GCompris activity proposal - Farming

[Edoarda Vallim]

Hello, I made some modifications on my proposal, the link is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z5EkSlgzvERK-f4xlNLpUor6mUfWZkHpXtxqNMug_OA/edit?usp=sharing
Please tell me what you think and if it's better.
Thanks for your time!


On Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 17:42 Timothée Giet <animtim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes the goal is not to make a complicated accurate simulation, we must
> find ways to simplify things to just introduce the ideas.
>
> If you want to select only part of the items I listed, please keep the
> Agroforestry part with the climate part. I'm sure we can find simple
> activity combining those two principles.
>
> And again, thanks for choosing to contribute to GCompris for your project!
>
> Cheers,
> Timothée - GCompris
>
>
> Le 08/04/2019 à 22:18, Edoarda Vallim a écrit :
>
> I like the ideas, however I think some of them are very complicated to put
> in a game for small children.
>
> Maybe I can add something about the climate now and let the other ideia as
> future work?
>
> I'm doing this as an undergraduate project (I'm a computer science
> student) and I'm adding my advisor to this conversation. :)
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 09:23 Timothée Giet <animtim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Edoarda,
>>
>> Thank you for the reply.
>> About the ideas I have for this activity, I didn't think yet of a
>> specific game-play, just about the concepts that should be included, like:
>>
>> -learn to combine trees and shrubs with crops or livestock. Show how they
>> interact with the soil at different levels and show the effects of good or
>> bad associations.
>>
>> -Include the effects on Biodiversity.
>>
>> -Include natural elements (interactions with rain and sun), and have
>> several levels representing the different climate conditions in the world
>> (and different plants for each region).
>>
>> There are more ideas that could be included, I just listed the most
>> important ones in my opinion.
>>
>> I'm looking forward to your new proposal :)
>>
>> Timothée
>>
>>
>> Le 05/04/2019 à 17:00, Edoarda Vallim a écrit :
>>
>> Could you please tell me your ideas? I'm planning on studying the topics
>> you sent me and create a new proposal soon.
>>
>> Em qua, 3 de abr de 2019 às 16:34, Timothée Giet <animtim at gmail.com>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> Le 03/04/2019 à 19:36, Edoarda Vallim a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hello, my name is Edoarda. I would like to make an activity for
>>> GCompris, if it's okay!
>>>
>>> The link to the proposal is here: ttps://
>>> docs.google.com/document/d/1_s9d_O8rCQ3vxc8w9nIa5vXK-LkN4Wdv0LKH5W8Vs3U/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> Thanks for your attention!
>>>
>>> Note: This activity is a personal project, I don't intend entering on
>>> SoC/GSoC with it. However, I would still like you to aprove it, since I
>>> would like to see it becoming a part of GCompris sometime.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Edoarda,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your interest to contribute a new activity in GCompris.
>>>
>>> I've read your proposal. Actually we have been discussing recently about
>>> the idea to add an activity to teach about agriculture. But I would prefer
>>> to have something teaching the principles of permaculture and agroforestry
>>> (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture and
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry ), rather than something
>>> entirely based on manually adding fertilizers and water like in your
>>> proposal.
>>>
>>> Can you please study a bit those principles and try to adapt your
>>> activity proposal to integrate those ideas? I have a global idea of what
>>> could be done on that topic, so ask me if you have any doubt.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Timothée
>>>
>>
>>
>
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