Am Sonntag 07 September 2008 schrieb Andreas Tille: > I have no idea about the criteria which make a package fit for > education but some review might be interesting (for instance there is > a Debian packaged version of Avogadro which a hint was given to in > this thread listed on Debian Science).
Dear Andreas, you are hitting a good point here. Let's try to collect some criteria and place them on a prominent web space... Practically aspects: Software that is already being used by teachers in educational context might be called fit for school. Usability: In most cases (apart from computer science), software fit for school will need an intuitive GUI (Qt, GTK), multilingual documentation, abilitiy to save and continue your work. Needed Knowledge: Some scientific software is only usable for scientists with a knowledge beyond what is taught in secondary schools. Use Cases: In educational context, I'd distinct different kinds of use cases. Software fit for school should match at lease one of them. This list coming into my mind is probably not complete: A. Productive software - result orientated Software to write a text, draw a sketch, create a mindmap B. Software supporting self managed learning Software that enables students to find out relations etc. themselves. These could be simulations (KStep) or interactive quizes (KGepgraphy). C. Software connected to a specific subject being part of a curriculum e.g. object orientated modelling/UML (umbrello); Kalzium (chemistry) D. Meta learning ... to be ctd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
