> > * 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) There are quite a few of these listed at apps.kde.com, try the link: http://apps.kde.com/uk/0/browse/Educational > * enyclopedia > like encarta > is the database online? > is kdict the same? > other languages? Currently at apps.kde.com is listed QGeo, which can read and display CD's from the National Geographic Interactive collections. > * 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 There are a number of translation apps at apps.kde.com, to list a few: KQuick KSteak KabelFish QTrans Wordtrans > 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" The closes to this I think is KEduca. > * 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 The closest here I think is Keuklid (a little more advanced, this one teaches geometry). But there is also kalcul. > 10-14: > sequences, algebra, perimeters, areas > first: explain how to do something > then: tasks to solve > > * printing greeting cards