Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Hello from Tamarind Tree, India

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

Hi Michelle, thank you so much for sharing this.  It's always great
to hear when Tux Paint and other open source software is making
a big difference! :)

-bill!

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:54:46AM +0530, Michelle wrote:
> hello,
> 
> Greetings from India! Wanted to share our successful and regular use of 
> Tux Paint with tribal (indigenous) children - all first generation 
> learners at our school - Tamarind Tree in a small village in north west 
> Maharashtra. (www.tamarindtree.org)
> 
> Our machines are on Ubuntu 14.4 and the Tux Paint version is 0.9.21.
> 
> We have children from ages 3-10 and are using it across these ages to 
> create pictures, write words associated with a picture, make sentences, 
> and learn shapes.
> I am looking to share more ideas of how best we can use it for our 
> teachers.
> 
> Our school is an experiment in equity and using open source tools is 
> ingrained in our philosophy for a better world. I really appreciate the 
> work done on Tux Paint and I am sure all you developers would be 
> thrilled and happy to see underprivileged tribal children half way 
> across the world using and enjoying your work. So really a big thank you 
> for Tux Paint.
> 
> Look forward to getting ideas from this forum,
> 
> Regards
> Michelle
> Tamarind Tree school
> Sogve Village, Dahanu, Maharashtra
> India
> www.tamarindtree.org
> twitter: @tamarindtree2
> 
> 
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-- 
-bill!
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