On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Kate Scheppke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > I'm a computer science student, one of many applicants to the Google > Summer of Code / OLPC project who came up just a bit shy of > acceptance. Nonetheless, I plan to move ahead with working on my > proposed project, a typing tutor. My mentor on this project is Wade > Brainerd.
Thank you. > The goal of this project is to deliver an activity that allows > teachers to create typing lessons for children that are written in the > kid's native language using age-appropriate words and sentences. The > application will do this using a flexible lesson screen that displays > an on-screen keyboard and one or two of a variety of tools to indicate > progress/speed/accuracy etc. For each lesson, the lesson screen will > be formatted using the lesson text and settings provided in a separate > text file edited/written by teachers. As time permits, I plan to > develop a GUI interface to help teachers create these lesson text > files. > > If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback on this project > please let me know. I have suggested that any typing program should support all of the keyboard layouts on the XO, and also SCIM (Smart Common Input Method). This should include Dvorak and one-handed Dvorak layouts. > Thanks! > > Kate > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
