WiXi

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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..

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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 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


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xcroll may also be useful for regular mediawiki editing

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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



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demo

a demo of simple twexter interface is working:

  • xcrolling 2 input and 1 preview window
  • formatting proper twext w/ CSS, from
  • XML searchable, flexible source
  • working w/ UniCode

if using firefox, please test http://twext.com/twexter

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..

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any of many languages, dialects and slangs can get twext.. if 30 languages play, 900 learning bridges are possible

addlang

w/ basic interface above working, now we'll make it easy to add languages to the system.. the simplest twexter requires only 12 translations to add any language, dialect or slang.. http://wixi.cc/add_lang

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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..

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)

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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

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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

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lucha libre

UNAMESCOMCICESIMEUPIICSACELe ¡banda! ¿quién es el jefe de los jefes? ¿pero el mero mero? ¿quién va a entregar WiXi y ganar tantos usuarios? sencillo: con PHP, la Wikipedia.. Python, la XO.. poco a poco, las enriquecemos con JS, AJAX, DHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT, LaTeX, PDF, ID3, iDNS.. tanto por enseñar y tanto por aprender.. entregamos un sistema muy abierto.. y de world-class.. ¡y ya! ¿para qué esperar? http://wixi.cc/mexico

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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 :)

make wixi for free at or for pay at http://wixi.cc/bid

Related work

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