[Sugar-devel] Image Quiz Activity

[Eben Eliason]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net> wrote:
> Wade,
>
> I am working on additions to Image Quiz to add the features mentioned
> here. The primary goal is to provide a picture recognition capability
> for learning vocabulary (the user is presented with four pictures and
> hears an audio prompt, then clicks on the correct picture). The
> capability to present flashcards (text, image, or audio prompt, text
> response) is also included. One of the other goals was to provide a way
> for the user to create his own questions. Collections of questions
> (called categories in Image Quiz) may be downloaded from the
> schoolserver. They are stored locally in an Sqllite database (images and
> sounds in the 'data' folder).
>

It would make sense to me, and be pretty awesome, if this activity
shared a data format with Memorize.  Memorize is all about matching,
which goes hand in hand with basic flash-cards of many kinds.  In
effect, Memorize just takes sets of flash-cards and adds collaboration
and spatial skills to the mix.  Since memorize already allows media in
the form of text, image, and audio, it seems it would likely suit a
flash-card activity well. (Actually, naming it "Image Quiz" might be
an unfair limitation on what it offers...perhaps "Quick Quiz" or
something?)

- Eben


> Progress is slow because of other commitments. However, I should have a
> reasonable first release ready by the time I leave for Nepal (Feb. 22).
>
> Tony
>
> One of the most common activity requests is a general purpose collaborative
> Quiz activity.  The ActivityTeam will try to meet this need in the near
> future, for now I'm adding it to our TODO list.
>
>        Main subject matter requested as simple activities with lesson plans
>  > >
>  > > The main subjects that were requested were German (first language) and
>  > > Mathematics, which seems to coincide with the requirements of other
>  > > deployments like the Nepali deployment. In terms of mathematics, these
>  > > activites should be as simple as possible, for example, the
>  > > multiplication/division/adding/subtraction tables done in such a way
>  > > that the teacher could choose which numbers were to be selected and
>  > > practiced on any given day and by any given student. It should also,
>  > > then, be possible to pair up students collaboratively to answer these,
>  > > and once again, at the end of the session, collect the answers in a
>  > > score card or report, that could be saved or printed by the teacher.
>
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