thokr is a sleek typing TUI with visualized results and historical logging. It’s written in the Rust programming language.
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Category: Education
amphetype – advanced typing practice software
amphetype is a layout-agnostic typing program. It’s aimed at individuals who don’t need an on-screen keyboard.
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tt – terminal based typing test
tt is a terminal based typing test. By default tt creates a test consisting of 50 randomly generated words from the top 1000 English words.
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InvenioILS – run a digital library or document repository
Invenio ILS is a modern integrated library system. This system is based on Invenio.
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bibclean – BiBTeX and Scribe bibliography prettyprinter and syntax checker
bibclean prettyprints input BibTeX files to stdout, or to a user-specified file, and checks the brace balance and bibliography entry syntax.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – Education
Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering educational software such as e-Learning, typing tutors, bibliography tools, foreign language.
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Vocage – minimalistic terminal-based vocabulary-learning tool
Vocage is a minimalistic terminal-based vocabulary-learning tool. It presents flashcards using a spaced-repetition algorithm (e.g. Leitner).
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a learning platform for educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Educational Games
Educational games are games designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject or help them learn a skill as they play.
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conrad – conferences and meetups on your terminal
conrad is a free and open source command-line tool designed to help you track conferences and meetups. The tool is written in Python.
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7 Best Free Books to Learn about Scratch
Scratch is a visual programming language developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. I recommend 7 free books that really help young people to master Scratch. These recommended texts are also open source goodness.
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Linux With Education – Best Free Education Apps
In this article, we award 42 medals to superb open source educational software. We identify free software ideally suited for young people, parents, teachers, academics, and administrators – basically anyone involved in education.
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refbase – multi-user interface for managing scientific literature & citations
refbase is a web-based solution institutional repository and reference management software for managing scientific literature, references and citations.
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Great Ways for Kids to Learn the Art of Coding
We are surrounded by coding (often known as programming). That’s why all the cool kids are coding, or they should be. However, computer classes in the UK are dictated by the national curriculum, with students limiting their computing activities to learning applications such as Word and PowerPoint, and using the internet to help with their school work. However, learning how to use Microsoft Office is often of little or no interest to kids. They are motivated by interactive activities such as programming, as they like to make things to find out how they work.
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Top 4 Tools for Writers
Writing is one of the essential skills in modern society. Being able to communicate effectively is paramount both at work and at home. It makes your thinking visible to others, and is the main way in which work, learning, and intellect is judged by others.
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