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=== Initial Brainstorm ===

=== Produce Puzzle ===
* could be more interactive
* more facility for helping student solve subproblems

problems
* no user feedback besides music
* should always have both visual and audio cues
* usability
* very clear to user that you can enter in text/numbers; use arrows on keyboard

things to look for
* progress tracking
* more incremental learning

* feeling of forward movement

* fruits and veggies = cool
* translateable, graphical
* subtly teach health, nutrition
* (integration = win!)

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* small encapsulated activities
* achieveable tangible learning goal

* visual translation of concepts
* virtual manipulatives

* sets
* dividing objects

* graphing
** plot "favorite color", for example
** histograms
** introduce polling concepts

* something going out schoolwide, XO can compile results. (better to analyze data all at once, rather than add votes one by one -- bias from previous voters)

* estimation

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=== Language Arts ===
* feedback for a spelling program
* database of words
** animation, feedback, pronunciation
** visualize horse vs hoarse, for example
* make use of most common "x" words in the language

* interface (teacher/design and a run interface)
** run: list of correct spelling, mixed up spelling
** unscramble

* sentence constructor
** subject-verb object
** database knows what is categorized as what, figure out construction rules

* magnetic poetry
* collaborative
* computer = magnetic haiku (force syllable count)
* iambic pentameter
* different poetical forms (A Kick In The Head - book)

* take snapshots

== Tell Me A Story ==
* create e-books (mix of Speak and Write)
* Space to type and draw
* multi-page
* end result -- stored book, view page to page, then read out loud
* exchange own written books
* can be structured, maybe, as a webpage or wiki
* (work an interface over a web browser engine)
* record self telling story, too
* free write - doesn't really need computer to dictate rules
* learn to identify sentence structure by ear

* story builder -- can't seem to build more than one page
* have to chose from preselected images

* replicate style teachers are accustomed to


* XOs, computer can change/break down existing education models
* use to make school more interesting for students

* SUPPLE software - accessibility
* understand why kids are having trouble

Revision as of 01:57, 31 July 2008

  • will clean this up in a moment

Produce Puzzle

  • could be more interactive
  • more facility for helping student solve subproblems

problems

  • no user feedback besides music
  • should always have both visual and audio cues
  • usability
  • very clear to user that you can enter in text/numbers; use arrows on keyboard

things to look for

  • progress tracking
  • more incremental learning
  • feeling of forward movement
  • fruits and veggies = cool
  • translateable, graphical
  • subtly teach health, nutrition
  • (integration = win!)

=

  • small encapsulated activities
  • achieveable tangible learning goal
  • visual translation of concepts
  • virtual manipulatives
  • sets
  • dividing objects
  • graphing
    • plot "favorite color", for example
    • histograms
    • introduce polling concepts
  • something going out schoolwide, XO can compile results. (better to analyze data all at once, rather than add votes one by one -- bias from previous voters)
  • estimation

Language Arts

  • feedback for a spelling program
  • database of words
    • animation, feedback, pronunciation
    • visualize horse vs hoarse, for example
  • make use of most common "x" words in the language
  • interface (teacher/design and a run interface)
    • run: list of correct spelling, mixed up spelling
    • unscramble
  • sentence constructor
    • subject-verb object
    • database knows what is categorized as what, figure out construction rules
  • magnetic poetry
  • collaborative
  • computer = magnetic haiku (force syllable count)
  • iambic pentameter
  • different poetical forms (A Kick In The Head - book)
  • take snapshots

Tell Me A Story

  • create e-books (mix of Speak and Write)
  • Space to type and draw
  • multi-page
  • end result -- stored book, view page to page, then read out loud
  • exchange own written books
  • can be structured, maybe, as a webpage or wiki
  • (work an interface over a web browser engine)
  • record self telling story, too
  • free write - doesn't really need computer to dictate rules
  • learn to identify sentence structure by ear
  • story builder -- can't seem to build more than one page
  • have to chose from preselected images
  • replicate style teachers are accustomed to


  • XOs, computer can change/break down existing education models
  • use to make school more interesting for students
  • SUPPLE software - accessibility
  • understand why kids are having trouble