Re: EDUML (Dr. Geo)

[Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire.fernandes@iname.com>]

I'not sure this was the primary goal of ProMath to be a general server
for edu applications.
But it makes sense a kind of gradebook from where you can send/make/keep
exercices for students will be usefull to exploit EDUML. This will allow
to keep track of record from student. The problem with this, it's look
like very centralized and also the server application shoud be aware of
each edu application.
Sure Bruno has more clear idea about this
Probably the K12 administrator team has some ideas on this, do will they
use EDUML.

In the other hand, XML looks intersting for application as this allow
you to write figure with a text editor and you can also randomly build
figure as suggest Bruno


EAMorical@aol.com wrote:
> 
> While you're discussing EDUML and DrGeo, you might want to think about how it
> might fit into a bigger scheme. First consider some possibilities with
> ProMath. Although ProMath is being designed with Math in mind, there is
> nothing to prevent it from being used for any subject. Also what it serves up
> is not restricted to exploration. One can interpret it to be exploration,
> drill, test, homework, class assignment or whatever. By adding the ability to
> display a block of text, which one would want for exploration anyway, it
> could be used for displaying a Cell Biology course or a Computer Science
> textbook. Now as I understand XML, it provides a means for tagging things as
> to what they are and how to display them. Thus the possibility of using the
> ProMath design as a general purpose learning/teaching server. By
> appropriately tagging human knowledge in whatever form (question/answer,
> textbook, DrGeo, video), it can be readily handled by the server. Thus a
> student can be reading text on geometry, not understand something, and drop
> into DrGeo for enlightenment. Or be taking a test which is automatically
> graded and the results placed into a gradebook. Or reading about cell
> biology, need to understand osmosis and drop into physics, etc. Just some
> thoughts about how everything can be put together. Finally Sony is coming out
> with their Play

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Hilaire Fernandes 
Dr Geo project http://www.drgeo.seul.org