Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:35:49 -0700 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFD: proposed new (likely virtual) category, education Message-ID: <90bc2852-1aac-3c80-e502-e21c29355139@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9fbe1a5e070d76e2cc581321c21bb608@gundo.com> References: <342ff706e1eb34f7283e24107fd03ded@gundo.com> <91dc3ebd-56a4-5779-84d1-09ae7a820791@heuristicsystems.com.au> <6cab9a5f37fdd3df47252165cb2b19fa@gundo.com> <adc23bd4-1b26-db0b-3f2e-0770f8756888@gmail.com> <9fbe1a5e070d76e2cc581321c21bb608@gundo.com>
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On 7/18/20 11:16 AM, Pau Amma wrote: > On 2020-07-18 15:41, Don Wilde wrote: >> On 7/18/20 5:21 AM, Pau Amma wrote: >>> On 2020-07-18 06:22, Dewayne Geraghty wrote: >>>> On 18/07/2020 1:09 pm, Pau Amma wrote: >>>>> This category would comprise ports that are mainly educational in >>>>> nature >>>>> or purpose, such as: >>>>> - course-writing or course-delivery applications, >>>>> - classroom or school management applications (eg, scheduling >>>>> classes), >>>>> - applications, utilities, or games primarily or substantially >>>>> designed >>>>> to help the user learn a specific topic or study in general, like >>>>> typing >>>>> tutors, flashcard applications, or educational games. >>>> ... >>>> >>>> Great idea Pau! >>>> >>>> You might like to add www/sakai though its quite dated (ports is 10.2; >>>> current version 20.1) >>> >>> Indeed. Not sure how I missed it, thanks. I'll wait a few more days >>> before filing a PR, in case I missed something else or there's an >>> objection. >> >> I, too, love the idea. I would suggest that a sub-category of >> "suggested learning path" programs might be an asset as well, >> including useful languages to examine. > > Can you give me examples of which ports would go into that 4th > subcategory? None, yet, that I've looked at. I haven't, and making the category itself is an inducement to examine the ports we have. > >> We might also consider >> resurrecting Knuth's code+language concepts and tools. > > I'd wait until that category gets off the ground to consider that. Yes, that is a longer-term goal. > >> Assuming this category is accepted, I would then suggest an >> announcement post to the FreeBSD-advocacy@ and FreeBSD-women@ lists, >> and perhaps notification to the KDE and EduBuntu core lists. :D > > I'm not sure why FreeBSD-women. Can you elaborate? FreeBSD-women is the advocacy list that specifically targets "marketing" FreeBSD to women. Not to say that men _don't_ care about education -- I do -- but women are more inclined to view it as life-changing for themselves and their children and thus more of a priority. -- Don Wilde **************************************************** * What is the Internet of Things but a system * * of systems including humans? * ****************************************************
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