My definition of a web based application is not a server based content management system such as those listed here but rather applications that can be run in a web browser. Whilst often not open source, they are often created from open source applications and can be used freely, running in your browser.
There are a range of online image editors developed from the GIMPsource code such as www.flamingtext.com and you can access free word processing, spreadsheets and presentations using Google Docs.
eyeOS is open source, has the simplest possible account creation and provides effectively an entire OS + Application package that will run in a browser window. http://www.eyeos.info/
I think there may well be scope here to discuss free to use and open source browser based appilcations rather than just CMS software.
I think it's important to maintain a distinction between open source applications which a school or local authority can install themselves, and over which they thus retain full control of user data and can tailor to their own requirements if necessary, and free web 2.0 / cloud applications which may give rise to concerns over data protection and e-safety. Gnu's creator, Richard Stallman, had some interesting things to say about the Cloud back in September, and I and many, many others have blogged about this.
That said, there's certainly more to web-based applications than CMSs.
Although Moodle, Elgg and Wordpress have much in common with traditional content management systems, by focussing on learning communities, social networking and blogging, they meet the specific needs of their users far more closely than a generic CMS ever could.
Thanks for pointing us in the direction of eyeOS, which, as it is open source, can be installed by a school or LA to provide a web-based desktop to all its pupils, providing a not dissimilar functionality to google docs or indeed desktop office apps. Other web-based apps that it would be good to cover here soon include webmail interfaces like the venerable SquirrelMail and their extensions into full groupware applications like www.egroupware.org.
I think you should also include Plone (www.plone.org) as it is a widely used CMS in the public sector. Many Public Sector organisations use it in the UK as well as around the world. My company has helped educational organisations such as MOD (Defence Academy), UCL, Univ of Leicester with Plone.
Free / Open Source SIS - Student Information Software - for managing student data. A student information system may provide capabilities for entering student test and other assessment scores, building student schedules, tracking student attendance, and managing many other student-related data needs.
My definition of a web based application is not a server based content management system such as those listed here but rather applications that can be run in a web browser. Whilst often not open source, they are often created from open source applications and can be used freely, running in your browser.
There are a range of online image editors developed from the GIMP source code such as www.flamingtext.com and you can access free word processing, spreadsheets and presentations using Google Docs.
eyeOS is open source, has the simplest possible account creation and provides effectively an entire OS + Application package that will run in a browser window. http://www.eyeos.info/
I think there may well be scope here to discuss free to use and open source browser based appilcations rather than just CMS software.
I think it's important to maintain a distinction between open source applications which a school or local authority can install themselves, and over which they thus retain full control of user data and can tailor to their own requirements if necessary, and free web 2.0 / cloud applications which may give rise to concerns over data protection and e-safety. Gnu's creator, Richard Stallman, had some interesting things to say about the Cloud back in September, and I and many, many others have blogged about this.
That said, there's certainly more to web-based applications than CMSs.
Although Moodle, Elgg and Wordpress have much in common with traditional content management systems, by focussing on learning communities, social networking and blogging, they meet the specific needs of their users far more closely than a generic CMS ever could.
Thanks for pointing us in the direction of eyeOS, which, as it is open source, can be installed by a school or LA to provide a web-based desktop to all its pupils, providing a not dissimilar functionality to google docs or indeed desktop office apps. Other web-based apps that it would be good to cover here soon include webmail interfaces like the venerable SquirrelMail and their extensions into full groupware applications like www.egroupware.org.
I think you should also include Plone (www.plone.org) as it is a widely used CMS in the public sector. Many Public Sector organisations use it in the UK as well as around the world. My company has helped educational organisations such as MOD (Defence Academy), UCL, Univ of Leicester with Plone.
SchoolForge: Student Information Systems (SIS)
Free / Open Source SIS - Student Information Software - for managing student data. A student information system may provide capabilities for entering student test and other assessment scores, building student schedules, tracking student attendance, and managing many other student-related data needs.