As a participant at CS4HS Chicago 2010 you were given a 16GB USB flash drive containing applications that can be run on a windows machine from the flash drive. This includes the software used in the main tutorials (Scratch and Alice) at the all-day training sessions. The good news though is that even if you weren't able to attend, you can retrieve the software from the links on this page.
PortableApps.com describes how to download free software that runs off a flash drive. The drives handed out included a suite of applications as well as additional programs, described below. (Much of the information below is included on the flash drives in a file called README.txt)
Important: When using Portable Apps on a flash drive, when you are done close all your portable apps and the PortableApps menu. Then select the 'Safely remove..' option from the icon in the system tray. Removing the flash drive while it is in use can corrupt your apps and cause data loss.
Visit PortableApps.com to download the software suite and to download and install many additional apps in the categories described below. Some additional links are given below to software that often is installed separately from PortableApps.
Java: Allows running Java apps even if not installed on PC
Mines-Perfect: game
Sudoku: Sudoku game
FretsOnFire: A guitar-hero type game
GIMP: Image editing (takes several minutes to load... wait for it...)
IcoFX: Icon editor program
XnView: Picture view, edit, convert, Web page creation
Firefox: Web browser
Pidgin: IM
KompoZer: HTML editor
PuTTY: SSH and telnet client
Skype: IM, Video chat, phone calls
WinSCPP: File transfer: FTP, SFTP
CoolPlayer+: audio player
Audacity: sound editing and recording
VLC: audio/video media player, plays most formats
OpenOffice.org: full functioning office suite:
Writer: word-processor
Calc: spreadsheet
Impress: presentations
Base: database
Draw: drawing
PNotes: Sticky Notes
Thunderbird: email
Sunbird: calendar
ClamWin: antivirus
Keepass: password manager
sumatra PDF: PDF reader
Lightscreen: Take screenshots and save in different formats
NotepadPlusPlus: Syntax-highlighting editor
PDFTKBuilder: split, collate, password protect pdf docs
SpeedCrunch: Algebraic Calculator
SpyDLLRemover: Spyware detection and removal
Toucan: Synchronise, Backup and Encrypt Data; For advanced users.
WinDirStat: disk usage stats viewer and cleanup tool
Downloaded from http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Scratch_1.4_Download
Scratch can be run off a flash drive by putting all the files in
a directory and running it from that directory. Showing how to add
Scratch to the PortableApps Menu is described at:
http://www.scratchguide.com/run-scratch-from-flash-drives/
Downloaded from the Downloads tab at: http://alice.org
Alice can be run off a flash drive by downloading the files and running
from the directory where the files are.
If you like creating games, consider also exploring Gamemaker:
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/
At the Java Programming Resources page below see the links to downloads and online free books from Reed's UIC Intro Programming site
A crash course in C++ for Java Programmers. (resource accompanying Horstmann's book "Big Java")
Online C++ textbook by Schildt
C tutorials: (found by doing a search in www.google.com for: C tutorial )
Register on the App Inventor site
Nice ASCII table
Lightbot (fun online flash game that motivates the need for subprograms)
New AP CS Principles course [College Board site]: http://csprinciples.org
Exploring Computer Science, curriculum that has been successfully implemented in the Los Angeles school district: http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/ExploringCS.html
Snagit (It's not free, but about $38 for an educational license.)
YouTube can be used to illustrate exactly what a programming assignment looks like when it runs, as shown in this example, which was recorded using Snagit.
DropBox.com 2 GB free, synchronize your files in the cloud
Jing Screen video capture. Free version allows capturing up to 5 minutes of video/audio.
fileinspect.com/task-manager Auslogics task manager
Gtopala.com provides a download link for the excellent System Information for Windows (SIW). Free, and can run off your flash drive, though I had trouble launching it from within PortableApps. You can see passwords stored behind asterisks in applications, license codes, etc. This is handy to use before wiping your machine.