Idea for adding a new activity to GCompris

Mon Aug 21 13:20:29 UTC 2017

Hi,
For me this is way to complicated to do to reach a good quality and even if
you get it right we will not be able to translate it 😕.

Emmanuel

Le 21 août 2017 15:07, "Aman Gupta" <gupta2140 at gmail.com> a écrit :

> I've thought to make it a Story-mode cum game like activity. Like in the
> beginning, he will first explain "What is Solar System and planets?" in a
> fun manner by introducing Solar System with a song which will attract the
> child and make him sing along. Here's one such example-  *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94> . *Kids are very fond of
> such activities and will really enjoy learning in this manner. I really
> liked this introduction to the Solar System.
>
> Then after the introduction, there will be an Astronaut or a
> spaceship(with an Astronaut sitting inside it), on top of the Earth which
> would introduce himself and tell that currently we are currently on planet
> Earth, like, "Hello Captain, my name is Brock. You just saw the Solar
> System and explored it a bit. Wanna got out into space on a delightful
> adventure? We are currently on Planet Earth. That's where our home is(Then
> he will tell some things about Earth). Let's visit some other planets and
> check out what's there. We're now ready to board. Left click on any other
> planet to travel to it." And the Astronaut or Spaceship will fly to it.
> When it Reaches there, it will tell some facts about that planet. Like,
> "Captain, we've reached planet Jupiter. Wow!! It's so big. Do you know,
> Jupiter is the Largest planet in the  solar system, etc." and so on.
>
> In this way, child will enjoy learning about solar system and will learn
> without even feeling he is learning.
> Regards,
> Aman
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Johnny Jazeix <jazeix at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> please can you try to dig more and propose something more concrete? The
>> idea of learning about the solar system is interesting but we need to make
>> it good for children.
>>
>> Can you look for other supports that teaches about it and take the best
>> from them?
>>
>> You can propose a mock of what it would look like for example (don't
>> directly send images to the mailing list, use external links).
>>
>> Having a discussion is nice but it needs to be on something advanced, not
>> just the idea.
>>
>> Regarding the con, it's just an idea, maybe having a zoom feature and/or
>> a possibility to follow closer a planet could be nice.
>>
>> Johnny
>>
>>
>> 2017-08-21 9:57 GMT+02:00 Emmanuel Charruau <echarruau at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> *https://www.bforball.com/images/planets/planets.jpg
>>> <https://www.bforball.com/images/planets/planets.jpg> *looks good to me
>>> and you can make the planet revolving around the sun.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Emmanuel*
>>>
>>> 2017-08-21 9:42 GMT+02:00 Aman Gupta <gupta2140 at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Yes, we can surely make planets revolve around the Sun and this would
>>>> be more attractive and fun for children. However we must consider the
>>>> following pros and cons:
>>>>
>>>> *PROS:*
>>>> It would make the activity fun and attractive for children to study,
>>>> and they will not be bored.
>>>>
>>>> *CONS about adding revolutionary movements:*
>>>> However, if i make round orbits around the Sun and place the planets in
>>>> their respective orbits and make them revolve, it would look congested, and
>>>> further we would have to reduce the size of the planets as well, to fit all
>>>> the 8 circular orbits in the screen as shown here-  *https://www.bforball.com/images/planets/planets.jpg
>>>> <https://www.bforball.com/images/planets/planets.jpg>* . If so, static
>>>> Solar System would be preferrable as here: *http://s1.dmcdn.net/NoiVN/
>>>> <http://s1.dmcdn.net/NoiVN/>1280x720-F8c.jpg  *or here-  *
>>>> http://www.smilepolitely.com/?ACT=33&f=solar_system_2__full-width.jpeg&fid=25&d=9143&
>>>> <http://www.smilepolitely.com/?ACT=33&f=solar_system_2__full-width.jpeg&fid=25&d=9143&>*
>>>>
>>>> If this is a reasonable problem, we may find some other way to make it
>>>> more dynamic.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 1:20 AM, JAZEIX Johnny <jazeix at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with Emmanuel, we shouldn't just do a lesson then quiz. It has
>>>>> to be interactive, the child has to learn "without knowing it".
>>>>>
>>>>> A similar idea on what is done in explore activities, having a real
>>>>> solar system, with each planet having its label, its own size, distance of
>>>>> the Sun and own revolution around the Sun could be a good start for example
>>>>> (play/pause buttons, click on planets to get information)...
>>>>> Then having another level where we can ask to click on specific
>>>>> planets or other questions like that...
>>>>>
>>>>> https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qt3d-planets-qml-example.html is way too
>>>>> complicated for children but may provide some interesting ideas/data.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once we have agreed, can you please create a task in phabricator (
>>>>> https://phabricator.kde.org/project/view/142/) so we can have what
>>>>> would be good to have and we can follow the progress?
>>>>>
>>>>> Johnny
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/20/17 16:36, Emmanuel Charruau wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Gupta,
>>>>> If solar system seems interesting, the way you approach teaching does
>>>>> not work really well with childrens as they are still learning reading.
>>>>> Could you not find a way to make it interactive to keep their
>>>>> attention ?
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Emmanuel
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 20 août 2017 14:53, "Aman Gupta" <gupta2140 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello! I'm Aman Kumar Gupta, a 2nd year UG at IIIT Bhubaneswar,
>>>>>> India. I've been going through GCompris over a month and have come up with
>>>>>> an idea about an activity which i want to work on.
>>>>>> *Idea:*
>>>>>> This activity is regarding Solar System, which would teach kids about
>>>>>> the planets and their properties in our Solar System, like Planet's name,
>>>>>> their size, distance from the Sun, Duration of day and night there, time
>>>>>> taken by it to cover one revolution around the Sun etc.
>>>>>> *Way of presentation:*
>>>>>> The activity will consist of 2 levels. the 1st Level aims at teaching
>>>>>> the child about Solar System, rotation, revolutioin etc by showing pictures
>>>>>> and animations. And the 2nd level will be a quiz, where some questions will
>>>>>> be asked based upon what they've learned, in an interactive manner.
>>>>>>  Example- Which is the 5th planet in our Solar System etc. which
>>>>>> would be followed by 'n' options(depending upon the question) each and the
>>>>>> child has to drag the correct planet to the indicated position.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any feedback/suggestion will be highly appreciated!
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *--------------------------- *
>>>>>> *Aman Kumar Gupta*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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