# LANGUAGE translation of http://www.gnu.org/education/edu-software-gcompris.html # Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This file is distributed under the same license as the original article. # FIRST AUTHOR , YEAR. # #, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: edu-software-gcompris.html\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2013-04-13 06:58+0000\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING" #. type: Content of: msgid "GCompris - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h2> msgid "GCompris" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"/education/edu-contents.html\">Education Contents</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"/education/edu-cases.html\">Case Studies</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"/education/edu-resources.html\">Educational Resources</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"/education/edu-projects.html\">Education Projects</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"/education/edu-faq.html\">FAQ</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "<a href=\"/education/edu-team.html\">The Education Team</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "<a href=\"/education/education.html\">Education</a> → <a " "href=\"/education/edu-resources.html\">Educational Resources</a> → <a " "href=\"/education/edu-software.html\">Educational Free Software</a> → " "GCompris" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h3> msgid "Description" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><a> msgid "<a href=\"/education/misc/gcompris.jpg\">" msgstr "" #. type: Attribute 'alt' of: <div><a><img> msgid "Screenshot of the GCompris interface showing the various boards." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div> msgid "</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "GCompris is a cross-platform complete educational suite for children from 2 " "to 10 years old, and it is part of the GNU project. It includes more than 40 " "entertaining activities that help little kids learn skills such as the " "recognition of letters and numbers, the use of the mouse and keyboard, basic " "algebra training, reading time on an analog clock, vector drawing, language " "learning through games, and much more. The program includes a simple text " "processor to produce documents with basic text style. Another feature is the " "animation tool, which can be employed as a simple and effective method to " "support story telling, thus improving communication with children and " "helping them to express themselves." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Each activity in GCompris is a \"board\". Boards are grouped on a yellow bar " "to the left of the screen, from which the child can choose as soon as the " "program is started. The design based on boards makes it easy to add new " "activities or to adapt the program to specific needs. The program itself " "and all boards are available in many different languages." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "To learn more: <a href=\"http://directory.fsf.org/project/gcompris/\"> FSF " "Directory</a>, <a href=\"http://gcompris.net/\"> GCompris Official " "Website</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h3> msgid "Who's Using It and How" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "GCompris is used by a large number of schools around the world with " "excellent results. It is interesting reading the many <a " "href=\"http://gcompris.net/-Schools-using-it-\">comments and testimonies</a> " "submitted by teachers of all grades who are using the program." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Its board-based design makes it highly and easily adaptable to particular " "environments. One example of innovative use of GCompris is in the work done " "by the <a href=\"http://insight.kerala.gov.in/\">Insight Project</a> of " "Kerala, in India. The project aims to bring the benefits of Free Software to " "differently abled people in the State. They found that GCompris is a " "powerful tool to improve the communicative and motor skills of mentally " "challenged persons like children with autism. The project is using and " "adapting the program for the particular needs of its target community." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "The Insight team implemented a training module for teachers that provides " "instructions on how to use the different activities of GCompris when working " "with children with special needs, to help these children acquire abilities " "such as eye-hand coordination, memory, listening, and improving the child's " "attention span. The module addresses different levels of education, from " "pre-school to the primary level. A small handbook was also distributed to " "parents and special educators to help them understand how to use the " "software to improve children's skills." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "GCompris is also used to help older children understand the relationship " "between numbers, learn basic arithmetic operations, train them in analytical " "reasoning, and to improve communicative skills as well as spelling, reading " "and writing." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h3> msgid "Why" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Teachers report that it is extremely easy for them to implement GCompris in " "their curriculum since children find it intuitive and fun to use. The " "program is also an excellent resource for mentally challenged children and " "adults." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "GCompris has become an important resource to speed up the child's learning " "process in the context of developing countries like India, where the only " "chance for a child of getting accustomed with computers is during school " "time. At school, the computers are often shared and children have limited " "time to access them individually. GCompris is easy to use and intuitive, so " "it is particularly useful in this environment because there is practically " "no time spent on getting to understand how the program works. With GCompris " "children develop quickly the motor skills required to use a computer." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h3> msgid "Results" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "GCompris respects the users' fundamental freedoms and this permitted the " "Insight developers and specialists to adapt the software to the children's " "needs, creating new activities and boards, and proposing the innovative use " "of the program to help autistic children and their parents. The Insight team " "is also free to distribute copies of the modified version to teachers and " "parents, who can use the program at home without restrictions. The modified " "version has proved effective in improving the academic and functional flair " "of intellectually challenged children." msgstr "" #. 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