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'''XO ImageQuiz''' is an open-source game for kids aged 6-14 with a simple concept: one question, one image, one click; becoming one of the greatest learning experiences of the future :-) |
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= The Idea = |
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* Design and implementation of an easy and fun, educational image-quiz for kids. |
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* The goal is to connect a high fun-factor with as many educational aspects and features of the xo as possible. |
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* Internet user can generate content by submitting new questions, images and imagemaps online. All in one page. |
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* Some first ideas can be found here http://www.linuxuser.at/xoquiz |
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* Aim at playful learning instead of edutainment: |
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** Built-in modes to contribute and share questions, ratings and translations |
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** It can be used to gain specific knowledge about different topics with a high fun-factor |
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** The game provides introductive reading and/or images in addition to the answers |
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** Mixed approaches to picking questions (Categories, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashcard Flashcard] System, Interests, ...) |
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** Browsing through categories, questions and answers |
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* Open-source images only |
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The concept is still in development :-) ideas are welcome! (chris(at)linuxuser.at) |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Learning Tool</font> ([http://www.linuxuser.at/xoquiz/game.php Demo]) |
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** Kids can explore, create, share and translate questions |
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** Mess around with the database: create, delete, download and share bundles |
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** Play single-player games with flashcard-system or just a plain quick quiz-game |
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** Multi-player games over the mesh - either vs or in coop mode |
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** Extend the game by plugins they create (and share) or download via web / mesh / schoolserver |
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** Get introductive reading and further links for each question |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Teaching Tool</font> |
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[[Image:Xoquiz_astro.gif]] |
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** Teachers can easily build individual question-packages accompanying their lessions (and share / download them) |
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** Resarching a topic and creating questions for subtopics, as well as engaging in those of other groups, can be part of classes and homeworks |
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* Current status: In development (~ 30% done) |
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= Description = |
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* [http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/XO_ImageQuiz/Screenshots Screenshots], [http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/XO_ImageQuiz/Plugins Plugin How-To], [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/xo-quiz Source] |
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== Summary == |
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git clone git://dev.laptop.org/projects/xo-quiz |
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It's all about the educational factors in the quiz project: |
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* Easy to pick up knowledge while playing (or submitting questions) |
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* Explanatory images, perhaps informative answers (text, introductive reading, maybe a second image) |
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* Flashcard System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashcard) |
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= Summary = |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Usability</font>: Easy to use tool for learning and teaching |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Interactivity</font>: Messing around with all parts of the activity is encouraged and simplified |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Collaboration</font>: Create, download and share questions, and have multi-player games |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Localization</font>: Supporting all languages (unicode) and providing ways to translate questions (in-game & gettext) |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Extensiblity</font>: Categories and their images can be shared over internet, schoolserver and mesh |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Balance</font>: Easy, medium and hard questions, each for different ages |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Modular Layout</font>: Written as a plugin framework; even the game-modes are plugins |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Constructive</font>: Building up knowledge with fun and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashcard system] |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>XO Featured</font>: Integrating the xo-cam, mesh and the users friends |
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* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Categorized</font>: like arts, astronomy, food, geography, health, technics, wildlife, ... |
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* Easy possibility to create and share quizzes by kids (image upload or xo-cam) |
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* Ability to use an existing image to create new questions |
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* Possibility to create and share translations |
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* Rating of other contributions |
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* At least 3 difficulty levels (maybe for different ages, ...) |
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* In-game translatable questions |
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[[Image:Xoquiz_astro.gif]] |
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* Categories like Arts, Astronomy, Food, Geography, Health, Technics, ... |
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* Single-Player as well as Multiplayer |
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* Including limited hd in the concept |
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* Modular structure of the activity |
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** Exchangeable categories via Mesh or Schoolserver |
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== Game Modes == |
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This are just basic ideas; the concept is not finished yet. If you have any ideas or comments, please [[Talk:XO_Quiz|post them]]. |
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* Single Player |
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** Quiz Mode |
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*** Choose any category (or all) and have a quick game |
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** 'Educational' Mode |
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*** Get more background information |
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*** Get stats on which questions how often answered |
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* Multiplayer |
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** Coop Mode (Teamplay) |
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*** How many clicked on the right spot |
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*** See the others cursor and all have to move to one |
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** VS Mode |
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*** Challenge one or more player in any category and difficulty level over the Mesh |
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* Submit Mode (using the xo-cam or uploaded images) |
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* Rate Contributions |
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* Translate Questions |
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== Ideas == |
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A basic, high-quality database is crucial for the game as well as open-source images. An idea would be to apply web2 thoughts and let users contribute and rate the content - should be fun and easy too ;-). I can imagine three ways to generate a good database: |
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# It could be possible to get a digg or such and have lots of people visiting the project and perhaps submitting questions |
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# Some kind of content-jam |
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# Contributions of a core team |
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== Source == |
== Source == |
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The current source-code is available via git from [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/xo-quiz dev.laptop.org]: |
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git clone git://dev.laptop.org/projects/xo-quiz |
git clone git://dev.laptop.org/projects/xo-quiz |
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== Involved == |
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* Chris Hager (Austria) (chris(at)linuxuser.at) |
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* The page for submitting and rating new questions, and for playing the contributions is online at http://www.linuxuser.at/xoquiz |
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* Georg Witwer (Austria) |
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* The python activity is currently being started: |
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* [http://www.olpcaustria.org OLPC Austria] |
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** It's already possible to use the web db |
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** Image display works |
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** Polygon creation works |
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** Check if click is inside polygon works |
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== Help == |
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The project is open for contributers! Leave a note in this page's [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Talk:XO_Quiz&action=edit Talk], or drop me a line (chris at linuxuser.at) if you are interested! |
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We are looking for people with: |
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* Python knowledge |
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* Design / Layout experience |
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== Involved People == |
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* Time to create a few questions |
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* Chris Hager (Austria) (chris(at)linuxuser.at) |
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* Ideas for the concept |
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* Georg Witwer (Austria) |
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If you have any of those, and are willing to contribute a few hours, please drop me a line: chris (at) linuxuser.at |
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= Related Links = |
= Related Links = |
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** [http://initd.org/pub/software/pysqlite/doc/usage-guide.html Usage Guide] |
** [http://initd.org/pub/software/pysqlite/doc/usage-guide.html Usage Guide] |
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** [http://lists.initd.org/pipermail/pysqlite/2005-November/000218.html Unicode and PySqlite] |
** [http://lists.initd.org/pipermail/pysqlite/2005-November/000218.html Unicode and PySqlite] |
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[http://blogs.rediff.com/chingsquines/2010/08/17/proextender-reviews-is-proextender-a-scam/ proextender] |
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[http://blogs.rediff.com/chingsquines/2010/08/17/provestra-reviews-is-provestra-a-scam/ provestra] |
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Latest revision as of 22:38, 29 August 2010
XO ImageQuiz is an open-source game for kids aged 6-14 with a simple concept: one question, one image, one click; becoming one of the greatest learning experiences of the future :-)
- Learning Tool (Demo)
- Kids can explore, create, share and translate questions
- Mess around with the database: create, delete, download and share bundles
- Play single-player games with flashcard-system or just a plain quick quiz-game
- Multi-player games over the mesh - either vs or in coop mode
- Extend the game by plugins they create (and share) or download via web / mesh / schoolserver
- Get introductive reading and further links for each question
- Teaching Tool
- Teachers can easily build individual question-packages accompanying their lessions (and share / download them)
- Resarching a topic and creating questions for subtopics, as well as engaging in those of other groups, can be part of classes and homeworks
- Current status: In development (~ 30% done)
- Screenshots, Plugin How-To, Source
git clone git://dev.laptop.org/projects/xo-quiz
Summary
- Usability: Easy to use tool for learning and teaching
- Interactivity: Messing around with all parts of the activity is encouraged and simplified
- Collaboration: Create, download and share questions, and have multi-player games
- Localization: Supporting all languages (unicode) and providing ways to translate questions (in-game & gettext)
- Extensiblity: Categories and their images can be shared over internet, schoolserver and mesh
- Balance: Easy, medium and hard questions, each for different ages
- Modular Layout: Written as a plugin framework; even the game-modes are plugins
- Constructive: Building up knowledge with fun and system
- XO Featured: Integrating the xo-cam, mesh and the users friends
- Categorized: like arts, astronomy, food, geography, health, technics, wildlife, ...
Development
Overview
The activity for the xo will be written in Python using:
- Pygame / the olpc pygames wrapper for display and xo interaction (cam, net, mesh)
- Pysqlite as data-storage system
- Unicode
Source
The current source-code is available via git from dev.laptop.org:
git clone git://dev.laptop.org/projects/xo-quiz
Roadmap
* November 07: - Finishing the web-application
- Start of Python Activity
* December 07: - Building basic high-quality database
- Start of Single Player
* January 08: - Single Player Mode
* February 08: - Tests and Multiplayer
* March 08: - Final Design and Testing
* April 08: - Release of version 1.0
Involved
- Chris Hager (Austria) (chris(at)linuxuser.at)
- Georg Witwer (Austria)
- OLPC Austria
Help
We are looking for people with:
- Python knowledge
- Design / Layout experience
- Time to create a few questions
- Ideas for the concept
If you have any of those, and are willing to contribute a few hours, please drop me a line: chris (at) linuxuser.at
Related Links
- Pygame
- PyGame Reference
- PythonGameProgramming (Excellent, quick diy-introduction on images, sound, display, event handling, ...)
- PyGame Tutorials Overview