Monthly Archives: March 2009

Getting your hands dirty 2

So you’ve seen the first iteration, you’ve checked out the code and you want to get coding? Sure thing! Since we would appreciate any help, we are even willing to give you a bunch of spoilers! Here is a quick rundown of what you absolutely need to know:

Where is our code?
In our git repository, you [...]

The First Iteration of the Tutor 2

The last week was rife with technological progress on our side. We have been putting better architectural rails around our initial prototype and we are seeing the core functions of the Interactive Tutor taking shape.
I’m proud to announce the first iteration of the Interactive Tutor! We have a demonstration movie for you that shows the [...]

The Three Main Components 0

We’ve spent quite a bit of time lately to prepare a presentation for our teachers on Tutorius. Not all of them were having a technical background, so we did a couple of diagrams to make sure everybody understood our Technical Holy Trinity : the Interactive Tutor, the Tutorial Edition Activity and the Community Web Site. [...]

On the importance of mentoring interfaces 0

Just watched Program for the Future after having read Bill Kerr’s blog post. It strikes me how the comment from Alan Kay between 00:56:13 and 0:58:20 seems to apply to our project! (Bold from me)
“[...] I believe for most education problems, having to do with things with we have deemed important for a long time [...]