KDE Education Project
Encyclopedia
The KDE Education Project develops free
educational software
based on the KDE technologies
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The KDE Education project was started in July 2001.
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Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
educational software
Educational software
Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning.-Early History, 1940s - 1970s:The use of computer hardware and software in education and training dates to the early 1940s, when American researchers developed flight simulators which used analog...
based on the KDE technologies
KDE Platform
KDE Platform is a set of frameworks by KDE that serve as technological foundation for all KDE applications. Ever since KDE’s brand repositioning the Platform is released as separate product in sync with KDE’s Plasma Workspaces as part of the KDE Software Compilation 4...
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History
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| Year | Venue | Date | Notes |
| 2007 | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
12/1-12/2 | |
| 2010 | Randa, Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
5/20-5/25 | co-hosted with KDE Multimedia Kdemultimedia kdemultimedia is a KDE software package to work with multimedia.- List of components :* Dragon Player - A simple and usability-focused multimedia player * JuK - Jukebox and music manager* kio_audiocd* KMix - Sound Mixer... Sprint |
| 2011 | Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
4/7-4/11 | |
The KDE Education project was started in July 2001.
List of software
This software is bundled in the kdeedu packageSoftware package (installation)
In package management systems, which are commonly used with Linux-based operating systems, a package is a specific piece of software which the system can install and uninstall....
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Languages
- Kanagram - customizable anagramAnagramAn anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place, Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort. Someone who...
game. - KHangManKHangManKHangMan is a hangman game for KDE SC....
- classic hangman gameHangman (game)Hangman is a paper and pencil guessing game for two or more players. One player thinks of a word and the other tries to guess it by suggesting letters.-Overview:...
. - KitenKiten (program)Kiten is a Japanese Kanji learning tool and reference for KDE Software Compilation. It also works as a Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese dictionary. Users of the program can look up Kanji characters by number of strokes, or by radical...
- Japanese reference/learning tool. - KLettres - Helps to learn the alphabetAlphabetAn alphabet is a standard set of letters—basic written symbols or graphemes—each of which represents a phoneme in a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past. There are other systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic...
and then to read some syllableSyllableA syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a syllable nucleus with optional initial and final margins .Syllables are often considered the phonological "building...
s in different languages. - KWordQuiz
- Parley - Vocabulary trainer using a "flash card" approach. (Formerly known as KVocTrain)
Mathematics
- CantorCantor (software)Cantor is a free software mathematics application for scientific statistics and analysis. It is part of the KDE Software Compilation 4, and was introduced with the 4.4 release as part of the KDE Education Project's kdeedu package.- Features :...
-worksheet view to other Free Software Math packages. GUI frontend to Sage, Maxima, RR (programming language)R is a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians for developing statistical software, and R is widely used for statistical software development and data analysis....
and KAlgebra. - KAlgebra - A mathematical calculator based content markup MathML language
- KBruch - Program for generating tasks with vulgar fractions.
- KigKig (software)Kig is free and open source interactive geometry software, which is part of theKDE edutainment project. It has some facilities for scripting in Python, as well as the creating macros from existing constructions.- Import and export :...
- Program for exploring geometric constructions. - KmPlot - Mathematical function plotterPlotterA plotter is a computer printing device for printing vector graphics. In the past, plotters were widely used in applications such as computer-aided design, though they have generally been replaced with wide-format conventional printers...
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Miscellaneous
- blinKen - computerised version of the game, Simon SaysSimon saysSimon says is a children's game for three or more players where one player takes the role of 'Simon' and issues instructions, to the other players, which should only be followed if prefaced with the phrase 'Simon says', for example 'Simon says jump in the air'...
. - KGeographyKGeographyKGeography is a Free and open source educational software game that tests students geographical knowledge. It forms part of KDE SC 4. Current version ships with KDE Education Project 3.5.- Learning :Browse the maps clicking in a map division to see its name...
- a geographyGeographyGeography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
learning program. - KTouchKTouchKTouch is a software application written for the KDE SC desktop environment that drills students in the method of touch typing. It comes with lessons for many different keyboard layouts across many different languages. It also has exercises for learning to use a number pad. As the user types, it...
- Program for learning touch typing. - KTurtleKTurtleKTurtle is an educational programming environment for turtle graphics. It is released under the open source GNU General Public License and is part of the KDE SC 4. KTurtle has a built-in programming language that is loosely based on the Logo programming language...
- Educational programming environment using turtle graphicsTurtle graphicsTurtle graphics is a term in computer graphics for a method of programming vector graphics using a relative cursor upon a Cartesian plane...
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Science
- KalziumKalziumKalzium is a periodic table of the elements for KDE SC 4.It contains information about 103 chemical elements, including mass, charge, picture, discovery information, chemical and energy data, and a model of the atom. The table itself can be configured to display numeration, state of matter, and...
- Displays information about the periodic table of elementsPeriodic tableThe periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of the 118 known chemical elements organized by selected properties of their atomic structures. Elements are presented by increasing atomic number, the number of protons in an atom's atomic nucleus...
. - KStarsKStarsKStars is a planetarium program using the KDE Platform for Unix-like computer operating systems. It provides an accurate graphical representation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time...
- PlanetariumPlanetariumA planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...
program. - MarbleMarble (KDE)Marble is a virtual globe that allows the user to choose among the Earth, the Moon, Venus, Mars and other planets. It is free software under the terms of the GNU LGPL, developed by KDE and the free-software / open-source communities for use on personal computers running a Qt4-compatible operating...
- geographical map program - RocsROCSThe acronym ROCS can stand for:*Responsible Outgoing College Students*Republic of China Ship*Renewable Obligation Certificates*RMIT Occasional Choral Society...
- Step - An interactive physics simulator
Discontinued
- eqchem - for balancing chemical equations.
- Kard - a pair-matching children's memoryMemoryIn psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
game. - KMathTool - a collection of mathematical calculators, like a factorDivisorIn mathematics, a divisor of an integer n, also called a factor of n, is an integer which divides n without leaving a remainder.-Explanation:...
finder. - Kalcul - a mathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
testing program. - KPercentage - Small math application that will help pupils to improve their skills in calculating percentages.
- KVerbosKverbosKVerbos is a software program for computers. It is an educational program that helps people practice Spanish verbs. The program comes with a set of more than 9000 Spanish verbs and its conjugation. You can select the verbs and tenses you want to train...
- Application specially designed to study Spanish verb forms. - KSimus - Digital circuit simulatorElectronic circuit simulationElectronic circuit simulation uses mathematical models to replicate the behavior of an actual electronic device or circuit.Simulation software allows for modeling of circuit operation and is an invaluable analysis tool...
program. - KEducaKEducaKEduca is GPL , educational software included with the KDE desktop environment. It includes a module for constructing and saving new tests, and a module for loading and running the tests...
- Educational project to enable the creation and revision of form-based tests and exams.