typing tutor activity

[Edward Cherlin]

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Kate Scheppke <kscheppke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
>  I'm a computer science student, one of many applicants to the Google
>  Summer of Code / OLPC project who came up just a bit shy of
>  acceptance.  Nonetheless, I plan to move ahead with working on my
>  proposed project, a typing tutor.  My mentor on this project is Wade
>  Brainerd.

Thank you.

>  The goal of this project is to deliver an activity that allows
>  teachers to create typing lessons for children that are written in the
>  kid's native language using age-appropriate words and sentences.  The
>  application will do this using a flexible lesson screen that displays
>  an on-screen keyboard and one or two of a variety of tools to indicate
>  progress/speed/accuracy etc.  For each lesson, the lesson screen will
>  be formatted using the lesson text and settings provided in a separate
>  text file edited/written by teachers.  As time permits, I plan to
>  develop a GUI interface to help teachers create these lesson text
>  files.
>
>  If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback on this project
>  please let me know.

I have suggested that any typing program should support all of the
keyboard layouts on the XO, and also SCIM (Smart Common Input Method).
This should include Dvorak and one-handed Dvorak layouts.

>  Thanks!
>
>  Kate
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