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Samwise
Captain Naiobi


Joined: Apr 25, 2006
Posts: 2315
Location: Montpellier, France

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:09 am    Post subject: OOo4Kids

I noticed this project's existence through Versiontracker today:

http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page

Very Happy
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djpimley
The Anomaly
(earlier version)


Joined: Jun 11, 2006
Posts: 481
Location: Great Britain

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:44 am    Post subject:

Whilst I admire the hours they have spent designing pretty splash screens and icon themes Wink I think they have a big task ahead of them. Very nice homepage layout too, though not much content beyond that! Good luck to them.
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pluby
The Architect
The Architect


Joined: Jun 16, 2003
Posts: 11949

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:19 am    Post subject:

So I went to the site and clicked on the big seagull that is holding a coin and saw this as the heading on the page:

Quote:
EducOOo Ass Education OpenOffice.org


That should get some attention! Very Happy

Patrick
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ovvldc
Captain Naiobi


Joined: Sep 13, 2004
Posts: 2352
Location: Zürich, CH

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:48 am    Post subject:

Methinks they will need to restrict the editing privileges...

Best wishes,
Oscar

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Samwise
Captain Naiobi


Joined: Apr 25, 2006
Posts: 2315
Location: Montpellier, France

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:10 pm    Post subject:

My feeling is that ass somehow stands for "association" (i.e. "Educ OOo, Association Education OpenOffice.org"). Still,

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OPENSTEP
The One
The One


Joined: May 25, 2003
Posts: 4752
Location: Santa Barbara, CA

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject:

Kids should not be slaving away in front of PowerPoint making useless "art" to get a grade or attempt to be cool; they should be out playing or reading or exploring the wonders of the national parks and the world or having a crush on whatever girl they dig...

We've already got an entire generation of powerpoint drones to make animated transitions and 3D charts to wow ourselves to death...we don't need our kids to become the same.

Let kids be kids. Let them evolve to find either the free spirit in them or the geeky nerd who *wants* to lounge in front of a computer and start on the path of wonder and amazement of learning how it works.

Education should always be about a "becoming" and providing options and choices, never about making clever cartoons to entice impressionable kids to adopt "the way". Propaganda and indoctrination are always evil, no matter how noble their aims.

ed
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yoxi
Cipher


Joined: Sep 07, 2004
Posts: 1799
Location: Dawlish, Devon

PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:08 pm    Post subject:

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Kids should not be slaving away in front of PowerPoint making useless "art" to get a grade or attempt to be cool; they should be out playing or reading or exploring the wonders of the national parks and the world or having a crush on whatever girl they dig...

Hmm... geek gender stereotyping much? Or do you think all girl geeks are lesbians? Smile
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rays
The Anomaly
(earlier version)


Joined: Sep 23, 2004
Posts: 475
Location: Geneva, Switzerland

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:45 am    Post subject:

Surprise, surprise! Note the reincarnation as version 2!

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ovvldc
Captain Naiobi


Joined: Sep 13, 2004
Posts: 2352
Location: Zürich, CH

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:35 am    Post subject:

If past experience is anything to go by, they are in for an acrimonious ride Wink.

-Oz
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