Re: Education for Kids

Hi Timothée,

Thanks for connecting - great you are happy to participate :-) And apologies for not getting back in touch sooner.
Robert and I will come back some time next week with some suggested dates for a kick-off meeting… and a Plan :-)

Have a good weekend, meanwhile,

Frances
> On 27 Aug 2021, at 15:27, Timothée Giet <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Frances,
> 
> I didn't answer before as you said you'll get back in touch later, but
> just to confirm, I'd be glad to participate ;)
> Same availability as Aish.
> 
> Cheers,
> Timothée
> 
> Le 25/08/2021 à 10:41, Frances Tait a écrit :
>> Welcome, Timothée! And thanks Aśwarya for your availability and other
>> comments.
>> 
>> I’ll be in touch again later this week after a pow-wow with the team here.
>> 
>> Frances
>> 
>>> On 24 Aug 2021, at 20:55, Aiśwarya KK <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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 😉
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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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