The KDE Education Project (or KDE-Edu project) develops

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based on the KDE technologies for students and parents. These educational software is translated into more than 65 languages, so that users can access them without any problems. The KDE-Edu project also provides free software educational to support and facilitate teachers in planning lessons. The KDE-Edu project is available for

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support is in beta.

History

The KDE-Edu project was started in July 2001. The goal of the project is to develop Free Educational Software (

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) within the KDE environment. This software is mainly aimed to schools, to students and to parents at home as well as to adults willing to extend their knowledge.

List of software

This software is bundled in the kdeedu package. All applications are fully KDE compatible.

Languages

* Kanagram - Customizable game based upon

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s of words. * KHangMan - Classic

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. * Kiten - Japanese reference/learning tool with English to Japanese and Japanese to English dictionary and

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

dictionary. * KLettres - Helps to learn the

alphabet An alphabet is a standard set of letter (alphabet), letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phonemes as the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from a ...

and then to read some

syllable A syllable is a basic unit of organization within a sequence of speech sounds, such as within a word, typically defined by linguists as a ''nucleus'' (most often a vowel) with optional sounds before or after that nucleus (''margins'', which are ...

s in different languages. *

KWordQuiz The KDE Education Project (or KDE-Edu project) develops free educational software based on the KDE technologies for students and parents. These educational software is translated into more than 65 languages, so that users can access them without ...

- Helps to learn vocabulary using a "flash card" or multiple choice, or quiz types *

Parley A parley (from – "to speak") is a discussion or conference, especially one designed to end an argument or hostilities between two groups of people. As a verb, the term can be used in both past and present tense; in present tense the term ...

- Vocabulary trainer using a

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or "flash card" approach.

Mathematics

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- Front-end to powerful mathematics and statistics packages. Integrated four environments, (

SageMath SageMath (previously Sage or SAGE, "System for Algebra and Geometry Experimentation") is a computer algebra system (CAS) with features covering many aspects of mathematics, including algebra, combinatorics, graph theory, group theory, differentia ...

, Maxima, R, KAlgebra) into the KDE Platform and provides a nice, worksheet-based, graphical user interface. *

KAlgebra KAlgebra is a mathematical graph calculator included in the KDE education package. While it is based on the MathML content markup language, knowledge of MathML is not required for use. The calculator includes numerical, logical, symbolic, and ...

- A mathematical calculator that lets you plot different types of 2D and 3D functions and perform based upon content markup MathML language. * KBruch - Small program to practice calculations with fractions and percentages. * Kig - Program for interactively exploring geometric constructions. *

KmPlot KmPlot is a mathematical function plotter for the KDE Desktop bundled with the rest of the KDE Applications. The program is recommended for high school and college use. KmPlot came bundled with Edubuntu. Functions KmPlot has a built in parser. ...

- Mathematical function

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drawing draw graphs, their integrals or derivatives.

Miscellaneous

* Blinken - Computerized version of the game,

Simon Says Simon Says is a children's game for three or more players. One player takes the role of "Simon" and issues instructions (usually physical actions such as "jump in the air" or "stick out your tongue") to the other players, which should be foll ...

which challenges players to remember increasingly long sequences of four colored buttons. * KGeography - A

geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

learning program, with political divisions of some countries (divisions, capitals of those divisions and their associated flags if there are some). *KTouch - Program for learning

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. *KTurtle - Educational programming environment like

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using

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and the TurtleScript programming language. *

Pairs Concentration is a round game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards. Concentration can be played with any number ...

- A computerized version of the game

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that will help train your memory by remembering different images, shapes, sounds and text.

Science

* Kalzium - Visual representation of the

periodic table of elements The periodic table, also known as the periodic table of the elements, is an ordered arrangement of the chemical elements into rows (" periods") and columns (" groups"). It is an icon of chemistry and is widely used in physics and other sc ...

and includes basic information about all common elements. *

KStars KStars is a free and open-source planetarium program built using the KDE Frameworks. It is available for Linux, BSD, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. A light version of KStars is available for Android devices. It provides an accurate graphical repre ...

- Desktop

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program for

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providing an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. *

Marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

- Virtual globe and world atlas that you can use to learn more about the Earth. * Step - An interactive physics simulator, allowing you to explore the physical world through simulations. *Rocs - Graph Theory IDE for designing and analyzing graphs and algorithms with an easy to use visual data structure editor and a powerful scripting engine to execute algorithms.KDEdu - Rocs
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Software unfinished

* Artikulate - A language learning software that helps improving pronunciation skills.

Discontinued

* eqchem - For balancing

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. *

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- A pair-matching children's

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game. * KMathTool - A collection of

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calculators, like a

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finder. * Kalcul - A

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testing program. * KPercentage - Small math application that will help pupils to improve their skills in calculating percentages. * KSimus - Digital circuit simulator program. * KEduca - Educational project to enable the creation and revision of form-based tests and exams.

References

External links

The KDE Education Project HomepageKDE Education DocumentationKDE Education Forums
{{KDE Educational software for Linux Educational software for Windows Educational software that uses Qt Free educational software Open content projects