Education for Kids

Mon Sep 6 20:18:33 BST 2021

Johnny answered he's interested to participate, he can talk about the
code/dev part.
I'm adding him to the discussion.

Still waiting for Bruno's answer.

Timothée

Le 06/09/2021 à 19:15, Timothée Giet a écrit :
> 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.
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> 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. 
>>
>> 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:
>>>
>>> Hi Timothée,
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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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