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Hi,

in the attached file you'll find some ideas for applications for schools we 
can make. 

I also talked to my parents about that. They are teachers and my father is 
principal of a school. Unfortunately my father has similar arguments as 
Kristian cited. The other problem is, that he already knows Windows and 
hasn't the time to learn linux since he is the only one doing the system 
administratioin at his school. At the moment they are using Windows 2000 - 
but I am working on that ;-). But he wants to support us by giving ideas.

I asked him about commercial software they are using. They have Mediator 6.0 
at the school, but he said, that it is quite complex to use. They also have 
several programs by publishers of school books. The disadvantage with these 
is, that they are totally fixed to the content of the school books and don't 
give the freedom to teachers to change to content so that it fits to the 
pupils knowledge.

Also on Windows there is not very much software that supports teachers to 
easily prepare material for lessons. Many teachers have a lot of material at 
home, so it would be great if they can use this material and share it with 
other teachers. Also we don't have the ressources to set up apps with huge 
knowledge databases, so why not getting the open source idea in there. My 
father suggested a napster-like system.

When developing apps we have to bear in mind, that many schools are not 
equiped with good computers yet and that the computer room is not always 
accessable. So an app for e.g. "fill the gap" (in german: Lückentext) should 
have several features:
- to prepare the content
- offline use: to print work sheets (without color - work sheets need to be 
copied) with 2 versions: one for the pupils, the other one with the answers 
for the teacher
- online use: so that children and youngsters can use it on the computer 
during a lesson or at home (the correct answers must be locked then).

So far,
eva





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