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=twexml output=
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twexter creates xml or [http://twext.cc/go/18#.twx .twx output], with aim to print twext texts in flexible file formats for a plethora of publishing platforms.. one interpretation may work for [http://twext.cc/go/mw wixipedia].. we're also asking for help from the OLPC team to make a javascript/xulrunner networked desktop application that might integrate with... yellow '''[http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/11/26/a_look_at_the_olpc_user_interface.html ?]'''.. '''http://twext.cc/go/xo'''
twexter creates xml or [http://twext.cc/go/18#.twx .twx output], with aim to print twext texts in flexible file formats for a plethora of publishing platforms.. one interpretation may integration may be a [http://twext.cc/go/mw wixipedia].. another way to wixi may be XO writing activities, including lyrics for tam tam and/or cartoon balloons for scratch games.. '''http://twext.cc/go/xo'''
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=€30K .nl=
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nederlander? free software developer? opportunity: this fall [http://digitalpioneers.org digital pioneers] round 14 grant proposals are due.. free software developers in nederlands can apply to earn up to €30K by introducing a "foreign" free software into the nederlands.. get paid c.) to wixi [http://twext.cc/go/mw wikipedia], b.) connect .nl kids with language learning [http://twext.cc/go/xo olpc kids] worldwide.. a.) [http://scratch.mit.edu scratch] twext '''http://wixi.cc/dp13'''
nederlander? free software developer? opportunity: this october [http://digitalpioneers.org digital pioneers] round 14 grant proposals are due.. free software developers can apply to earn up to €30K making twext work with [http://wikipedia.org wikipedia] and/or games like [http://scratch.mit.edu scratch]
* earn many users
* extend a useful tool
* free software
* get paid
* '''http://wixi.cc/dp13'''


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language learning platform the kids themselves can [http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/MIE.html construct].. sign the
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'''http://scratch.mit.edu''
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Revision as of 16:24, 2 July 2007

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

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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 sugar/python and wanna help kids learn, you could maybe help make this wixi program a real-world learning example: http://wixi.cc/hello_world


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

press ESC to stop the animations, RELOAD to restart animations


http://twext.cc/pix/XcrollNarrow.png

xcroll may also be useful for regular mediawiki editing

http://twext.cc/pix/TwexterXcrollPreviewFast.gif

xcroll input

xcroll now controls text and twext input windows, as well the live preview window.. controlling many windows with a single scrollbar has many potential uses.. a xcroll demo works (w/ firefox) now: http://twext.cc/twexter

http://twext.cc/pix/PublishingPlatforms.gif

twexml output

twexter creates xml or .twx output, with aim to print twext texts in flexible file formats for a plethora of publishing platforms.. one interpretation may integration may be a wixipedia.. another way to wixi may be XO writing activities, including lyrics for tam tam and/or cartoon balloons for scratch games.. http://twext.cc/go/xo

any language already in twexter can serve as source for translation to add another language.. so English can be source to add Cockney, or Español can be source to add Tagalog, Maya, Nauhtl.. even Spanglish..

http://twext.cc/pix/ADDLANGRUFF.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

multilingual

by early june, we should be adding languages to twext.. Waqas Hussein of Redhive Labs in Pakistan delivered the basic twexter demo and is now making software to save and manage multilingual twexts.. the design allows languages, dialects and slangs to participate and includes basic wixi history/revert functions.. http://twext.cc/go/18

http://twext.cc/pix/TwextDataBig.png

database

http://twext.cc/pix/WixiJump.gif what if 10 languages and 10,000 users wixi twexter? or 100 and 1,000,000? either way, there is a chance that rich data may emerge.. down the road, maybe part of http://omegawiki.org.. for now, we're looking at a trick to make filenames include independent database info.. big picture data design goal is to classify chunks by meaning before categorizing them as part of a specific language.. afaik maybe doable w/ http://wixi.cc/atoms

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

http://twext.cc/pix/WixiJump.gif
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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

http://twext.cc/pix/LuchaLibreWixiJump.gif

lucha libre

UNAMESCOMCICESIME UPIICSACELe ¡banda! ¿quién es el jefe de los jefes? ¿el mero mero? ¿quién va a entregar WiXi y ganar tantos usuarios? sencillo: con PHP, la Wixipedia.. Python, la XO.. con ID3vx, todo mundo MP3.. poco a poco, muchos usarios, muchos sistemas, mucho aprendizaje.. ¡y ya! ¿para qué esperar? http://wixi.cc/lucha-libre

http://twext.cc/pix/WixiJump.gif
http://twext.cc/pix/PO1.gif

learning language learning

wixi is a idea for a very simple program that OLPC kids can use to learn each others language.. at little cost, we can deliver a new tool that can also test kids' capacity to "learn learning".. who knows, maybe kids can even teach know-it-all adults something about language learning :) worth a try?

http://twext.cc/pix/WixiJump.gif
http://twext.cc/pix/30K.png

€30K .nl

nederlander? free software developer? opportunity: this october digital pioneers round 14 grant proposals are due.. free software developers can apply to earn up to €30K making twext work with wikipedia and/or games like scratch


http://twext.cc/pix/WixiJump.gif
http://twext.cc/pix/ScratchVenAca.gif

scratch

scratch help kids learn programming by assembling commands to create multimedia games.. adding twext or wixi to scratch could be an simple, affective, effective way for kids to program some human language learning.. http://scratch.mit.edu

Related work

See also

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