[sugar] GSoC 2008- Importance of Typing Tutor

[Samuel Klein]

Prakhar,

It is indeed much needed.  I hope you apply for GSoC.
Please add your ideas, and links to  code and design, to our page on typing
tutors:
   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Typing_tutor

Cheers,
SJ

ps - In the area of related projects, while we do have Speak and Words, we
still need a speaking tutor that trains pronunciation.  And we need a
handwriting tutor that trains handwriting in specific scripts.


On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Prakhar Agarwal <prakhar.jiit at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Everyone!
> I'm an undergraduate student from India. Recently, I conducted an online
> survey and discussed with many developers and XO users at #olpc and #sugar
> channels about the requirement of a Typing Tutor. I believe that typing
> tutor is one of the most essential and crucial applications required in XO.
> This software should be developed at the earliest. OLPC's aim to provide the
> children with opportunities to explore and experiment is not fulfilled by
> only providing the required hardware. We need to equip them with the
> knowledge of using the machine for efficient learning which in my honest
> opinion, is the *Very First* building block of a child's future through
> OLPC. This role can be easily and efficiently played by a typing tutor
> utility. It will help children learn typing in a fun filled and effortless
> manner and most importantly they will get familiar with the interface of XO
> machine. I have developed a typing tutor called "TypeTut" and a text editor
> named "TextPRO" which won plaudits from industrialists. Both were developed
> at university level and were regarded as best designed applications. I have
> already created a sample design for the application. So, I'm ready to
> contribute to the motive of OLPC. Looking forward to a healthy collaboration
> with OLPC.
>
> Contacts: prakhar.jiit at gmail.com (GTalk), Prakhar (IRC)
>
> Regards,
> --
> Prakhar Agarwal
> Technical Head - Library R&D Team
> 3rd Year
> B.Tech, IT
> JIIT University,Noida, India
>
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