WiXi
A wixi is a wiki with annotated text. It is intended to facilitating language learning.
wixi twexterwixi'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
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chunk methodtwext 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
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press ESC to stop the animations, RELOAD to restart animations | |||||
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csswixi.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 | ||||
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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 |
xcrollxcroll 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
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plug-in planxcroll 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
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addlangwith 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/addlang
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databasewhat 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 | |||||
wixiwixi 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 | |||||
delyricwixi 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/Google.png
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grantsgoogle summer of codetwexter was an OLPC candidate for Google SOC 2006, but students had less than a day to prepare.. the deadline for student applications is in early May 2007, so this year you have 4 months to prepare :) http://wixi.cc/grants | ||||
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digital pioneersan up to €30,000 grant available from Digital Pioneers may fund wixi, which will serve language learners within the Netherlands by connecting Dutch kids with the multiple languages of the OLPC and other wixi integrations.. http://wixi.cc/grants deadline: FEB 5, 2007 | ||||
Related work
- Ruby annotation [1] [2]
- OmegaWiki with annotation.