Education for Kids

Mon Sep 6 18:15:05 BST 2021

Hi Frances, and everyone.

This looks like a big but good plan.
I've just sent a mail to ask Bruno if he's OK to participate. I will
also ask directly to Johnny if he's interested, it would be nice to have
him participate too.

For the Kick-off meeting, both of the suggested dates could work for me
and Aish.

All the best,
Timothée

Le 06/09/2021 à 18:09, Frances Tait a écrit :
> Hi again, Timothée, Aish (I hope it’s OK if I call you that!) Paul and
> Emmanuel, also Robert, as we can’t do it without you :-),
>
> This is our rough Plan for how to go forward. It entails 3 or 4 short
> videos, 5 - 10 minutes long, introduced by KDAB. 
> Our first step would be to have a joint Zoom call to discuss and
> refine the ideas below (I know you hate Zoom but it’s just for the
> planning - happy to use something else if there’s technical reasons it
> won’t work for you). See end of this mail for suggested dates and time. 
>
> Rough Plan 1 <start>
> Video 1. An Intro and Overview of GCompris, where it’s in use, what
> inspired it, both in the education approach and the software
> development - why Qt?  This would also include mention of KDE’s
> involvement in all this.
>
> Possible participants: Robert, Paul, Bruno and Tim with help from
> Emmanuel on the intro that Robert will give.
>
> Video 2. Development of the educational concepts, some examples of
> classroom application, perhaps Emmanuel and Aish talking about their
> experiences developing the teaching material and in the classroom.
> Development of the software, challenges along the way, including
> mention of the graphics, maintaining it. Plans for the future.
>
> Possible participants: Robert, Aish, Emmanuel, Tim and Bruno (can also
> use clips from the recorded material not used in Video 1).  Possibly
> also the principal maintainer, Johnny Jazeix, though perhaps we can
> just be sure to mention him.
>
> Video 3: Q & A from the first two (we’ll invite people to ask
> questions). No plan yet - maybe we have to extend 1 and 2 into 3 and
> make the Q&A be Video 4 if we get a lot of material. Q&A could be
> recorded a few weeks/months later, after we collect questions. The
> idea is "you" answer them :-)
>
> Ideas of how we film/record these. 
> 1. We’ll turn the above descriptions (of Video 1 and Video 2) into a
> few trigger questions and let people speak freely in probably two BBB
> calls, then edit it afterwards. (It’s OK if parts of it are in French). 
> 2. If it’s not [possible to get people together, we can home in on
> more precise questions and record individual answers independently,
> depending on practical issues around recording. Ideally we’d like at
> least Bruno and Tim to discuss the software development together (for
> Video 1) and Aish and Emmanuel to discuss the educational benefits and
> challenges together (for  Video 2). 
> 3. We are assuming BBB can output raw footage of high quality that we
> can then work with. 
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> Rough Plan 1 <end>
>
> @Tim: If you would like to approach Bruno and ask him if he’d be
> willing to participate, that would be great! I expect we’d start
> recording this some time late September, early October if that suits him.
>
> Kick-off meeting - Suggested dates 
> Wednesday September 8th at 18:30 CEST or Friday September 10th at
> 18:30 CEST. Please let me know if you can make either of those and
> I’ll send an invite if there’s one that suits us all. After that it
> will have to be week 38 as I’m away all of week 37.
>
> Looking forward to meeting you guys :-)
>
> All the best,
>
> Frances
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>> On 27 Aug 2021, at 15:33, Frances Tait <frances.tait at kdab.com
>> <mailto:frances.tait at kdab.com>> wrote:
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>> Hi Timothée,
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>> Thanks for connecting - great you are happy to participate :-) And
>> apologies for not getting back in touch sooner.
>> Robert and I will come back some time next week with some suggested
>> dates for a kick-off meeting… and a Plan :-)
>>
>> Have a good weekend, meanwhile,
>>
>> Frances
>>> On 27 Aug 2021, at 15:27, Timothée Giet <animtim at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:animtim at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
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>>>>> On 24 Aug 2021, at 20:55, Aiśwarya KK <aiswaryakk29 at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:aiswaryakk29 at gmail.com>
>>>>> <mailto: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>
>>>>>>> <mailto: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>
>>>>>>> <mailto: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>
>>>>>>>> <mailto: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>
>>>>>>>> <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.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> What about GCompris?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://www.gcompris.net/index-en.html
>>>>>>>> <https://www.gcompris.net/index-en.html>
>>>>>>>> <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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