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Launchpad entry: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/history-creator
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Summary
Educational Software where the student creates his own histories based on interpretation and knowledge using pictures and texts enabled by teacher. The same teacher can create a history which the student has to finish with his point of view, estimulating the student's creativity and making the learning more dynamic and collaborative.
Rationale
Based on constructivist pedagogical approach, this application proposes a environment which the own student is responsible for his learning process, exposing their ideas, experiences and point of views of the presented content or wished.
Use cases
- The teacher can make an history for his alumns.
- The student can make a new history
- The student can accomplish a history already exists
- The student can test his skills running the graphical puzzle option.
- The teacher can view the results of graphical puzzle and define different levels for his students.
Scope
Graphical puzzle - the student can test his skills accomplishing the history through of graphical puzzle.
History Creator Window - the student put the pictures on the History window in way to explore his point of view or to accomplish the teacher's reasoning.
Teacher Manager Window - The teacher can set up the pictures and history template to turn available for the students.
Design
A PyGTK frontend will interact with the main parts of the program.
Code
Code will be entirely Python Programming and MySQL. Created using the Python Plugin for Eclipse.
Data preservation and migration
Data will be storage in SVN of Google and I will always have a copy on my laptop.