GCompris in the media

• 2007/10 (EN) Progress report for deployment of the KDE based mEDUXa distribution in the Canary Island in spain. Of course, they also provide GCompris.
• 2007/09 (FR) La ville de Taverny référence GCompris sur son site.
• 2007/08 (FR) Le journal du gratuit présente GCompris. Un jolie remarque : "D'ailleurs, la liste des écoles qui utilisent GCompris est incluse sur le site et prouve amplement l'intérêt du logiciel".
• 2007/09 (EN) An interview of Bruno on Blue Gnu. It talks about the 8.4 release and the project history.
• 2007/08 (EN) Sirius Corporation explain why its better to run your school network and your computers with Free Software. Of course, they do mention GCompris for primary schools.
• 2007/08 (FR) XPLORA, portail européen pour l'enseignement des sciences propose GCompris.
• 2007/08 (FR) En avant Dédougou, une photo d'une petite fille découvrant GCompris au Burkina-Fasso. Il s'agit d'une opération d'équipement d'une école. L'architecture retenue est basé sur des clients légers avec GNU/Linux et LTSP.
• 2007/08 (EN) An interview of Bruno by Ars Technica
• 2007/07 (EN) The Center for Quality Teaching and Learning of the Colombus State University references GCompris and mention it as a high quality educational software suite.
• 2007/07 (FR) Bel avenir pour le logiciel libre en France. Du 10 au 14 juillet, avaient lieu à l'université d'Amiens les rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre, connues également sous le diminutif RMLL. Une grande manifestation qui rassemblait, pour la 8e édition, les différents acteurs du domaine. Ici, le monde associatif côtoie le monde de l'entreprise, le monde universitaire, le monde éducatif, les collectivités locales, les grandes administrations ainsi que les simples utilisateurs comme les passionnés... dans le secteur de l'éducation, avec la présentation de distributions spécialisées, d'outils pédagogiques comme AbulEdu ou Gcompris ou de système de gestion d'élèves et de rendu de travaux.
• 2007/07 (EN) 35 Cool Applications to install on Ubuntu 7.04. It's nice to see GCompris being listed in these 35 applications.
• 2007/06 (FR) J'ai tout compris. Il était une fois un jeune papa qui initia son fiston, de trois ans à peine, à l’ordinateur. Évidemment, pas question d’apprendre le B-A-BA de l’informatique sur du logiciel propriétaire. Dans la famille, on est libre de père en fils depuis 30 générations1). Le futur fils prodige est donc placé devant une machine sous Linux et découvre le maniement du clavier, de la souris, etc. via le formidable logiciel Gcompris.
• 2007/06 (EN/UK) Kids say "Thanks Edubuntu!". If you look carefully, you will see that the 2 computers are running GCompris.
• 2007/05 (EN) openSUSE to compete with Edubuntu?.Like Edubuntu, the openSUSE initiative also has a standalone desktop component and desktop feature set geared towards a wide range of educational needs. Specific applications to be included are the usual suspects (Gcompris and KDEedu).
• 2007/05 (FR) La commission scolaire des sommets au Canada propose une évaluation de GCompris.
• 2007/04 (FR/BE) Dans le centre de ressources des espaces publics numériques de Wallonie, il est mentionné que GCompris s’impose désormais comme l’un des logiciels libres phare ludo-éducatif pour les enfants de 2 à 10 ans.
• 2007/04 (EN) H I T - Hokanson’s Instructional Technology mentions: "I have been fiddling around with an Edubuntu 6.10 install for the past few months. Edubuntu comes with a superior educational program with applications for young children called GCompris."
• 2007/03 (FR) Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-ÃŽles au Québec propose GCompris sur l'ensemble de leur parc.
• 2007/03 (FR) Une interview de Bruno dans Echos Du Net.
• 2007/02 (ES) Software abierto, libre y gratuito en la escuela de Sahún, in Aragon Spain.
• 2006/11 (FR) GCompris : un logiciel éducatif libre pour les 2 à 10 ans. Article très précis pour une utilisation de GCompris dans le cadre d'un espace public numérique EPN ou Cyberbase.
• 2007/02 (EN/Indi) Ravishankar Shrivastava's Blog presents GCompris as 'The best free edutainment software for your kids'. We also learn from his blog that Ravishankar does a lot to localize free software in Hindi.
• 2007/02 (FR) Le blog pédagogique trouvillais GCompris : livré en standard avec ABULEDU et téléchargeable pour Windows. Ce billet inclus un récapitulatif des activités, à afficher dans votre classe.
• 2007/01 (FR) Toulouse Académie, Exploration de logiciels auprès des élèves de maternelle de l'école de Vers dans le Lot (46) en vue de l'acquisation de certaines compétences de base du B2i.
• 2006/11 (ES) mEDUXa is a Free Software GNU/Linux distribution developed for educational purposes that is part of the MEDUSA project. It will be deployed in 35,000 computers distributed in 1100 schools, which represents 325,000 possible users (25,000 teachers and 300,000 students).the Canary Islands state schools. The project includes GCompris.
• 2006/11 (FR) Le site Generationcyb spécialisé dans les points d'accés public pour les jeunes vient de publier un article très complet sur GCompris.
• 2006/11 (EN US) Knox Community Elementary uses GCompris with their Kindergarten classroom. Find here and here the classroom in action.
• 2006/10 (EN) A CDROM compilation of free software for windows that include GCompris.
• 2006/10 (CA Catalonia) lafarga informs us that a pilot of a new school GNU/Linux distribution will start with 20 schools. The distribution includes GCompris, the distribution is named LinKat.
• 2006/10 (EN UK) A non profit organisation organised a fest around a school. They provided recycled computers to the school. The computer are installed with Edubuntu which includes GCompris. Kids say "Thank you (Ed)Ubuntu Team".
• 2006/10 (EN US) The cape organisation propose GCompris in their guide "Helping teachers and students learn the cutting-edge skills that power an information economy.".
• 2006/10 (IT Italy) GCompris is presented on the Indire web site. Indire is the official institute for innovation and educational research in Italy.
• 2006/10 (PT_BR Brazil) The site DICAS-L has an article presenting free educational applications, including GCompris.
• 2006/10 (FR France) The SCÉRÉN (CNDP, CRDP, CDDP) is an official organisation that support documentation centers within schools in France. They host an article about GCompris.
• 2006/10 (CL Chili) Educalibre project provide LTSP GNU/Linux based solution for schools in Chili.
• 2006/10 (CA Quebec French) MILLE, Modèle d’Infrastructure de Logiciel Libre en Éducation, a pour but de réduire les coûts d’acquisition et de maintenance des infrastructures matérielles et logicielles. GCompris est proposé.
• 2006/10 (EN US) The six branches of the Howard County Library system in Maryland provide 300 computers to their clients. This week, every computer has been upgraded from a "homegrown" Linux kernel, to Groovix, an Ubuntu Linux derivative. Guess what educational software they propose.
• 2006/09 (EN/India) The southern Indian state of Kerela is in the process of migrating all computers in its 12,500 high schools from Windows to Linux. Of course, they use GCompris.
• 2006/09 (FR) An official public internet access point in Checy (France, Loiret) that includes GCompris in it's training tool.
• 2006/09 (ES) GCompris is referenced on the official web site of the Education and Cultural concil of the Spain Region of Murcia. They mention us in the list of available Educational software.
• 2006/09 (FR Belgium) GCompris and Tuxpaint are used in a set of Belgian schools
• 2006/09 (Turkish) Description of some activity on this Turkish portal.
• 2006 (FR Québec) A mini evaluation of GCompris on the site of the CRDI (Direction des ressources didactiques) of the Québec Government.
• 2006 (FR) GCompris mentioned as used in the school of Sainte Genevieve (Argenteuil France). They mention that they prefer free software because they can let children use them at home.
• 2006 (FR) GCompris is well referenced in the web site of the French CNDP (an organisation that provides documentation to schools).
• 2006 (EN) Ordissimo, a French computer maker who claim to have built the simplest computer on earth includes Tuxpaint and GCompris. The computer runs GNU/Linux and has a very simplified user interface. They target seniors not willing to learn how to fight windows viruses.
• 2006/09 (PT_BR Brazil) Gcompris is an excellent program, not only for educators but also for the parents who want to use its potential with their children, stimulating them in the efficient use of the computer in house. See the full post on the Jenny Horta blog.
• 2006/09 The article intro is "Demonstrating that learning is best when it is fun, the GCompris educational suite offers a wide variety of pleasurable activities for children everywhere.". A very complete article in Tux Magazine Issue #17.
• 2006 (ES Colombia) Within a slide presentation of different software used by the Gimnasio Fidel Cano, there is an introduction to GCompris.
• 2006 (Flemish) On a web site supported by the Flemish Department of Education, there is an instruction on how to use GCompris in a classroom.
• 2006/08 (EN Mali) Geekcorps did set up a Skolelinux system and they conclude: After some initial skepticism people realized the solution worked and that the system could perform like a modern computer. The most appreciated software installed included a local Wikipedia mirror, and the computer learning game “gcompris.”.
• 2006/08 (EN South African) In tectonic online magazine: Easing kids into free software. I really want to discuss my daughter's favourite, GCompris. I came across this comprehensive educational package on a magazine coverdisk, and tried it out. What a bundle of fun learning games in one package! GCompris caters for children from ages three and up (to about 14 I would say)...
• 2006/06 (EN Egypt) A report of GCompris being used in Upper-Egypt. We really need an updated Arabic translation.
• 2006/06 (CS Czech) A very complete overview.
• 2006/03 (BR Brazil) A computer training using GCompris
• 2006/01 (EN) A presentation given by the Morris Brandon teachers. They explain how Free Software and GCompris is used in their school.
• 2006/01 (FR): The Micro Hebdo review in the paper mag and online (in french. Resume:they have mixed feelings, saying that activities are good, but hard to choose and instructions are only written)
• 2006/01 (FR): A very detailed presentation on the web site of the l'Académie Aix-Marseille (Official Educational Institution), by the 'réseau rural d'éducation Embrunais Savinois'.
• 2005/05 (FR): An interview of Clément and Clara by Anne. Clément and Clara are the son and dauther of Bruno.
• 2005: A GCompris booth during a LUG event in Germany