[gcompris-devel] Re: Gcompris languages

[John Cuzzola]

> On your side, can you tell us more on the usage your having of gcompris, is
> it a pilot project? how many classroom are using it, what age?
> 
> Don't hesitate to tell us what teachers/children like or don't like so 
> that we
> can improve gcompris.

*** Hi Bruno,
(thanks for the ldd) Well we're a school district with approx 15,000
students (approx 60 elementary & 12 high schools). For years we were/are
using a
Windows/Novell combination at all our locations. Because of budget
constraints and Microsoft's licensing costs I was quite happy with the IT
Manager's decision to pilot Linux not only as a File Server (Samba) but on
the desktop as well. In September we piloted the system at two
elementary schools
and it was a success. The Kids loved it (actually they loved
Tux), teachers liked it as well and the two pilot projects graduated to
permanent installations. The labs are based on the LTSP.org project which
I'm sure you are aware of. Well it's worked so well that the decision was
made that in three years ALL schools will be converted to Linux (Even in
the high schools where they will probably be dual boot Linux/Windows but
the Novell servers will be replaced with Samba). Gcompris is a VERY
important element in our success. The teacher's think it's great and it's
one of the few programs designed for the grade 1-3 age groups. As for
suggestions I'll ask some of the teachers for input but I think if you
just keep doing what you're doing (adding boards) that will be perfect. I
had some problems with gcompris 0.96 locking up but I believe it was
mainly due to ogg123. My version of vorbis would core dump when it tried 
to play a .ogg file so I upgraded it as well as upgraded to Gcompris
1.00Pre3. I'll send you the output of "gdb -c core gcompris" if it
re-occurs frequently but I believe the problem was with my vorbis
version. Anyways thank-you very much for volunteering your time and
skills, it has made a huge difference. For more info on our school
district as well as our long term plans:

www.sd73.bc.ca
www.sd73.bc.ca/tux

Thanks again :)

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 | John Cuzzola               |                        |
 |  jcuzzola at sd73.bc.ca       | 1383-9th Avenue        |
 |  System Analyst/Programmer | Kamloops, BC  V2C 3X7  |
 |  School District #73       | Phone:  (250) 374-0679 |
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> Bruno.
> 
> John Cuzzola wrote:
> 
> >>For the english sounds, I am sory but due to some error on my side, I 
> >>found out that I lost them. Only letters and number are in english, 
> >>other words are in french.
> >>I plan to reenter them but I will need to re-record my wife probably 
> >>next week.
> >>
> >
> >*** No problem - it is not vital .. 
> >
> >>In the meantime, teach them french directly ;-)
> >>
> >
> >*** Actually we do ... We have about 6 schools as French Emersion so they
> >most definitely appreciate the French language capibilities of
> >gcompris. Thanks again for your efforts. If I could trouble you for one
> >quick thing..Could you please send me the output of 
> >
> >ldd gcompris
> >
> >on one of your machines so I can compare your shared library versions with
> >mine (We have gcompris 1.00Pre3)...
> >
> >Thanks:)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >>Bruno.
> >>
> >>
> >>John Cuzzola wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi there,
> >>>I've successfully downloaded and compiled Gcompris 1.00 pre-release
> >>>3. However the language is French even though I installed the English
> >>>sound package. Comparing the english and french sounds files it looks like
> >>>they are exactly the same. 
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for your work with the software .. We are a large school district
> >>>in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (15000 students) and we're
> >>>converting all our Window's machines to Linux. The kid's love it :)
> >>>
> >>> _____________________________________________________
> >>>| John Cuzzola               |                        |
> >>>|  jcuzzola at sd73.bc.ca       | 1383-9th Avenue        |
> >>>|  System Analyst/Programmer | Kamloops, BC  V2C 3X7  |
> >>>|  School District #73       | Phone:  (250) 374-0679 |
> >>> -----------------------------------------------------
> >>>   ... In God we Trust, all others must show proper
> >>>                     identification ...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
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