Technologies for teaching, learning and research
Availability: Labs | Free Download Comparable: PyScripter The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a compiler system produced by the GNU Project supporting a wide variety of programming languages and architectures. GCC’s external interface follows Unix conventions. Each of the language compilers is a separate program that reads source code and outputs machine code. All have a common … Read more
Availability: Free Download Comparable: Magic is a very large scale integration layout tool. The main difference between Magic and other VLSI design tools is its use of “corner-stitched” geometry, in which all layout is represented as a stack of planes, and each plane consists entirely of “tiles” (rectangles). The tiles must cover the entire plane. … Read more
Availability: Labs | see TexMaker Comparable: LaTeX (/ˈleɪtɛk/ lay-tek or /ˈlɑːtɛk/ lah-tek) is a document preparation system and document markup language. LaTeX uses the TeX typesetting program for formatting its output, and is itself written in the TeX macro language. LaTeX is not the name of a particular editing program, but refers to the encoding or tagging conventions that are used in LaTeX documents. For software to edit LaTeX, … Read more
Availability: Labs | Download Comparable: SPSS, SAS, MiniTab JMP is a computer program that performs simple and complex statistical analyses, and dynamically links statistics with graphics to interactively explore, understand, and visualize data.
Availability: Labs Comparable: Orca JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows that allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output or by a refresh-able Braille display. JAWS features: Two multi-lingual synthesizers: Eloquence and Vocalizer Expressive Talking installation Built-in free DAISY Player and full … Read more
Availability: Labs | Download Comparable: Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa iPhoto is a digital photograph manipulation software application for Mac OS which allows the user to import, organize, edit, print, and share digital photos. iPhoto ships with all Mac computers and can also be downloaded in the Apple App Store. While iPhoto serves as an easy to use editor and organizer, … Read more
Availability: Labs | Download Comparable: Final Cut Studio, Windows Movie Maker iMovie is a video editing application created by Apple that allows a user to record, create, and edit their own movie footage. This application is made for Mac OS devices and is available for free in the Apple App Store (using OS 10.9 Mavericks or higher). A … Read more
Availability: Labs | Discontinued Comparable: iDVD was a DVD-creation application for OS X that allowed the user to burn QuickTime Movies, MP3 music, and digital photos to a DVD. iDVD is no longer being developed by Apple and was withheld from new Macs as of July 2011. Newer macs can only get iDVD by using old … Read more
Availability: Labs | Free Download Comparable: The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) is a Java-based software framework for analyzing and visualizing geoscience data. IDV is developed at the Unidata Program Center (UPC), part of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, Colorado, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. The IDV “reference application” is a geoscience … Read more
Availability: Labs | Download Comparable: iTunes is a media player computer program used for playing, downloading, saving, and organizing digital music and video files. The iTunes Store is available on Windows and Mac computers as well as the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad.Through the iTunes Store, users can purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, audio books, podcasts, movies, and movie rentals in … Read more
Availability: Labs Comparable: Hawkes College Algebra, Hawkes Essential Calculus The software associated with the Hawkes Learning System’s Intermediate Algebra course.
Availability: Labs Comparable: Hawkes Intermediate Algebra, Hawkes Essential Calculus The software associated with the Hawkes Learning System’s College Algebra course.
Availability: Labs | Download Comparable: Geometer’s Sketchpad Graphic Analysis is a low-cost, downloadable graphic software program created by Vernier. This program is designed to help the user create, analyze, and learn about graphs. The software is both available for Windows and Mac devices.
Availability: Labs | Free Download Comparable: ESRI Arc GIS Google Earth is a virtual globe, geographical program created by Google. The program uses digital elevation model (DEM) data collected by a NASA space shuttle to create the 3D map. With Google Earth, viewers can view satellite imagery of large portions of the globe. Users can also explore ocean … Read more
Availability: Labs | Free Download Comparable: GNUPlot is a command-line program that can generate two- and three-dimensional plots of functions, data, and data fits.
Availability: Labs | Download Comparable: GEOrient plots and analyses stereographic projections and rose diagrams of geological structural data. Sources can be copied and pasted from other applications or read from text files. Wind rose options include plotting mean wind data (wind speed/wind frequency/wind energy).
Availability: Labs | Free Download Comparable: GEMPAK, the GEneral Meteorology PAcKage, is an analysis, display, and product generation package for meteorological data. It is developed by NCEP (the National Centers for Environmental Prediction) for use by the National Centers (Storm Prediction Center (SPC), Tropical Prediction Center (TPC), Aviation Weather Center (AWC), Hydrologic Prediction Center (HPC), Marine … Read more
Availability: Labs Comparable: Hawkes Intermediate Algebra, Hawkes College Algebra The software associated with the Hawkes Learning System’s Calculus course.