WiXi

A wixi is a wiki with annotated text. It is intended to facilitate language learning.

http://twext.cc/pix/2b8.png	wixi twexter wixi'd wikis get text twext.. twext texts provide meaningful, comprehensible input for language learners.. wikis make twext easy to share.. the OLPC will connect kids learning many different languages.. wixi offers a learner-centric environment for kids to construct language learning.. http://twext.cc/pix/WixiJump.gif if you know pygtk/python and wanna help kids learn, you can help make this wixi program a real-world learning example: http://wixi.cc/hello_world.html
http://twext.cc/pix/MethodOnXO.gif	chunk method twext uses a simple method to associate chunks of text with chunks of translation.. the method works with regular text and also with lyrics to songs.. and any of many languages: http://wixi.cc/twexter.html
press ESC to stop the animations, RELOAD to restart animations
one way to format twext is with explicit tables.. it works with html, more or less, but not so hot.. http://twext.cc/pix/FormatWithTable.png must we use tables? there is a problem with tables.. tables constrict larger chunks of translation: http://twext.cc/pix/FormatWithTableProblem.png see the problem when table borders removed: http://twext.cc/pix/FormatWithTableProblemBad.png css might format twext without tables:   http://twext.cc/pix/RefocusInOrderToSee.jpg then we could fit more translation betwixt text.. each chunk of translation would still be centered directly under each chunk of text, but we might: get a little more room for translations and end up with a nicer looking text http://twext.cc/pix/CSSMeyerwebEdge.jpg http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/ shows some powerful uses of css without tables.. maybe we can find a solution that works on most browsers..	css wixi.cc is now focused on CSS methods to style twext text.. if you know CSS and would like to help, it's easy to participate.. share your CSS skills and help people learn: http://wixi.cc/css.html
http://twext.cc/pix/XcrollNarrow.png xcroll may also be useful for regular mediawiki editing http://twext.cc/pix/TwexterXcrollPreviewFast.gif XCROLL DEMO by Gerardo Iglesias	xcroll xcroll will control text and twext input windows, as well a preview window.. controlling multiple windows with a single scrollbar has many potential uses.. if you like sharing JavaScript and DHTML skills and helping people learn: http://wixi.cc/xcroll.html
http://twext.cc/pix/PHPTwexterCore.png diagram core plan for php twexter http://twext.cc/pix/PHPTwexterDataAccess.png diagram data access plan http://twext.cc/pix/PHPTwexterCycle.png diagram execution cycle of plugins http://twext.cc/pix/PHPTwexterPages.png the end user sees webpages, not plugins	plug-in plan xcroll editing and css formatting functions can plug in to a simple plan to organize the twexter program.. if you love creating API's for open Python programs, share the love at: http://wixi.cc/plan.html
any language already in twexter can serve as source for translation to add another language.. so Maya can added to Español, then get twext with English.. or Mayañol.. http://twext.cc/pix/TwexterAddMaya.gif http://twext.cc/pix/InterTwext333.png any of many languages, dialects and slangs can get twext.. if 30 languages play, 900 learning bridges are possible	addlang with above functions complete, we can add languages to the system.. the simplest twexter requires only 12 translations to add any language, dialect or slang.. http://wixi.cc/add_lang.html
http://twext.cc/pix/TwextDataBig.png	database what if 10 languages and 10,000 users wixi twexter? or 100 and 1,000,000? either way, there is a chance that one phat database may emerge.. if you like challenge in the form of database and you like to share, make an instructive real-world example of database management happen at http://wixi.cc/db.html OmegaWiki GerardM of http://OmegaWiki.org is considering WiXi as a front-end for the OmegaWiki all-languages-in-ONE-database (which provides dictionary content for OLPC)
http://twext.cc/pix/WixiMenu.png	wixi wixi integrates twexter into the XO wiki, MediaWiki or any other wiki.. the source text might be fixed, but anyone can edit the translation the wiki way.. http://wixi.cc/wixi.html
http://twext.cc/pix/DelyricSampleSurvive.jpg	delyric wixi can grow to help anyone, including OLPC kids, turn popular parts of popular songs into fun ways to construct language learning with visualized, twext translated, legal and transformative "fair use": http://wixi.cc/citage.html
http://twext.cc/pix/Google.png http://twext.cc/pix/100.png google has a program called the "summer of code" which pays computer science students $4,500 to develop free software.. if you are already developing wixi and twexter for the OLPC, you may have a better chance of winning Google's SOC in 2007, earning an introduction to some of the smartest developers on earth and delivering a unique, original application for language learning kids..	grants google summer of code twexter was an OLPC candidate for Google SOC 2006, but students had less than a day to prepare.. the deadline for student applications is MARCH 25, so this year you have 6 weeks to prepare :) http://wixi.cc/grants.html

Related work

• Ruby annotation [1] [2]
• OmegaWiki with annotation.
• aligned parallel corpora
• gloss
• parts of speech tagging

See also

• wixi.cc
• Wikis for kids
• Band of Wikis