[gcompris-devel] Bruno goes Brazil

[Fionn Ziegler]

Good ideas from you guys. I'm going to try a little bit around. And
when I have a good version, I can share it and we talk about the
results. A friend of mine will do the graphics. Currently I just have
a basic playable version. But it's far from beautiful without the
graphics.
I like the idea with different bins. It could be one game with
different mods... e.g: one for the recycle stuff, one with nouns and
verbs, one for easy math operations with 2-4 bins at the bottom and
the child choose the correct one....

"I am not a teacher and GCompris is done for them."

Thats a good objection.  I am not a teacher neither... So I could ask
a teachers opinion...
Thanks for the feedback,

Fionn



On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Bruno Coudoin
<bruno.coudoin at gcompris.net> wrote:
> Le mardi 12 octobre 2010 à 16:48 +0800, julien forgeat a écrit :
>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Fionn Ziegler <fionnziegler at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Bruno Coudoin
>> > <bruno.coudoin at gcompris.net> wrote:
>> >> Le lundi 11 octobre 2010 à 15:27 +0200, Fionn Ziegler a écrit :
>> >>> Have a nice trip!!
>> >>> By the way: whats happened to the draw-chat-add-on? Did you receive
>> >>> it?
>> >>
>> >> Yes, I got it but did not checked yet. I am focussed on the wiktionary
>> >> to xml work. So far I have been able to get some results there:
>> >> http://gcompris.net/wiki/Wiktionary_to_XML
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, I will integrate your work before the next release.
>> >>
>> >>> Currently I am working on a small game in GCompris: A bad guy
>> >>> (something like a thief) is throwing trash from the top of the screen
>> >>> and the child must control a bin to catch the falling trash :-) Its
>> >>> quite funny. The child is training reaction, coordination (left/right)
>> >>> and throwing the trash into the bin (not in the street)!
>> >>
>> >> Hum, I am not a teacher but I feel the educational purpose is too small
>> >> for GCompris. This kind of training reaction is the basis of most games
>> >> and I don't see the value to have this in GCompris.
>> >>
>> >> Other advices ?
>> >
>> > I have been 1 year in a "third-world" country. I think it's a good way
>> > avoiding the children to throw the trash in the environment (the
>> > game-screen backgrounds are from the street, beach, river.......).
>> > Also had a lot handicapped children, they don't are able to play the
>> > "advanced" games. Even 1+1 is too much nor spell their own name. Maybe
>> > you can call it "environmental education"
>> >
>> > But if you really think it's not fitting, please tell me...
>> >
>>
>> Living in China, I can also comment on the fact that properly taking
>> care of your trash is not something that comes as a reflex for
>> everybody but to be honest and fair, I can see quite some trash in the
>> streets in Europe too.
>> How about making the game a bit more advanced with several bins, one
>> for paper, one for glass and so on? Also, some trash could create more
>> damage than others (throwing away a watch battery is more serious than
>> throwing away a piece of paper) It would be interesting to teach young
>> kids that all trash are not equal and need to be sorted accordingly.
>
>
> I like the recycling concept. This is something that can be appreciated
> in countries that have a system in place. Sadly, there is no standard
> for the color code (paper is blue bin, ...) so we have to forgot trying
> to be close to the reality.
>
> By the way, the same activity could be used in some very different way.
> Form example, the bins are written a number on them and operation are
> falling like 1+3. Once we will have a dictionary database, we could have
> falling words and a 'verb' and 'noun' bin.
>
> What I don't like much in this is that its time limited by nature and it
> is hard to fine tune. In some places, GCompris is used with disabled
> children were the time constraint is not acceptable.
>
> So instead of having a falling object style with a moving bin, another
> option is to drag and drop object in the proper bin. It is less 'gaming'
> but playable by all and more in the spirit of GCompris.
>
> This is just my thoughts in no definitive order.
>
> Fionn, what do you think ?
>
> Bruno.
>
>
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