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Re: Software: msg#00031linux.suse.schools.usa
On Thursday 11 April 2002 08:53 am, you wrote: > On Thursday 11 April 2002 01:30 am, Lance Lane wrote: > > I am a teacher on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. We have the same > > story in that most of our teachers are scared of computers and can't work > > Desktop Apps on Linux > This seems to go back to the old line of Linux makes a great server, but > what else can it do? KDE and GNOME have made some pretty impressive > strides, but both lack the apps you're talking about(specifically school > oriented. KDE's Edutainment stuff is pretty darned nifty though. I don't > believe GNOME has an equivalent (I could be wrong, please don't flame me! > :-) The page www.edu.kde.org has the info from the world according to K. > Andrew I will answer your questions line by line: > Questions > 1. What would Standards based grading be exactly? Are you referring to a > standardized method for calculating grades? We could address this with > templates for KOffice and Open Office. What would these standards be? AN: I am referring to Academic State Standards per Subject. The ability to import your state standards into the gradebook and produce a rubric to be graded for each standard. www.media-x.com produces a gradebook that can transfer information to a palm using a desktop base program (Based in Filemaker Pro) > 2. Lesson Planning. There are some project management tools for GNOME, but > I don't know of any true lesson plan apps. If one is developed it should > be able to output to HTML. > 3. I'm not sure computers will help teachers communicate with parents > unless they have computers and can get e-mail. :-) AN: Actually I am talking about a program that can produce forms from information from the gradebook on whether or not their student is meeting the state standard in a subject. A Progress report. However, some parent's do want e-mail notification on their childs progress. Part of our school is a boarding school and many parents work hundreds of miles away and we can communitcate by e-mail. > > What language would be ideal for use in schools? At Georgia Tech they use > a non-language nicknamed Russ-cal after the guy who "invented" it. > Although, there are a couple of compilers out there now I think. Anywho, > what language should be taught in school. Russ-cal is very simplistic > (read: unlike C). I think an interpreted language like Python on Perl > would be best. But, that's just my opinion. AN: Me too. > > On the edu.kde.org site there are links to topic based programs. What do > you think is missing? I think what I am looking for in particular is "decision making software". I have used AGE OF EMPIRES and Civilization in class. What I would like personally would be a program that puts students into historical situations and roles and let them try to make alternative choices: Example: Decision for Truman - Do we drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What alternatives do we have? > > > Oh yeah, if you don't have it, download KDE 3. I finally got around to it > last night and it rocks! > > Peace > --andy -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-schools-usa-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, email: suse-schools-usa-help@xxxxxxxx For help, email: suse-schools-usa-owner@xxxxxxxx |
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