1. James Falkofske Director of Online Learning - St. Cloud Technical College www.PedagogyOnline.comwww.PedagogyOnline.com TechnologyBites.blogspot.comTechnologyBites.blogspot.com James Falkofske Director of Online Learning - St. Cloud Technical College www.PedagogyOnline.comwww.PedagogyOnline.com TechnologyBites.blogspot.comTechnologyBites.blogspot.com

2.  What are portable applications  Benefits  Where to Find  Types of Applications

3.  Run off any device  USB Flash Drive  Portable Hard Drive  iPod or MP3 player with file storage  No installation to computer (no changes to computer; no files left behind)  Does not require special hardware or software to operate  Designed to require less resources (hard drive, memory, etc.)

4.  Use in Labs and Borrowed Machines  Can be used in secured settings where software is not allowed to be installed  Information and Programs  Take all your information and programs with you  Carry your web-browser and bookmarks  Contact Lists:  Take your email and IM contacts lists with you

5.  File Compatibilities:  Take your presentation and required software with you  No worries about file incompatibilities  Older Computers  Can run on older computers  Can be run on computers at remote sites  Free software

6.  PortableApps.Com  Main and best source  Regularly updated  Well organized site  SourceForge.net  Larger resource of open source software  Multi-platform (Win / Mac / Linux)  Must search for “portable” term  PenDriveApps.com  Links to software  Advertising supported

7.  Commercial format adopted by some USB Flash manufacturers (www.u3.com)  Only software specially designed for the U3 system can be run in its menus (Windows)  Some free software / others are commercial  Preloaded with some program / utilities

8.  Development (programming)  Games  Graphic & Photo Editing  Internet Applications (browsers, IM, FTP)  Music and Video  Office and Business  Utilities (file tools, encryption, compression)

9.  OpenOffice – clone of Microsoft Office 2003  GIMP – photo editor with multiple layers  Audacity – multitrack audio production  Firefox – web browser / D2L compatible  Thunderbird – email for multiple accounts  7-Zip – file archiver and compressor  Toucan – File backup and sync

11. James Falkofske Director of Online Learning St. Cloud Technical College jfalkofske@sctc.edu jfalkofske@sctc.edu www.PedagogyOnline.com TechnologyBites.blogspot.com