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GCompris - When technology meets learning.

A Technology & Art Talk for General Public [all] by arunasank,

Dates: 2014-10-25 - 2014-09-25 Venue: Main Hall

Abstract

GCompris, from J'ai compris or “I have understood” is an educational suite of games for children aged 2 to 10. It was created in 2000 using the GTK+ graphical toolkit. It is available on different platforms, GNU/Linux, and the proprietary platforms MacOSX and Windows. The suite is distributed under the GNU GPL and currently a rewrite of the suite in Qt is underway.

The talk shall focus on the different features of the suite, and shall end with a demonstration on how to create your very own activity for GCompris, and become a part of the GCompris community.

Main Description

The talk shall focus on how GCompris started. Gcompris in GTK. Current GCompris in Qt, why was the move made from GTK to Qt. Current state of Qt port. How you can contribute, by creating activities in Qt.

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