Education for Kids - Agenda

[Frances Tait]

Hi All,

Apologies for the long delay from me, caused by a sudden attack of acute glaucoma in one eye from which I am recovering fast. Happily I can still see  :-) 

As Robert is on vacation just now and both of us will be tied up most of the rest of this month, I suggest we pick it up again in November to look at scheduling.  I’ll finetune the outline below, meanwhile. 

The plan still is to film material for 2 or 3 videos, some early next year by which time we may be able to shoot actual film for some bits to make it more interesting:

Video 1: Focus on GCompris from edu perspective, its inception, reception and global uptake. What were the challenges encountered? Who was involved? Briefly, what made Bruno switch to Qt? Hoping we can get some real interview/conversational footage with at least Bruno here, via a film-maker colleague in France, if he’s available.

Video 2: Focus on the Software aspect, reference to KDE and opensource, a look at the update and maintenance issues.  We can have a KDAB Qt expert ask some key questions of the engineers here, perhaps. Looping back to the educational aspect and the overall story of GCompris and its success.

Video 3: Q&A (maybe a few months after the first two), with video participants answering questions posed in the comments section*
*If none, No Video

Can someone meanwhile kindly put me in touch with Bruno so I can find out if he’d be willing to participate?

All the best,

Frances




> On 8 Sep 2021, at 17:23, Frances Tait <frances.tait at kdab.com> wrote:
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> Hi Folks,
> 
> An outline agenda for when we meet:
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> Aims for this meeting
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> 1. Get to know each other
> 2. OK/Fine tune the 'Plan'
> 3. Clarify practical recording issues
> 4. Plan First session
>  - who’s needed?
>  - confirm subject matter
>  - possible dates
>  - what else?
> 
> See you later,
> 
> Frances
> 
>> On 7 Sep 2021, at 18:53, Paul Brown <paul.brown at kde.org <mailto:paul.brown at kde.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> On Monday, 6 September 2021 18:09:57 CEST Frances Tait wrote:
>>> 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.
>> 
>> Oh wow... I don't think I can provide anything of value more than what Tim, 
>> Johnny and Emmanuel can in the technical aspects. Quite the contrary.
>> 
>> I can talk about how KDE is trying to get more schools, teachers, parents, and 
>> especially kids to use the software, if that is of any use to you.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Paul
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Frances Tait | frances.tait at kdab.com | Marketing and Partner relations
Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company
Tel: Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090, USA +1-866-777-KDAB(5322)
KDAB - The Qt, OpenGL and C++ Experts

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