Creating a content checker for elementary and secondary school mathematics developers

[jim]

What is the best language and/or approach to developing a “content
checker” like the one listed below. Please note K-12math.info
(English, Spanish and French edition) has no funding.

Content in most subject areas in primary and secondary school is
fixed. How it is developed within a language group or society is not.
A “content checker” captures the “what and how” to provide a utility
that acts like a “spell checker”. The “content checker” is activated
when a user directly (or indirectly as the system becomes more
sophisticated) tells it the language being used, subject area and
learners age (or age range). For example, a developer typing in
English is working on a mathematics lesson for a seven year old. This
information will activate the checker. The developer is typing away
and puts the words “natural number” in the lesson. Like a “spell
checker” the “content checker” will highlight the words “natural
number”. The developer using their mouse will right click on the
highlighted words, and a menu will open. The “content checker” will
caution the developer that this term is not normally part of the
vocabulary of a 7 year old mathematics learner. The checker may
suggest the words “whole number” or “counting number” maybe more
appropriate for this age level. The checker will also provide links to
places like WikiEducator’s mathematics glossary and links to other
prepared lessons which may help the developer understand why the term
“natural number” is not used. A “content checker” need not be
activated for a negative reason, but just to provide useful links and
information.

I am not aware of any publicly available system, because “content
checkers” require the accumulation of a lot of information on a lot of
different publishers’ works. Sharing collected information is not
profitable, so most of these systems stay in-house. The type of
information is like that in my website www.k-12math.info .

Jim Kelly
http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Jkelly952

[Robby O'Connor]

How in god's name is this soc related?

[jim]

Sorry Mr. O'Connor my 67 year old mind was looking for an Analyst not
a coder. Again sorry about taking your time; my UNESCO associates and
I will not bother you.

Jim Kelly
Wikieducator.org project: K-12math.info (English, Spanish, French)

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[Leslie Hawthorn]

Hello Jim,

I just saw this thread. My apologies that the initial response you received was not more tempered and polite. This list is definitely not the best place for you to find the help you need, though, so I would like to recommend some alternate resources for you:

Teachingopensource.org - while mainly focused on college students, there are many knowledgable folks on using this site and they may be able to point you in the right direction

I also have some contacts I can introduce you to if that would be helpful. Please email me off list for assistance.

Folks, please keep a civil tone on this list. We are all here to help one another, even if that help is simply asking folks to go elsewhere for the assistance they require.

With best regards,
LH

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Leslie Hawthorn
Program Manager - Open Source
Google Inc.

http://code.google.com/opensource/

I blog here:

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com - http://www.hawthornlandings.org

[Robby O'Connor]

Jim,

I apologize for being as rude as I was; I should have been more tactful
in my response. It's awesome what you're doing though. =)

--rob