From fd1864cbb1a643d02bc18055f00eb9ed28f75d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine van Gelder Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:17:58 +0000 Subject: Release version 6. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d83b96f..325f764 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ -5 +6 + * Feature: Added lesson plans. + + -- Antoine van Gelder Mon, 29 Oct 2007 + + +JokeMachine-5.xo * Feature: If no sound set, play default sound: laugh_attack.au * Fixed: Activity icon now adopts users color scheme diff --git a/activity/activity.info b/activity/activity.info index 5bcddb1..6fe070d 100644 --- a/activity/activity.info +++ b/activity/activity.info @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ bundle_id = org.worldwideworkshop.JokeMachineActivity service_name = org.worldwideworkshop.JokeMachineActivity class = JokeMachineActivity.JokeMachineActivity icon = activity-jokemachine -activity_version = 5 +activity_version = 6 host_version = 1 show_launcher = 1 diff --git a/lessons/Introduction/default.abw b/lessons/Introduction/default.abw index 6fddc6a..f8087e7 100644 --- a/lessons/Introduction/default.abw +++ b/lessons/Introduction/default.abw @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + @@ -12,40 +12,44 @@ application/x-abiword AbiWord - - + + + + - - + + + + - + + + + - + -
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Poll Builder Lesson Plans Overview

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A poll is a research tool that helps explain what a group of people think about a subject. First you present the group with a question and a set of answer choices. Then each person in the group gets to vote for the answer which best describes their personal feelings or opinion. After collecting votes from the whole group, you look for a pattern in their answers. You can also ask the same question of different groups (i.e. boys and girls or children and adults) and see how each group answers.

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A poll can be used to help a community make a decision and take action. It can also be used to understand the similarities and differences among individuals and groups of people.

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Polls are a helpful tool for any research project. Use this Poll tool and lesson plans with whatever subject you are studying. It can also be used to make collaborative decisions in the classroom about academic activities and among friends about social issues.

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Learn what a poll is and how it works.

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Learn how to use polls to gather information and make decisions.

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Practice choosing poll subjects.

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Learn how to formulate good poll questions and answer choices.

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Practice basic survey skills of data collection, analysis and presentation.

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Learn how to use a bar graph to represent votes and opinions.

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Learn how to represent poll results using ratios and percentages.

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Learn how to help peers understand an idea or an opinion.

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Learn from classmates.

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Learn how to present poll results and make collaborative decisions based on those results.

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Practice using new functions and features of the XO Laptop.

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Joke Machine: Lesson Plans Overview

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Joke Machine allows students to create their own multimedia jokebook – a project that helps with reading, writing and cultural learning. Each joke can include an image and a sound effect. These can be created with another XO activity, such as Paint, Record or Flipsticks. Jokebooks can be saved to the Journal and shared with friends using the Mesh network. A student can also use the Mesh to submit a joke to a friend's jokebook. The author of the jokebook gets to decide whether to accept a new joke or not.

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Joke Machine can be integrated into many school subject areas such as creative writing, art, and social studies. Students learn how to articulate and share creative ideas. They are also given tools that allow them to review submissions and make editorial choices.

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Practice writing, grammar and editing skills

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Learn to translate ideas into artistic images

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Learn how images and sounds can convey humor

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Learn about other cultures by exploring their humor style

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Learn about humor and how it helps with communication

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Practice working in groups and with a partner

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Learn to articulate creative ideas to peers

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Learn from classmates

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Learn to express ideas you are studying through an original project

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Practice discussing thoughts and ideas

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Find answers through discussion and research

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Lesson 1: Participate in a Poll

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From the Home screen of your XO, click on the MaMaMedia icon.

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Open the Poll Builder activity from the MaMaMedia Activity Center.

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Choose a Poll topic from the list, and click the “VOTE” button next to it.

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A Poll question and answer choices will appear. Read them carefully, then click on your favorite answer. Click the “VOTE” button to submit your answer.

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After you vote, current Poll results will appear. You will see the exact number of votes cast (so far) for each answer. You will also see a bar graph that shows which answer is currently the most popular among the whole group.

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Look at the number of votes next to each answer. Which one has the most votes so far? How many people chose the same answer as you? Which answer do you think will win? Why?

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Look at the bar graph. Which answer has the longest bar? What does that mean? Which answer has the shortest bar? What does that mean?

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Let each person in your group vote in this poll. How did the votes and bar graphs change?

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After everyone votes, discuss the final results. What did you learn from the poll? Were you surprised by the results? How could you use this information?

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Generate a list of ideas for polls. Record your ideas on a blackboard, on paper or in the “Write” program on the XO Laptop. What would you like to learn from each poll you thought of? What would you do with the results?

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Lesson 1: Share and Collect Jokes

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Exchange favorite jokes with your class

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Go around the group and encourage everyone to share a joke they know.

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You can also use a printed joke book if one is accessible.

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Use the Write program on the XO laptop to create a list of the jokes told.

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As a group, discuss each joke. Why is a joke funny or not funny?

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Have one student record these ideas on the WRITE program.

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Collect jokes for an original jokebook

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Working independently, create a list of at least five jokes for your own jokebook. Write your jokes down with the Write program on the XO laptop.

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Use the Internet and books to look for jokes you think are funny.

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Ask other students and grown ups for jokes too.

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Be sure to write down the name, age and relationship of each joke teller.

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Do you notice any patterns? Do kids tell different jokes than grown ups? Do girls like different jokes than boys? Are there some jokes that get told over and over?

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Draw pictures or take photos to go with each joke

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Use the Paint activity or Record activity on your XO to make original images to go with each joke you wish to include in your jokebook.

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Record a sound effect to go with each joke

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Use Record to record a funny sound effect for your jokes. You can use the same sound for all jokes -- it will play when the answer to a joke (also called the "punchline") is revealed.

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Now you are ready to make your jokebook! Go to Lesson 2 to review the steps for creating a jokebook using the Joke Machine activity.

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Lesson 2: Build a Poll

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Make a poll of your own! The goal is to build a poll that is interesting to you, and learn to collect votes from people and reach conclusions or make decisions based on your poll.

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Example poll idea: “What is your favorite activity on the XO?”

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You can use this poll in your classroom or your family, to find out what activity is the most favorite or popular.

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Open the Poll Builder activity and click on the “Build a Poll” button at the bottom of the screen.

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Fill in your poll details on the blank form that appears. Type in your poll title, question and answers, and the number of votes you want to collect.

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Think about your “Poll Title” and “Question.” The title is the name of your poll, and the question is what you want to know. In our example poll, the title is “Favorite Food” and the question is “What is your favorite food?”

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Next type in the number of votes you want to collect in your poll. This number is called a “sample size” by researchers. To do this correctly, think about how many people you want to poll. Is it all of the students in your class? Just the 12-year-olds? All of the people in your family? All of the women in your town?

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Now type in the “Answer choices,” you want people to choose from. You can offer 2, 3, 4 or 5 answer choices in this poll. In our Favorite Food example, the answer choices could be: 1. Bread, 2. Rice, 3. Beans, 4. Candy, 5. Bananas.

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Once you have filled in all of the “Build a Poll” fields, click “Step 1: Preview” to see how your poll will look.

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If you like how it looks, click “Save Poll.”

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If you want to change something, click “Edit Poll.” You can change the information in any field.

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When you are happy, click “Step 2: Save Poll” -- your poll will be built.

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Lesson 2: Create a Jokebook with Joke Machine

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After collecting a set of jokes, and creating images and sounds to go with them, you can create an original jokebook with the Joke Machine.

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From the Home screen of your XO, click on the Joke Machine icon to open the activity. You can also open it from the MaMaMedia Creative Center.

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Click the "Make jokebooks" button at the bottom of the screen to start a new jokebook. You will see three tabs at the top of the Jokebook editing screen:

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Edit Jokebook Cover

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Edit My Jokes

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Review Submitted Jokes

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At first you will be on the "Edit Jokebook Cover" tab:

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Type in your jokebook title (i.e. "Celia's Favorite Jokes")

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Click on the camera button to find a picture or photo from your Journal that you wish to use as the cover image.

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You can also find a sound effect in your journal and add it to the cover.

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When you are happy with the cover, click on "Edit My Jokes" to add your jokes:

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Type in the Question and Answer for your jokes in the text fields.

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Click on the camera button to find a picture or photo from your Journal that you wish to use as the image with a joke. (Joke Machine will automatically make your picture the right size to fit in your jokebook.)

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There is a delete button in case you decide you want to delete the joke later.

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Click "Add Joke" to start creating another joke for your jokebook.

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After you add your jokes, click "Preview" to see how your jokebook looks!

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When you are happy with your jokebook, click on the Journal icon (open book at the top of your screen) to keep a copy of it in your Journal.

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Present your jokebook to your class. Select the "Share with: My Neighborhood" option in the top bar of your screen. This will allow other XO users in your 'neighborhood' to see your jokebook and read it through the Mesh network.

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Lesson 3: Collect Poll Data

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Now that your poll is built, invite people to take your poll on the XO. Walk around with your laptop, and ask people to answer your research question.

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Decide how you are going to get the information you need. You could read your question and the answer choices to each person and click their answer on your XO. Or, you can show each person how to select your poll from the list, read the poll by themselves and click on their answer choice by themselves.

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For best results, each person should vote only once. The Poll will close when you reach the number of your “sample size.”

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Try to collect votes from the people you originally thought about when you chose the “number of votes to collect.” If it was girls, ask only girls. Otherwise your results will not reflect the group you had in mind.

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Remember, you can create the same poll again, and ask different kinds of people to answer each time. It will be very interesting to compare the results of the same question asked to different groups, such as boys and girls or adults and children.

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Lesson 3: Contributing Jokes to a Friend's Jokebook

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Not only can you share your jokebook with friends over the mesh, you can also contribute joke ideas to one another's jokebooks.

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Go to your neighborhood view and look for a Joke Machine icon. Click on the icon to join that activity. The jokebook will load on your XO so you can read it.

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While you are reading a jokebook , click on the "Submit a Joke" button to suggest a joke for the author to add.

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A "Submit Joke" screen will appear on your XO. Type your joke question and answer in the text field and click on the camera button to browse your journal for an image. Click the "Submit" button to send the joke to the jokebook author.

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The author's XO will be updated with your joke submission during the shared activity. An alert message will let him know that your suggestion is there, so he can review it and decide whether to add it to his jokebook.

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Once a joke is approved by author, it is added to his jokebook.

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New jokes can be seen by other users the next time the jokebook is shared.

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If the author disconnects or closes the activity, you cannot submit jokes, but you can keep reading his jokebook.

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Lesson 4: Use Data to make Observations and Decisions

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After you have collected the poll data you needed from one or more groups, look at the results and think about what they mean.

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Open the Poll Builder activity on your XO and find your poll title on the list. Click the “See Results” button to see how people voted.

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Look at the Bar Graphs that represent the votes (results) of your poll.

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Which answer has the longest bar? What does that mean? Which answer has the shortest bar? What does that mean?

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If you tried your poll with different groups (girls, boys, teachers, students, adults, children, etc.) Open each poll and see if there are any differences.

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Write down notes about what you see; put your findings on paper or record them with the “Write” activity on your XO. How does this kind of information help you draw conclusions about the people you surveyed? Does the data accurately represent an entire group? Does it matter if you questioned 25 people or 100 people? Why?

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Present you findings to your class, or to the people who took the poll. Tell them what you learned for the poll and discuss the results together. Brainstorm about what could be done with this information.

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Lesson 4: Reviewing and Editing Jokebook Submissions

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You are the editor of your jokebook and that means you decide what goes into it. When someone sends you a joke submission, you can read it and decide if you want to add it to your jokebook or not.

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Your XO will be updated with joke submissions while you are sharing it over the mesh. An alert message will let you know if a joke suggestion is ready for you to review.

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Click the "Review Submitted Jokes" tab on your Joke Machine interface and you will see any jokes that have been sent to you.

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If you like a joke, "Click the "Approved" button

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I f you don't like a joke, click the "Rejected" button

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If you are not sure, leave the approval setting as "Unreviewed"

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After you approve a joke, it is added to your jokebook. New jokes can be seen by other users the next time you share that jokebook.

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After reading and editing your jokebooks, talk about the experience together as a class:

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Talk about what makes a good joke. You may want to make a list on paper or using WRITE on the XO. Some concepts to discuss: Surprise, Rhythm, Shortness, Action

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Look at each other’s pictures and discuss how the image relates to the words of a joke. How do images add humor? Does an image ever make the joke less funny

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Talk about the sound effects in your jokebooks. How do sounds add humor? Does a sound ever make the joke less funny?

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