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A Dozen “Edutainment”
Application Bundles
I-Focos White Paper
By Steven Donahue
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305-318-8176
Language Magazine
ABSTRACT: Search, like Rock and Roll, will never die. But it will
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not thrive until it diversifies and partners with Media, Not-for-

Profit, and aims to build new generations of users via
educational application bundles.
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Definition
EARCH WAS THE GREAT NEW FRONTIER. Sodden with
copycats, it has become anhydrous. As Science
Fiction writer, Harlan Ellison, has noted: “We are
entertaining ourselves out of existence.”
The Principia Mathematica by Russell and Whitehead
would have been a thin book indeed, if it had as its base
the language of the Hip Hop culture. It would have to run
something like, “If I break out your front teethes, I will
write my thesis,” as an if-then nest. However, the problem
is not with Hip Hop—it is just faddish and entertainment.
The question is more profound: How far can an illiterate
market expand for the new breed of media now emerging?
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© 2007 Steven Donahue Donahue.steven@gmail.com (786) 315-8526
Below are described a dozen possible education application
bundles for a new media model. The definition of an
“Edutainment” bundle is as follows.
EDU-TAINMENT
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It is interactive instructional content, which results
in:
1. Measurable and meaningful learning outcomes,
2. Engages students at the appropriate level, and
3. Adheres to standards acceptable to schools,
governments, and philanthropies.”
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Model
Figure 1 APPLICATION BUNDLES
Search, like Rock and Roll, will never die. But it

will not thrive until it diversifies and partners with
Media, Not-for-Profit, and aims to build new generations of
users via educational application bundles.
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Table 1 THE DIRTY DOZEN

Dirty Dozen
Application Bundles of the Future

(1) Online Writer & Bot Reader for emailing social
messages/hearing essay read back by synched avatar.
(2) Automatic Essay Repair
(3) Automatic Essay Scoring with club privileges
(4) Fill-in-Blanks for breaking news stories/ earn
points and prizes.
(5) Arrange headlines in ascending order for points.
(6) Reading Machine. Level diagnosis and
spelling/pronunciation hierarchy.
(7) Best Sentence evaluator.
(8) Flash Games.
(9) Drag and Drop Parts of Speech, etc.
(10) Write-By-Phone. Assorted Activities. Alliance with
long-distance carrier.
(11) Make your own newspaper and distribute by moving
blocks of standard online editions.
(12) Interactive TV DVD’s connected live.
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SCHEMATICS
1. ONLINE WRITER & BOT READER. For emailing social

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messages/hearing essay read back by synched

avatar.
Figure 2 BOT READER
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2. AUTOMATIC ESSAY REPAIR. Semantically-based essay

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repair in automatic or semi-automatic mode.
Figure 3 ESSAY REPAIR
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3. AUTOMATIC ESSAY SCORING WITH CLUB PRIVILEGES.

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Allows for social networking to share writing

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with others.
Figure 4 ESSAY SCORING
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4. HEADLINE PUZZLER. Fill-in-Blanks for breaking

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news stories/ earn points and prizes. The

preliminary idea is that the user: First,
arranges the headlines from most to least
important. Second, they edit the opening and
closing paragraphs of each article. In this
manner, the scorer will evaluate their entries.
And, the social community will also grade. Prizes
and points, perhaps from vendors as well.
Figure 5 HEADLINE PUBLISHER
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5. READING MACHINE. Level diagnosis and

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spelling/pronunciation hierarchy.
Figure 6 READING MACHINE
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6. BEST SENTENCE EVALUATOR. The user tries to create

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the best sentence possible, perhaps in a contest

basis for a particular topic. A sentence
hierarchy evaluates and scores the sentence.
Figure 7 SENTENCE EVALUATOR
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SOME EXAMPLES
Online Writer & Bot Reader for emailing social
messages/hearing essay read back by synched avatar
Figure 8 FUN ROBOTS
Table 2 DISCRETE OUTPUT

Usage Feedbacks
Usage Feedback
When you mean "for example," use e.g. When you mean "that
i.e.
is," use "i.e." Use good old English "for example" and "that is"
kids Probably better to say "children"
many Use many with countable nouns. Many hands make light work.
Real means "actual." The unicorn is an imaginary beast, but it
real
is made up of features taken from real ones.
Sense is a verb meaning "feel" ("I sense you near me") Don|t
sense use it when you need the adverb "since" ("since you went
away,)
Grammar Check Results
Category Description Text Difference Suggestions
Avoid contractions in
Contraction wasn|t was not
formal writing.
Possible of the of the classroom was -OR-
Number agreement
subject-verb classroom of the classrooms were -OR-
error.
mismatch were of these classrooms were
Possible Singular noun thought that naps -OR-
thought that
subject-verb thought conflicts with thoughts that nap -OR-
nap
mismatch verb nap. thought, that nap
Punctuation Punctuation inside
learning."
placement quotation marks.
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Punctuation Punctuation inside

moment,"
placement quotation marks.
Spell Check Results
Spelling Errors Detected Suggestions
Frere freer
helter welter
skelter smelter
Heelan heel an
Slang Words
Usage Feedback
SHIT USE “FECES”
Automatic Essay Repair
Figure 9 READ ALOUD AND INTERACT
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Figure 10 COLORFUL OUTPUT BARS
Automatic Essay Scoring

with club privilegesParse Essay
Sentence Results
Total Score = 12.4 Total Ambiguity = 1
Score= 12.4
Ambiguity= 1
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| +---CO---+ +-----Ost-----+ | | |
| +-Xc-+ +-SFst+ +---D*u--+---Mp--+---Jp---+ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
LEFT-WALL first.a , there w as.v the buildup[?].n of anticipation
+--------------MX--------------+
| +------------Xd-----------+--------------------Xc---------
Figure 11 SENTENCE PARSER
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Figure 12 INDEPENDENT FEEDBACK
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Figure 13 VOCABULARY BUILDING AND WRITE-BY-PHONE
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Figure 14 http://www.rxnetwriter.com
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Figure 15 VOCABULARY PROFILE
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CONCLUSION
SEARCH ENGINES HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD. However, that
changed world has also mutated search engines. Looking for
the next “big idea,” there are a lot of chefs in the
engine, and poaching is not being done to just eggs. The
time has come for a new vision, comprehensive, as outlined
above, at least in a preliminary sense.
Links
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(2) http://www.writenowabc.net/ifocos/ifocos.aspx
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(3) http://www.writenowabc.net/
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(4) http://googlescriber.com/
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Author
Figure 16 Donahue holding Pashto Training CD for US Military

Language Magazine Features Editor: Steven Donahue
http://www.languagemagazine.com
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Steven Donahue is a member of The National Press Club, The Society of Professional
Journalists, and The National Writer's Union. He has published over 100 articles and numerous
self-published books, as well as submitted E-Testimony to the Congressional Web-Based
Education Commissioner' report. He has developed sophisticated software programs, some of
which provide language training for the U.S. Military in Afghanistan and American K-16 students.
He has contributed to the Operation Enduring Freedom Language Task Force (OEFLTF) at the
Defense Language Institute and presented before the Director of Central Intelligence's Foreign
Language Committee (DCIFLC). His work has been covered in The Chronicle of Higher
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Education, National Public Radio, Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He is a tenured
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professor at Miami Dade College in Florida. His hobbies include chess and the violin. For more
information, visit www.rxnetwriter.com http://faculty.mdc.edu/sdonahue/ and

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not thrive until it diversifies and partners with Media, Not-for-

copycats, it has become anhydrous. As Science

Fiction writer, Harlan Ellison, has noted: “We are

entertaining ourselves out of existence.”

The Principia Mathematica by Russell and Whitehead

would have been a thin book indeed, if it had as its base

the language of the Hip Hop culture. It would have to run

something like, “If I break out your front teethes, I will

write my thesis,” as an if-then nest. However, the problem

is not with Hip Hop—it is just faddish and entertainment.

The question is more profound: How far can an illiterate

market expand for the new breed of media now emerging?

Below are described a dozen possible education application

bundles for a new media model. The definition of an

“Edutainment” bundle is as follows.

It is interactive instructional content, which results

1. Measurable and meaningful learning outcomes,

2. Engages students at the appropriate level, and

3. Adheres to standards acceptable to schools,

governments, and philanthropies.”

Figure 1 APPLICATION BUNDLES

Search, like Rock and Roll, will never die. But it

Table 1 THE DIRTY DOZEN

Application Bundles of the Future

messages/hearing essay read back by synched avatar.

(2) Automatic Essay Repair

(3) Automatic Essay Scoring with club privileges

(4) Fill-in-Blanks for breaking news stories/ earn

points and prizes.

(5) Arrange headlines in ascending order for points.

(6) Reading Machine. Level diagnosis and

(7) Best Sentence evaluator.

(8) Flash Games.

(9) Drag and Drop Parts of Speech, etc.

(10) Write-By-Phone. Assorted Activities. Alliance with

(11) Make your own newspaper and distribute by moving

blocks of standard online editions.

(12) Interactive TV DVD’s connected live.

1. ONLINE WRITER & BOT READER. For emailing social

messages/hearing essay read back by synched

Figure 2 BOT READER

2. AUTOMATIC ESSAY REPAIR. Semantically-based essay

repair in automatic or semi-automatic mode.

Figure 3 ESSAY REPAIR

3. AUTOMATIC ESSAY SCORING WITH CLUB PRIVILEGES.

Allows for social networking to share writing

Figure 4 ESSAY SCORING

4. HEADLINE PUZZLER. Fill-in-Blanks for breaking

news stories/ earn points and prizes. The

Figure 5 HEADLINE PUBLISHER

5. READING MACHINE. Level diagnosis and

Figure 6 READING MACHINE

6. BEST SENTENCE EVALUATOR. The user tries to create

the best sentence possible, perhaps in a contest

Figure 7 SENTENCE EVALUATOR

Figure 8 FUN ROBOTS

Table 2 DISCRETE OUTPUT

Punctuation Punctuation inside

Automatic Essay Repair

Figure 9 READ ALOUD AND INTERACT

Figure 10 COLORFUL OUTPUT BARS

Automatic Essay Scoring