I agree, this would make a great Activity in particular using collaboration. There are chess clubs everywhere including many schools (I had the privilege of being on the winning team of a citywide school championship in NYC when I was 12). There is abundant literature linking chess activity with school performance [1,2].
Perhaps we could interest a chess federation in sponsoring development? I believe the Gcompris engine is gnuchess. Sean [1] http://www.chess.ca/misc2008/benefitsofchess.pdf [2] http://www.il-chess.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234&Itemid=127 On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[email protected]> wrote: > I came across an article about the educational benefits of learning chess: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13140772 > > So I thought it'd be a great idea to include a chess activity on our > XOs. To my surprise, all I could find on aslo were ported GCompris > programmes. > > Are there any _native_ Sugar activities that allow children to learn > chess and play with their friends via Sugar collaboration? > > > > Sridhar Dhanapalan > Technical Manager > One Laptop per Child Australia > M: +61 425 239 701 > E: [email protected] > A: G.P.O. Box 731 > Sydney, NSW 2001 > W: www.laptop.org.au > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
