Application Evaluation.

[Georges Khaznadar]

Hilaire Fernandes a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> To start on that, what about simply listing for each teaching domain the
> most important need, then evaluate what we have in the community?
> 
> As a maths teacher I can tell in this domain, for secondary education:
> 
> 	-spreadsheet (calc, gnumeric),
> 	-interactive geometry (drgeo,kig)
> 	-cas (maxima - better used from texmacs)
> 	-text editing (openoffice,texmacs)
> 	-plotting (geg -we've i18n it-, kmplot)

as a physics teacher I can add xmgrace (easy to interface with
experimental data sources). I've i18ed it too.

best regards,			Georges.

> 	-3D geometry (nothing yet)
> 
> 
> If necessary, I can have a closer look for primary school ones as well.
> 
> Although proceeding that way is not that perfect (as it does not look at
> innovative software not used yet) it helps to get some categories of
> software teachers are waiting for.
> 
> Hilaire
> 
> Jane Weideman a écrit :
> > Hello Edubuntu Listers.
> > 
> > I have found myself in the rare position of having time to go through
> > some of the old post on the lists to see if they have been addressed
> > adequately, and I cam across this message from the Flint.
> > 
> > I do think the application evaluation process remains critical, and
> > while we have to make some autocratic (while trying to be as democratic
> > as time allows) selection for edubuntu 1.0, obviously we want to and
> > will need a more refined and defined process for handling this in
> > future.
> > 
> > Your input on the matter will be appreciated.
> > 
> > On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 08:38 -0400, flint at flint.com wrote:
> > 
> >>... moving forward with the Edubuntu
> >>
> >>>release for October. We need to start looking at the various packages
> >>>available and evaluating them, as well as classifying them in 3-4
> >>>categories such as Junior Primary (6-8), Senior Primary (9-11), Junior
> >>>High (12-14) and Senior High (15-17) etc.
> >>>
> >>
> >>This process of evaluation is critical.  As a member of the Arlington
> >>County Public Schools Advisory Council on Instructional Technology, (ACI-
> >>Tech) this is the most discussed need for the educational change agent.
> >>
> >>My own feeling is that rather than looking for packages and evaluating
> >>them, it would be wiser and more effective to build a mechanism that
> >>allows all the educators out there to evaluate packages and our job
> >>becomes tabulating and displaying the evaluations.  This is a paramount
> >>importance to the educational community, basically because all they really
> >>do is to evaluate, it is the stuff of their daily lives (ever get a bad
> >>grade? :^).  Essentially, no evaluation methodology, no edubuntu.  
> >>
> >>What we may need is a mechanism similar to what has been built to evaluate
> >>installs.  I talked some about this and I feel that this evaluation
> >>capability should be somewhat user intrusive, but should allow three
> >>general goals:
> >>
> >>1. You can tell it to buzz-off and you never see it again.
> >>2. You can tell it what you think on a casual user basis.
> >>3. You can get seriously medieval.
> >>
> >>The result can be a successful evaluation which is communicated in the
> >>same way as the install evaluations.  The same mechanism is used (actually
> >>re-used :^), to get this information back to the evaluation process which
> >>in turn updates the evaluation web site (and yadda-yadda).
> >>
> > 
> > 
> >>Kindest Regards,
> >>
> >>Paul Flint
> > 
> > 
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