Hi David, On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:36 AM, David Groos <[email protected]> wrote:
> I can't speak to coding issues, but as a teacher who is starting to delve > into open source education software, the biggest needs are: > --simplicity/documentation/stability I _think_ we've worked quite hard on the simplicity & stability issues. I know we could do better on the documentation part. TuxMath recently added a tutorial that introduces at least the basics, but I think we could do more there. > > --assessment ie reporting and customization capabilities (I see that > student x can do this so her next step is to...). In other words a great > need is for time-efficient, methods of assessing individual skills/knowledge > and fine-tuning what they do next. I'm not a teacher, so I thank you for your input here. This is _precisely_ the problem space at which I'm aiming this proposal. > --While there are many great things about LDAP, the problem with it is that > if a teacher is in a school where those who control the keys to technology > don't want to support the teachers, it's tough luck for the teacher if an > LDAP is required. An option for w/-w/out LDAP would be nice. Agreed. For schools that use Macs & Windows, I also fear that LDAP may be beyond the capabilities of many administrators to install. --Tim
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