow cost
Consistencyamong students, improving supportacross computers i.e. home-school-library
Shallow Learning Curveavoids feature bloatsimple interfaces
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Surprise Reasons
Reduced PlagiarismFewer Lost PapersIncreased Sense of Worth
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Examples of Portable Applications
Abi WordNVUInkscapePhotoFiltreFileZillaAudacity
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Abi Word
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word.
Uses tables, bullets, lists, images, footnotes, endnotes and styles to enhance a document.
Supports many common file formats, including Word documents.
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NVU
NVU is a WYSIWYG HTML editor.NVU publishes files to a website.NVU does simple file management of a website.
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Inkscape
Inkscape is an open source vector based drawing program, similar to Adobe Illustrator.
Inkscape uses SVG format, which is supported by Adobe.
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PhotoFiltre
PhotoFiltre is a raster based image editing program. Similar to Adobe Photoshop.
Common image editing techniques and formatting for the web are available.
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FileZilla
FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features.
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Audacity
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Record live audio.Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
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More Examples
PStartSunbirdThunderbirdGAIM
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PStart
A utility “desktop” for the USB drive, in order to manage files and applications.
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Sunbird
The Sunbird Project is a cross platform stand alone calendar application.Only pre-release versions currently available.
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Thunderbird
Full-featured email applicationSupports IMAP and POP mail protocolsHTML mail formatting
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GAIM
GAIM is an instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and WindowsCompatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks
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Where Do You Find?
Portable Apps Suite:http://portableapps.com/Links to downloads also at:http://faculty.elgin.edu/tkaar/conferences/NISOD_06
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Set Up
1) Download apps to a computer.2) Combine apps in appropriate folders.3) Copy Files to a USB drive.
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In Use
Prototyped in 3 classes:
Developmental EnglishIntro to ComputersColor Theory & Typography
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Developmental
Mainly used AbiWord word processor.Benefits of the simplified interface:
reduced cognitive loadstudents could concentrate on improving their english skills vs. computer skillsimproved chances of incremental successes
English
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Intro to Computers
The class examined many applications.AbiWord was the app they were most likely to use.Plagiarism was cut down because students stored their projects on their USB drives.
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Color Theory & Typography
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Color Theory & Typography
Generally used InkscapeMain benefits:
take home and work on PCused for both color & typography projectscould import into Adobe Illustratorcould export raster image for web display
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Summary
PADs are USB thumbdrives installed with applications.PADs make applications portable.PADs provide students with tools for success.PADs make support easier.PADs reduce cognitive load allowing students to focus on lesson objectives.
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AbiWord: http://www.abisource.com/Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/FileZilla: http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/GAIM: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/Inkscape: http://www.inkscape.org/NVU: http://www.nvu.com/index.phpPhotoFiltre: http://www.photofiltre.com/Sunbird: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/index.htmlThunderbird: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
Portable Apps Suite: http://portableapps.com/
Links
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Thank you
Carole Robertson, V.P. of Finance & Administration; Ned Coonen, Director of Information Technology and Barb Dohrman, Director Academic Computing and Network Support for funding and supporting the project.Mary Hatch, Dean of Visual and Liberal Arts for her tireless support of innovation.Gena Glickman, V.P. of Instruction & Student Services and the ECC Faculty Development Committee for funding this presentation to NISOD.
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Thank you for attending