[gcompris-devel] GSoC Project

[Lavanya gunasekaran]

Hi Everyone,

I am happy to be a part of GNOME community and I have been accepted for Google
Summer of Code 2013 intern under GCompris project of GNOME.I would like to
thank the author Bruno Coudoin <https://live.gnome.org/BrunoCoudoin> for
providing me this opportunity.Through this intern I would like to contribute
to GCompris suite with the following activities

Crack the code
     An activity that teaches cryptography to kids in an interactive
manner.This module comprises of following two activities
     1)Substitution cipher(encryption)
     2)Decipher(decryption)

Cook Book
     Activity in which kids can choose some food items from the given menu
and learn to prepare by themselves.Kids will also learn about measurements
while adding ingredients to make the recipe.

Stop,look,listen
     Kids will be taught how to follow traffic light signals,hand
signs,Zebra crossing etc.


Hang on with computer
*    *1)Explore the parts
      To identify computer parts spread over the User Interface.
     2)Simulation with CPU
       Simulation activity that centered around the CPU.Inner parts of CPU
such as memory, disk, CPU, graphic card and screen will be shown.when the
children hit run,they will see how the CPU works basically.

Meteo station
     Various instruments such as Rain gauge, hygrometer, barometer,
thermometer etc that are associated with meteo station are explained to
kids with concept of how to measure with those instruments.

 ***About me:*

I am Lavanya, pursuing second year post-graduation in Anna University,
Chennai, India.I have been FOSS enthusiast for more than two years now. It
is my conviction to contribute and promote my ideas, passion, and hobby
through FOSS. This project is one of my many steps towards that goal.

I welcome all your suggestions over my project so that it will help me to
do my works in a better way.



Cheers,

Lavanya