GNOME needs a good education suite. Here are some existing programs we can use:
Contents
Applications
Currently maintained apps
GCompris, a 'suite' of educational games for young children.
Klavaro - touch typing
Dr Geo - interactive geometry
GNOME ChemistryUtils - gtk widgets and small programs for chemistry
Solfege - ear training
Wordplay - anagrams
Kanatest - testing Japanese kana characters
Kana no quiz - testing Japanese kana characters
Little Wizard - development environment for children
iGNUit - Leitner system flashcard utiltiy (text, math, images)
Granule - Leitner system flashcard utiltiy (text only)
TypingTutor - touch typing plugin for gedit
RUR-PLE - educational tool to help students learn the Python programming language (comes with 48 lessons)
New in development
Student Control Panel (soon to be part of Edubuntu)
Emerillon - Map Viewer
Unmaintained
Sky-Net - sky charting (uses Mono/C#)
gMemorize - Leitner system flashcard utility
Linux Letters and Numbers - Letters-learning game for small children (can also be used a simple word teaching for non-native English speakers)
KDE Edu
The following is a table of KDE edu stuff and some gtk equivs
Function
KDE
GNOME
Notes
Languages
Anagram game
Kanagram
Wordplay (gtk1)
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.
KLatin
nothing
Help to learn the alphabet and then to read some syllables in different languages.
KLettres
Study Spanish verb forms.
KVerbos
?
Vocabulary trainer. Like most of the other vocabulary trainers it uses the "flash card" approach.
KVocTrain
iGNUit, Granule
Mathematics
Generate tasks with fractions
KBruch
Exploring geometric constructions
Kig
Dr Geo
Improve their skills in calculating percentages
KPercentage
??
Miscellaneous
Simon Says
blinKen
Geography learning tool
KGeography
??
Learning touch typing
KTouch
Klavaro
Science
Desktop Planetarium program
KStars
Sky-net
Teaching Tools
Creation and revision of form-based tests and exams.
KEduca
Quest Exam Engine
Education Linux Distros
Skolelinux (or Debian Edu)
openSUSE Edu (Add-on DVD)
Linux and Open Source education sites
IRC Channel
irc://irc.gimp.org/#gnome-education on GIMPnet