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List:       kde-edu
Subject:    Re: [KDE-EDU]: ideas for applications
From:       Eva Brucherseifer <eva () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-07-15 21:59:04
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Sorry, I forgot to save the file before sending it away :-(
Here is the correct version.

eva
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* apps for learning to use a computer
hot to use the mouse
reconfigure the desktop in a game (as kpersonalizer, but for kids)
app to learn to type (several levels: learning the letters, learning to use 10 fingers)

* enyclopedia
like encarta
is the database online?
is kdict the same?
other languages?

* language software
kvoc
with pictures
animation
embedded in a story
voice based
(in Germany pupils in the age of 6-10 will learn english from next year on,
but without writing, only based on talking)

grammar training
"fill in the gap" program -> to make work sheets for teachers and online exercises for children

spell training -> ala "didacta"

treasury of words: learning of similar words


* apps based on good TV programs for kids
- sesamestreet
- in Germany: Löwenzahn, Die Sendung mit der Maus

* little games

* school lesson wizard
like a school book in multimedia
you can add films, pictures, text
use of kparts: noatun, kword, pixie, ...
-> ala "mediator"

* databases for knowledge about history, biology, ....
apps based on exchangable databases, so that users/teachers can share the databases

* keduca
database is missing
helps the child to revise a subject

* math
young:
children get tasks like "4+7=" and if it's right they see a nice animation

10-14:
sequences, algebra, perimeters, areas
first: explain how to do something
then: tasks to solve

* printing greeting cards






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