Re: Debian for education
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> The "toys" should be handled by a meta package jr-toys. The
> preschool/primary would be jr-basic-skills or some such, and everything
> else would be categorized according into non-age-specific packages focused
> on the kind of thing being installed (e.g. jr-typing, jr-math, jr-games)
Possibly the better solution.
> I am having a hard time conceiving of what would go in an 8-10 or 10-14
> age range meta package. I'm thinking once kids get into this age range
> their tastes will be closer to that of an adult, and most things an adult
> would use are suitable for these children too.
For sure. But a game could exist in both task-packages or we could (if
someone thinks that the task-<age> idea is good - I don't know for myself)
make a task_8-14 package ...
> However, if you're talking about education, it may be a different matter
> altogether ... I haven't really thought about age-specific educational
> software yet, because, to be frank, I haven't seen a whole lot (except for
> the stuff aimed at very small children). I am not an educator, so maybe
> the educators on the list can comment.
In my opinion children and education stuff should not be split. In my eyes
a computer is not only a toy and I want to teach my son with it. So I
would strongly vote to integrate education issues into Debian-Jr.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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