Re: While of on the subject of ideas for programs.

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

How about a flash card application -- using two networked linux boxes, both
running X windows, you could have a program run on the teacher's workstation
(where the student[s] can not see the monitor), have it display a flashcard 
with the picture/question/whatever (along with the answer), and have the
same thing (minus the answer) display on the student's X server.

This is something you could not easily do with Windows.  It is something
you could very easily do with Linux/Unix/X Windows.


You could have alot of variations on it...have it keep a tally of the student's
answers (right/wrong), display multiple choice, and track the student's 
response (a b c d or e, have the student choose their answer, and score
them on it).  For math, you could build questions/euqations that have
numeric answers, and have the students enter them right into the gui.

Now that I'm thinking about it, you could probably take this even further,
and develop an automated, network based testing system for an entire classroom.
The tests/questions/answers could stay safely on the teacher's pc, and the
software could do the display on the student's pcs -- so even savy student's
would'nt be able to get at the test answers.  Tie this in with gbook, or
whatever other grading system, and you've just removed a bunch of overhead/work
from the teacher.


geez, that could be cool.

k

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