From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 20:29:54 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Updated. X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/21bad2d3776f290539e86abaa31fbbfbbbb20029?ds=inline;hp=a85d724bc92a98b4b65c10d7ef060431aa775f95 Updated. --- diff --git a/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Shirish_Agarwal.html b/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Shirish_Agarwal.html index e7abfb51cb..db5695140b 100644 --- a/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Shirish_Agarwal.html +++ b/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Shirish_Agarwal.html @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@

It was a surprise to me to learn that the computer system for schools I've involved in, Debian Edu / Skolelinux, was being used in India. But apparently it is, -and I managed to get an interview with one of the project members -there, Shirish Agarwal. +and I managed to get an interview with one of the friends of the +project there, Shirish Agarwal.

Who are you, and how do you spend your days?

@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ figuratively). Even if I take the simplest software which is gcompris, the number of activities therein are amazing. Another one of the softwares that I have liked for a long time is stellarium. Even pysycache is cool except for couple of issues I encountered -#781841 and -#781842.

+#781841 and +#781842.

I prefer software installed on the system over web based solutions, as a web site can disappear any time but the software on disk has the @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ However, saying that I do acknowledge the fact that the canvas is pretty big and there are lot of interesting ideas that could be done but for reasons not known not done or if done I don't know about them. Let me share some of the ideas (these are more upstream based but -still) I have had for a long time :-

+still) I have had for a long time :

1. Classical maths question of two trains in opposing directions each running @x kmph/mph at y distance, when they will meet and how @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ far would each travel and similar questions like these.

The computer is a fantastic system where questions like these can be drawn, animated and the methodology and answers teased out in interactive manner. While sites such as the -Ask +Ask Dr. Math FAQ on The Two Trains problem (as an example or point of inspiration) can be used there is lot more that can be done. I dunno if there is a free software which does something like this. The idea @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ one train and the BSD or GNU mascot on the other train and they meeting somewhere in-between. Characters from blender movies could also be used.

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2. Loads of crossword-puzzles with reference to subjects :- We have +

2. Loads of crossword-puzzles with reference to subjects: We have enormous data sets in Wikipedia and Wikitionary. I don't think it should be a big job to design crossword puzzles. Using categories and sub-categories it should be doable to have Q&A single word answers @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ is aimed at.

Me and my friends did teach on week-ends in a government school for around 2 years, and -gathered +gathered some experience there. Some of the things we learnt/discovered there was :

@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ there was :

you have objects falling down and you have to name them and let's say the falling object is a hat or a fedora hat, this would not be as recognizable as say a - Puneri - pagdi so there is need to inject local objects, words wherever + Puneri + Pagdi so there is need to inject local objects, words wherever possible. Especially for word-games there are so many hindi words which have become part of english vocabulary (for instance in parley), those could be made into a hinglish collection or