Doudou Linux – For children from 2 to 12 years old

Post by SamBam » Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 8:10 PM UTC

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mwfunk wrote: post #6

From their "Translator's FAQ" (which I think is meant for volunteers to help with localization): "How should I tell to pronounce DoudouLinux? In French and Chinese it is pronounced “doodoolinux”. However as the word “doodoo” has a weird meaning in slang American English, we recommend English-speakers to say it as if it was an English word, the way they prefer to say it. We also ask to not write “doodoolinux” at all t…

Looks like "dough dough" or "dow dow" to me, an English native speaker.

Post by vanderZwan » Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 9:53 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #76

vanderZwan wrote: post #32

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I think the another issue with most of these "for kids" environments is that they have low ceilings of mastery. You know, like the "low barrier to entry, high ceiling" principle of Smalltalk? Usually because of some misguided desire to shelter them and keep them safe. Also, I started out on DOS at the age of six, with the left-over computer my parents had after they upgraded the server at work. It had two hard drives…

>I think the another issue with most of these "for kids" environments is that they have low ceilings of mastery A modern GUI OS for adults has a very low ceiling of mastery. I don't know why we need to make simpler designs. When my kid was literally fourteen or fifteen months he could pick up a phone or tablet, swipe to the youtube app, press it, and then press the thumbnails from a recently viewed video and watch vi…

Post by vanderZwan » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 8:30 AM UTC

keithpeter wrote: post #36

vanderZwan wrote: post #32

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I think the another issue with most of these "for kids" environments is that they have low ceilings of mastery. You know, like the "low barrier to entry, high ceiling" principle of Smalltalk? Usually because of some misguided desire to shelter them and keep them safe. Also, I started out on DOS at the age of six, with the left-over computer my parents had after they upgraded the server at work. It had two hard drives…

Low floor, high ceiling activities (or low threshold, high ceiling in US) are a thing in Maths teaching as well. http://www.mathematicalresilience.org/ http://www.bowlandmaths.org.uk/ and http://www.bowlandmaths.org.uk/assessment/index.html Latter has example activities and sample student responses.

Post by keithpeter » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 7:12 PM UTC

vanderZwan wrote: post #95

keithpeter wrote: post #36

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Low floor, high ceiling activities (or low threshold, high ceiling in US) are a thing in Maths teaching as well. http://www.mathematicalresilience.org/ http://www.bowlandmaths.org.uk/ and http://www.bowlandmaths.org.uk/assessment/index.html Latter has example activities and sample student responses.

Forwarded to a bunch of friends of mine who are (enthusiastic) maths teachers, thanks!