On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:16:35 +0100 (BST) Firinel Taranen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there anyone on the list who, aside from > programming , is also versed at all in child > development and what is age appropiate? I am a qualified primary teacher in the UK and have been following this thread for a while. I posted a while back with the idea of 'progression' claiming that lyx would probably not fit this model. A text editor would probably be a good way forward, but not for long. One thing mentioned in an earlier post was what we use these kind of apps for (I think reference was made to memos and some kind of small database). If think like this, we might fall in to the mistake of assuming that children use a computer for the same activities as we do. Some children will use computers to program and to organise data, but not all. Children love to customise and make things "their own". This is normally done by choosing garish designs and formatting. Children tend to use IT for presentation, rather than organisation. A text editor wouldn't be suitable for this task. Lyx doesn't really do this kind of thing easily, leaving only some kind of WYSIWYG app. My suggestion is that we push forward a text editor for the basic editing functions and then move the children on to OpenOffice.org for presentation. If they are already using Linux for desktop, chances are they will already have a version of it installed. As an aside, including it within the distribution for children will act as method of advocacy, with children telling their peers about OO.o. I doubt if they will be advocating about text editors. Just my 2p. adam
