www/education edu-software-gcompris.html

[Matteo Gamba]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Matteo Gamba <argoncordell>     13/11/05 01:31:30

Modified files:
        education      : edu-software-gcompris.html 

Log message:
        Fixed broken link and updated info about Gcompris according to its 
latest release.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/education/edu-software-gcompris.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15

Patches:
Index: edu-software-gcompris.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/education/edu-software-gcompris.html,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -b -r1.14 -r1.15
--- edu-software-gcompris.html  13 Apr 2013 06:43:22 -0000      1.14
+++ edu-software-gcompris.html  5 Nov 2013 01:31:30 -0000       1.15
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 <p>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 
+more than 140 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 
@@ -47,28 +47,20 @@
 simple and effective method to support story telling, thus improving 
 communication with children and helping them to express themselves.</p> 
 
-<p>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.</p>
+<p>GCompris includes several activities grouped on a yellow bar to the
+left of the screen, from which the child can choose as soon as the 
+program is started. Such a design makes it easy to add new activities or 
+to adapt the program to specific needs. The program itself and all the 
+activities are available in many different languages.</p>
 
 <p>To learn more: <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/gcompris/";>
 FSF Directory</a>, <a href="http://gcompris.net/";>
 GCompris Official Website</a></p>                                              
              
 
 <h3>Who's Using It and How</h3>
-
-<p>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.</p>
-
-<p>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
+<p>Gcompris activity-based design makes it highly and easily adaptable to 
+particular environments. One example of innovative use of the program 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 
@@ -111,7 +103,7 @@
 
 <p>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
+children's needs, creating new activities, 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 
@@ -158,7 +150,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/04/13 06:43:22 $
+$Date: 2013/11/05 01:31:30 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>