Re: Education for Kids

Hello again Frances,

> Hi Emmanuel, Everyone,
>
> On discussing this with the team, we felt this topic merits its own
> video, not just a news item, (probably via Zoom or similar
> - unfortunately we are still under too many restrictions to risk
> actual filming, I think). We hope you’d still like to contribute, of
> course.

Good idea!

Here we would go for Jitsi instead of Zoom 😉

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> Essentially we are looking to follow the trail from creation of the
> software (with reference to Qt, we hope, and KDE) to how it helps
> teachers, where it’s used, how it's received, just as you suggest.
>
> This means starting with a conversation with Timothëe, who doesn’t
> even know about this yet :-).
I added Timothée in CC.

>
> Perhaps you (Emmanuel and Aiśwarya) can give us some idea of your
> availability (CEST time) in the coming couple of weeks so we can
> propose an initial online meeting to talk about it - assuming you’re
> still interested.
I am available from 18:30 to 20:30 during week days.

Cheers,
Aish


>
> Meanwhile I shall talk to Timothée and see if he’s happy to join us..
>
> All the best,
>
> Frances
>
>> On 24 Aug 2021, at 12:29, Emmanuel Charruau <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am also happy to participate. My knowledge of GCompris in class is
>> only restricted to my own usage but I could for example explain how
>> GCompris helps on several key moments of teaching:
>> - notion presentation
>> - explicit research
>> - research with two pupils
>> - research alone
>> - training
>> and how it eases to organise the work in groups of needs instead of
>> the usual unique group that we find so often in classes.
>> Regards,
>> Emmanuel
>>
>>
>>
>> Le mar. 24 août 2021 à 12:22, Aiśwarya KK <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hello Frances,
>>>
>>> I am happy to participate. Just a correction, I am not a teacher by
>>> profession but I have a good network of teachers from south India.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much!
>>> Aish
>>>
>>> Le 24/08/2021 à 10:54, Frances Tait a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi Paul,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the prompt reply.
>>>
>>> On 23 Aug 2021, at 21:27, Paul Brown <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Monday, 23 August 2021 16:33:46 CEST Frances Tait wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Frances,
>>>
>>> How are you doing?
>>>
>>>
>>> Good, thanks. Hope you are as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> We’re thinking of doing a feature on Education for Kids in our October
>>> edition of KDAB News
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6iAaspdiKGS0Bs2wDOIVj8f
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6iAaspdiKGS0Bs2wDOIVj8f>>
>>> Might KDE have something to contribute to that? We’d be looking,
>>> probably,
>>> to Zoom interview somebody who could talk about what’s on offer via KDE,
>>> how it’s being received, who’s interested, something like that.
>>>
>>> We came across Kturtle and KAlgebra, but perhaps there’s also
>>> something else
>>> you might want to suggest. Wed be happy to have suggestions on an angle
>>> that allows you to tell viewers about your stuff.
>>>
>>>
>>> What about GCompris?
>>>
>>> https://www.gcompris.net/index-en.html
>>> <https://www.gcompris.net/index-en.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is great - thank you. Just what we were looking for. Albert
>>> also alerted me to this, and to Timothée, who programs it.
>>>
>>>
>>> That is arguably our most popular educational software, used
>>> literally in
>>> thousands of schools worldwide to educate hundreds of thousands of kids.
>>>
>>> I am putting Aiśwarya and Emmanuel, both teachers, both experts in
>>> GCompris,
>>> on CC. They would probably be the best people to ask about the
>>> software and
>>> how and where it is used.
>>>
>>>
>>> Very good to meet you, Aiśwarya and Emmanuel. Would you be willing
>>> to be interviewed for our KDAB News?
>>>
>>> I appreciate that’s a bit vague! We’re figuring out how to present
>>> something on kids education and likely yours won’t be the only one
>>> we’ll talk about, so it’s a bit unclear yet how we’ll do it/how much
>>> time we’ll have.
>>>
>>> Let me discuss this with the News team and we'll come back with some
>>> ideas. Perhaps next step is a meeting to talk about it.
>>>
>>> Many thanks again,
>>>
>>> Frances
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Paul
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