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List:       kde-edu-news
Subject:    [Kde-edu-news] KDE-Edu Newsletter #3
From:       Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-11-01 15:04:16
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01 November 2001
Newsletter #3 from the KDE-Edu team

This is the third newsletter from the KDE-Edu project. The project's ultimate
aim is to create educational software based around KDE, the K Desktop
Environment and all our projects are under an Open Source licence (mainly GPL 
or Artistic Licence). This newsletter keeps you informed of the state of this
project.

We had quite a great media coverage in October in England and Germany in 
several magazines.

Website
http://edu.kde.org
We still need to get the website translation-ready which will be done soon.

Projects
We now have 9 projects in cvs and 3 in planning. Here is a short resume for
each project currently in cvs:
- KEduca aims to help the srudent to revise lessons. Needs a database of
questions, otherwise the application is fully usable.
- KHangMan: classical hangman game, for children from age 6. 4 levels. 
Interface can be polished, game can be improved.
- KLatin: aim to help the student to revise latin vocabulary and grammar. 
Early development stage, a lot to be done still.
- KLettres: for young children from 2 1/2, help them to learn the French
alphabet and French sounds. New background picture. Very simple program but 
the kids who tested it liked it!
- KMessedWords: game to test the child spelling. Find
the correct word from the scrambled letters.
- KStars provides an accurate graphical representation of the night sky, from
any location on Earth, at any date and time, with all the planets. Great
astronomical tool, very polished application.
- KTouch helps you to learn typing with your ten fingers. This application is
fully working, young pupils aged 12-15 like it a lot from the feedback we 
have!
Useful for adults too.
- KVocTrain is a vocabulary trainer. Like most of the other vocabulary 
trainers it uses the "flash card" approach with one word on one card and the 
translation
on the other.

Please see each project page on the website and have the applications tested 
if you can. Each program requires Qt2 and KDE2 to work.

Pictures and sounds
The database with graphics and sounds is growing. All this material is
under an Open Source licence.
See http://edu.kde.org/contrib/

If you have an idea for a program that would be useful, please tell us about 
it!

Next month, we'll talk about the projects in planning.

The KDE-Edu team
webmaster@edu.kde.org
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