We conclude by discussing the design process followed to devise activity-aware systems: the choice of sensors, the available data processing methods, and the evaluation techniques.
Using the knowledge and experience he had gained in setting up his holiday camps, Butlin was able to devise activities and systems to boost morale, which led to his appointment as Director General of Hostels.
As if I had a houseguest I felt obliged to entertain, I devised activities for the two of us, trying to teach Mohican some tricks.
Devise activities that require pupils to share a computer, because computers are excellent for encouraging collaborative learning and also for higher order skills, such as modelling.
Now that the students have received the information, you need to devise an activity that allows them to put it into action.
But these benefits don't just happen; schools need to devise physical activity programmes that are carefully planned and delivered.
Couldn't teachers devise an activity that would use Shakespeare, perhaps in conjunction with other sources, and at the same time, teach these very practical reading and writing skills?
As a means to defeat boredom, he and his brother devise outrageous activities throughout their summer vacation, often participating in activities – toy design (in "Toy to the World"); piracy (in "The Ballad of Badbeard"); engineering (in "It's About Time!"); restaurant management (in "Chez Platypus"); usually inaccessible to children.
Recently, I have been working on a project with the Bristol Hospital Education Service to devise chemistry activities that children in hospitals can use at the bedside, which is a real challenge.
