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  13 <title>&kde; Edutainment</title>
  14
  15 <para>The &kde; Edutainment Project offers children, families, and teachers some
  16 educational programs. You can find applications to help you improve
  17 your language skills and train your vocabulary, like &kvoctrain; and
  18 &kwordquiz;; or Scientific programs, like the
  19 very advanced &kstars; (a planetarium) and &kig; (interactive
  20 geometry), which will bring you to the edge of knowledge. Have fun learning
  21 touch-typing with &ktouch;. Teachers will find an easy way to make
  22 their lessons with &keduca;.  You can find a complete list of &kde;
  23 educational software on <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org">the KDE-Edu
  24 website</ulink>. What follows is an overview of a few of them.
  25 </para>
  26 <para>View the handbook of each application by typing <userinput>help:/&lt;appname&gt;</userinput> in &konqueror;'s Location Toolbar, or by selecting it in &khelpcenter;. </para>
  27
  28 <sect1 id="languages">
  29 <title>Improve your language skills</title>
  30
  31 <variablelist>
  32 <varlistentry>
  33 <term>&khangman;</term>
  34         <listitem><para>An easy-to-use application which implements the classical hangman game. You can choose for the words to be from a particular topic and even choose from a selection of difficulty levels. The program comes in twenty-four languages, and is therefore quite ideal for learning the spelling of basic nouns in other languages.</para>
  35
  36                 <itemizedlist>
  37                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/khangman">http://edu.kde.org/khangman</ulink></para></listitem>
  38                         <listitem><para><ulink
  39         url="help:/khangman">&khangman; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
  40                 </itemizedlist>
  41
  42         </listitem>
  43 </varlistentry>
  44
  45 <varlistentry>
  46 <term>&klettres;</term>
  47         <listitem><para>An application specially designed to help the user learn the alphabet of a new language and then to learn to read simple syllables. Ideal for children, or any person attempting to learn and familiarize themselves with a foreign language's alphabet. A number of alphabets are currently supported.</para>
  48
  49                 <itemizedlist>
  50                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/klettres">http://edu.kde.org/klettres</ulink></para></listitem>
  51                         <listitem><para><ulink
  52         url="help:/klettres">&klettres; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
  53                 </itemizedlist>
  54
  55         </listitem>
  56 </varlistentry>
  57
  58 <varlistentry>
  59 <term>&kanagram;</term>
  60         <listitem><para>A simple mind-training game, in which you have to figure out the word that has been given in the program. The letters from the word are disordered, and from the given words you have to solve which word the letters might make, if rearranged. Similar to the popular Countdown game as seen on Television.</para>
  61
  62                 <itemizedlist>
  63                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kanagram">http://edu.kde.org/kanagram</ulink></para></listitem>
  64                         <listitem><para><ulink
  65         url="help:/kanagram">&kanagram; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
  66                 </itemizedlist>
  67
  68         </listitem>
  69 </varlistentry>
  70
  71 <varlistentry>
  72 <term>&kverbos;</term>
  73         <listitem><para>A simple way to learn and study Spanish verb forms. The program suggests a verb and a tense and the user enters the different forms. The program corrects the user input and gives feedback.  The user can edit the list of the verbs that can be studied and the program can build regular verb forms, and the forms of the most important verb groups, by itself. Irregular verb forms can be entered by the user.</para>
  74
  75                 <itemizedlist>
  76                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kverbos">http://edu.kde.org/kverbos</ulink></para></listitem>
  77                         <listitem><para><ulink
  78         url="help:/kverbos">&kverbos; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
  79                 </itemizedlist>
  80
  81         </listitem>
  82 </varlistentry>
  83
  84 <varlistentry>
  85 <term>&kvoctrain;</term>
  86         <listitem><para>Another advanced vocabulary training application, using the flash card approach. <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/contrib/kvtml.php">Vocabulary files</ulink> can be downloaded and loaded into the application.</para>
  87
  88                 <itemizedlist>
  89                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kvoctrain">http://edu.kde.org/kvoctrain</ulink></para></listitem>
  90                         <listitem><para><ulink
  91         url="help:/kvoctrain">&kvoctrain; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
  92                 </itemizedlist>
  93
  94         </listitem>
  95 </varlistentry>
  96
  97
  98 <varlistentry>
  99 <term>&kiten;</term>
 100         <listitem><para>A Japanese reference and learning tool. Words from both English and Japanese can be looked up, and filtered, using the <application>Edict</application> and <application>Kanjidic</application> dictionary protocols. Other features in &kiten; include a few comprehensive search functions, a history of searches, and a learning section which contains various different learning modes.</para>
 101
 102                 <itemizedlist>
 103                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kiten">http://edu.kde.org/kiten</ulink></para></listitem>
 104                         <listitem><para><ulink
 105         url="help:/kiten">&kiten; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 106                 </itemizedlist>
 107
 108         </listitem>
 109 </varlistentry>
 110
 111 <varlistentry>
 112 <term>&klatin;</term>
 113         <listitem><para>A program to help revise Latin. There are vocabulary, grammar, and verb testing sections. In addition there is a set of revision notes that can be used for self-guided revision.</para>
 114
 115                 <itemizedlist>
 116                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/klatin">http://edu.kde.org/klatin</ulink></para></listitem>
 117                         <listitem><para><ulink
 118         url="help:/klatin">&klatin; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 119                 </itemizedlist>
 120
 121         </listitem>
 122 </varlistentry>
 123
 124 </variablelist>
 125
 126 </sect1>
 127
 128 <sect1 id="mathematics">
 129 <title>Mathematics</title>
 130
 131 <para>Several applications to help you with Mathematics and Geometry.</para>
 132
 133 <variablelist>
 134 <varlistentry>
 135 <term>&kbruch;</term>
 136         <listitem><para>An application with several exercise types in order to enhance your calculating with fractions. Different tasks include exercises to find the sum of two fractions, the conversion of fractions into the respective decimal, the comparison (with less than, more than) of fractions, and more. </para>
 137
 138                 <itemizedlist>
 139                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kbruch">http://edu.kde.org/kbruch</ulink></para></listitem>
 140                         <listitem><para><ulink
 141         url="help:/kbruch">&kbruch; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 142                 </itemizedlist>
 143
 144         </listitem>
 145 </varlistentry>
 146
 147 <varlistentry>
 148 <term>&kig;</term>
 149         <listitem><para>A great application with interactive geometry. Ideal for teachers attempting to draw a graph on the computer, or students who wish to find out more and investigate with graphs and curves. Currently many things are supported, and you can very easily construct several things from parabolas and hyperbolas, to ellipses. </para>
 150
 151                 <itemizedlist>
 152                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kig">http://edu.kde.org/kig</ulink></para></listitem>
 153                         <listitem><para><ulink
 154         url="help:/kig">&kig; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 155                 </itemizedlist>
 156
 157         </listitem>
 158 </varlistentry>
 159
 160 <varlistentry>
 161 <term>&kpercentage;</term>
 162         <listitem><para>Essentially an application to help you improve your skills in calculating percentages. Different exercises are included, and there are varying difficulty levels to target persons with varying abilities.</para>
 163
 164                 <itemizedlist>
 165                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kpercentage">http://edu.kde.org/kpercentage</ulink></para></listitem>
 166                         <listitem><para><ulink
 167         url="help:/kpercentage">&kpercentage; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 168                 </itemizedlist>
 169
 170         </listitem>
 171
 172 </varlistentry>
 173
 174 <varlistentry>
 175 <term>&kmplot;</term>
 176         <listitem><para>A mathematical function plotter. It has built in a powerful parser. You can plot different functions simultaneously and combine their function terms to build new functions. &kmplot; supports functions with parameters and functions in polar coordinates. Several grid modes are possible and plots may be printed with high precision in correct scale.</para>
 177
 178                 <itemizedlist>
 179                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kmplot">http://edu.kde.org/kmplot</ulink></para></listitem>
 180                         <listitem><para><ulink
 181         url="help:/kmplot">&kmplot; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 182                 </itemizedlist>
 183
 184         </listitem>
 185 </varlistentry>
 186
 187 </variablelist>
 188
 189
 190 </sect1>
 191 <sect1 id="science">
 192 <title>Science</title>
 193
 194 <variablelist>
 195 <varlistentry>
 196 <term>&kstars;</term>
 197         <listitem><para>A desktop Planetarium for &kde;. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids.</para>
 198
 199                 <itemizedlist>
 200                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kstars">http://edu.kde.org/kstars</ulink></para></listitem>
 201                         <listitem><para><ulink
 202         url="help:/kstars">&kstars; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 203                 </itemizedlist>
 204
 205         </listitem>
 206 </varlistentry>
 207
 208 <varlistentry>
 209         <term>&kalzium;</term>
 210         <listitem><para>A fully-featured periodic table application. It features a full list of all elements, and extended information about each individual element. As well as being able to view a basic overview, other features include being able to view its chemical data, atomic model, energies, as well as a picture of the element.</para>
 211
 212                 <itemizedlist>
 213                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kalzium">http://edu.kde.org/kalzium</ulink></para></listitem>
 214                         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kalzium">&kalzium; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 215                 </itemizedlist>
 216
 217         </listitem>
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 220 </varlistentry>
 221 </variablelist>
 222 </sect1>
 223 <sect1 id="teaching_tools">
 224 <title>Teaching Tools</title>
 225 <variablelist>
 226 <varlistentry>
 227         <term>&keduca;</term>
 228         <listitem><para>A flash card application, which allows you to make interactive form-based tests. It also currently comes with support to add servers from which you can fetch tests. Several languages supported.</para>
 229
 230                 <itemizedlist>
 231                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/keduca">http://edu.kde.org/keduca</ulink></para></listitem>
 232                         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/keduca">&keduca; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 233                 </itemizedlist>
 234
 235         </listitem>
 236
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 238 </varlistentry>
 239 </variablelist>
 240 </sect1>
 241 <sect1 id="miscellaneous">
 242 <title>Miscellaneous</title>
 243 <variablelist>
 244 <varlistentry>
 245         <term>&ktouch;</term>
 246         <listitem><para>An application for learning touch-typing. &ktouch; displays the keyboard on the screen, and the color of the keys changes when they need to be depressed. Text appears on the screen, and the user is asked to type it out. A few lectures are contained in the program by default, with various different difficulty levels.</para>
 247
 248                 <itemizedlist>
 249                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/ktouch">http://edu.kde.org/ktouch</ulink></para></listitem>
 250                         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/ktouch">&ktouch; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 251                 </itemizedlist>
 252
 253         </listitem>
 254
 255 <!-- Screeny! -->
 256 </varlistentry>
 257
 258 <varlistentry>
 259         <term>&kwordquiz;</term>
 260         <listitem><para>A flash card application, which allows you to make interactive form-based tests. It also currently comes with support to add servers from which you can fetch tests from. Several languages supported.</para>
 261
 262                 <itemizedlist>
 263                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kwordquiz">http://edu.kde.org/kwordquiz</ulink></para></listitem>
 264                         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kwordquiz">&kwordquiz; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 265                 </itemizedlist>
 266
 267         </listitem>
 268
 269 </varlistentry>
 270
 271 <varlistentry>
 272         <term>&kturtle;</term>
 273         <listitem><para>An educational programming environment using the Logo programming language, with several languages currently supported.</para>
 274
 275                 <itemizedlist>
 276                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kturtle">http://edu.kde.org/kturtle</ulink></para></listitem>
 277                         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kturtle">&kturtle; Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 278                 </itemizedlist>
 279
 280         </listitem>
 281
 282 </varlistentry>
 283
 284 <varlistentry>
 285         <term><application>&kgeography;</application></term>
 286         <listitem><para>&kgeography; is a geography learning tool for &kde;. You can browse the maps by clicking in a map division to see its name and you can also answer several types of questions where the program shows you a map division or a capital for example and you have to guess its name.</para>
 287
 288                 <itemizedlist>
 289                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://kgeography.berlios.de/">http://kgeography.berlios.de/</ulink> and <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kgeography">http://edu.kde.org/kgeography</ulink></para></listitem>
 290                         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kgeography"><application>&kgeography;</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 291                 </itemizedlist>
 292
 293         </listitem>
 294
 295 </varlistentry>
 296
 297 <varlistentry>
 298         <term><application>&blinken;</application></term>
 299         <listitem><para>&blinken; is a Simon Says game for &kde;. The player should remember the sequence of lights in the correct order and is then presented with an identical sequence with one extra step.</para>
 300
 301                 <itemizedlist>
 302                         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/blinken">http://edu.kde.org/blinken</ulink></para></listitem>
 303                         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/blinken"><application>&blinken;</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 304                 </itemizedlist>
 305
 306         </listitem>
 307
 308 </varlistentry>
 309
 310 </variablelist>
 311 </sect1>
 312
 313 <sect1 id="edu-related">
 314 <title>Related Information</title>
 315 <itemizedlist>
 316 <listitem><para>The &kde;-Edu website at <ulink
 317 url="http://edu.kde.org">http://edu.kde.org</ulink> has news and
 318 information about all the &kde; Edutainment applications.</para>
 319 </listitem>
 320 </itemizedlist>
 321 </sect1>
 322
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