<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">>>----- Original Message ----<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">>>From: RalfGesellensetter <rgx@gmx.de><br>>>To: kde-edu@kde.org<br>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:03:03 PM<br>>>Subject: Re: [kde-edu]: An idea for a new application.<br>>><br><div>>>Am Montag 11 Juni 2007 20:19 schrieb Kalló Bernát:<br>>>> I am not sure if I'll have much time to spend on the project this<br>>>> summer, but I'll try to do the best I can.<br>>><br>>>Jo napot, Kalló, and welcome to the list.<br>>><br>>>I think I saw something similair done with WIMS, a math content server.<br>>>But as for native programmes, I don't remember
any.<br>>><br>>>As I get you (and Miguel), this could be a central use case:<br>>><br>>>The user (student) is presented a randomly created equation like:<br>>><br>>> 3x + 4 = 5x<br>>><br>>>Now he has to subtract 3x on both sides. Miguel's idea was to "drag" <br>>>the "3x" term from left to right, switching its sign:<br>>><br>>> + 4 = 5x ^<br>>> ..[3x]../<br>>><br>>>I am a bit critical with this: You can't "move" terms, but what you do <br>>>is identical operations on both sides. I prefer a balance model, here.<br>>><br>>>But in general, I like to support this idea.<br>>><br>>>Kind regards<br>>>Viszontlatasra.<br>>>Ralf<br>>>_______________________________________________<br>>>kde-edu
mailing list<br>>>kde-edu@mail.kde.org<br><a target="_blank" href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu">>>https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu</a><br></div></div><br><br>Good Evening.<br><br>First an introduction. My name is Ben and I am a Canadian who is working as high school math and physics teacher in New Zealand. I was first introduced to Linux almost 10 years ago - something around RedHat 4 or 5. Since then I have been using it to various degrees for various tasks.<br><br>One of my current projects is a customized live boot cd based on edubuntu that integrates
with our existing school network. The project is still in its early
stages, but so far is going very smoothly.<br>
<br>Now for the current thread.<br><br>In my searches for various applications I have been finding that there seems to be an abundance of applications for various tasks. However, most of them are either aimed at the primary level (ages 5 to 12) or the university level. For some reason there seems to be a lack of appropriate applications at the early high school level (ages 11 - 15, 16).<br><br>The idea presented here is fantastic. It is aiming an application at the exact level that I am finding a hole.<br><br>Unfortunately, I too lack the programming skills to be of use. I will, however, be more than willing to participate in other aspects of the project.<br><br>Anyone else who happens to need help with a high school math or physics project please feel free to contact me through the mailing list - I usually keep a close eye on the developments here.<br><br>Thanks to all of you who contribute to open source and specifically the kde-edu team. The
applications I have used and continue to use are a great tool that I will continue to use to assist in the classroom.<br><br>Ben<br><br><br><br></div></div><br>
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