Education for Kids

Fri Aug 27 14:27:57 BST 2021

Hi Frances,

I didn't answer before as you said you'll get back in touch later, but
just to confirm, I'd be glad to participate ;)
Same availability as Aish.

Cheers,
Timothée

Le 25/08/2021 à 10:41, Frances Tait a écrit :
> Welcome, Timothée! And thanks Aśwarya for your availability and other
> comments.
>
> I’ll be in touch again later this week after a pow-wow with the team here.
>
> Frances
>
>> On 24 Aug 2021, at 20:55, Aiśwarya KK <aiswaryakk29 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:aiswaryakk29 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello again Frances,
>>
>>> Hi Emmanuel, Everyone,
>>>
>>> On discussing this with the team, we felt this topic merits its own
>>> video, not just a news item, (probably via Zoom or similar
>>> - unfortunately we are still under too many restrictions to risk
>>> actual filming, I think). We hope you’d still like to contribute, of
>>> course.
>>
>> Good idea!
>>
>> Here we would go for Jitsi instead of Zoom 😉
>>
>>>
>>> Essentially we are looking to follow the trail from creation of the
>>> software (with reference to Qt, we hope, and KDE) to how it helps
>>> teachers, where it’s used, how it's received, just as you suggest.
>>>
>>> This means starting with a conversation with Timothëe, who doesn’t
>>> even know about this yet :-).
>> I added Timothée in CC.
>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps you (Emmanuel and Aiśwarya) can give us some idea of your
>>> availability (CEST time) in the coming couple of weeks so we can
>>> propose an initial online meeting to talk about it - assuming you’re
>>> still interested.
>> I am available from 18:30 to 20:30 during week days.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Aish
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Meanwhile I shall talk to Timothée and see if he’s happy to join us..
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Frances
>>>
>>>> On 24 Aug 2021, at 12:29, Emmanuel Charruau <echarruau at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:echarruau at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I am also happy to participate. My knowledge of GCompris in class is
>>>> only restricted to my own usage but I could for example explain how
>>>> GCompris helps on several key moments of teaching:
>>>> - notion presentation
>>>> - explicit research
>>>> - research with two pupils
>>>> - research alone
>>>> - training
>>>> and how it eases to organise the work in groups of needs instead of
>>>> the usual unique group that we find so often in classes.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Emmanuel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le mar. 24 août 2021 à 12:22, Aiśwarya KK <aiswaryakk29 at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:aiswaryakk29 at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Frances,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am happy to participate. Just a correction, I am not a teacher
>>>>> by profession but I have a good network of teachers from south India.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you so much!
>>>>> Aish
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 24/08/2021 à 10:54, Frances Tait a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Paul,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the prompt reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 23 Aug 2021, at 21:27, Paul Brown <paul.brown at kde.org
>>>>> <mailto:paul.brown at kde.org>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, 23 August 2021 16:33:46 CEST Frances Tait wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Frances,
>>>>>
>>>>> How are you doing?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Good, thanks. Hope you are as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We’re thinking of doing a feature on Education for Kids in our October
>>>>> edition of KDAB News
>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6iAaspdiKGS0Bs2wDOIVj8f
>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6iAaspdiKGS0Bs2wDOIVj8f>>
>>>>> Might KDE have something to contribute to that? We’d be looking,
>>>>> probably,
>>>>> to Zoom interview somebody who could talk about what’s on offer
>>>>> via KDE,
>>>>> how it’s being received, who’s interested, something like that.
>>>>>
>>>>> We came across Kturtle and KAlgebra, but perhaps there’s also
>>>>> something else
>>>>> you might want to suggest. Wed be happy to have suggestions on an
>>>>> angle
>>>>> that allows you to tell viewers about your stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What about GCompris?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.gcompris.net/index-en.html
>>>>> <https://www.gcompris.net/index-en.html>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is great - thank you. Just what we were looking for. Albert
>>>>> also alerted me to this, and to Timothée, who programs it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That is arguably our most popular educational software, used
>>>>> literally in
>>>>> thousands of schools worldwide to educate hundreds of thousands of
>>>>> kids.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am putting Aiśwarya and Emmanuel, both teachers, both experts in
>>>>> GCompris,
>>>>> on CC. They would probably be the best people to ask about the
>>>>> software and
>>>>> how and where it is used.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Very good to meet you, Aiśwarya and Emmanuel. Would you be willing
>>>>> to be interviewed for our KDAB News?
>>>>>
>>>>> I appreciate that’s a bit vague! We’re figuring out how to present
>>>>> something on kids education and likely yours won’t be the only one
>>>>> we’ll talk about, so it’s a bit unclear yet how we’ll do it/how
>>>>> much time we’ll have.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me discuss this with the News team and we'll come back with
>>>>> some ideas. Perhaps next step is a meeting to talk about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks again,
>>>>>
>>>>> Frances
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
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