Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Fun Theory

The Fun Theory is a Volkswagen initiative and it is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people's behaviour for the better.  What do you think?

Watch the following videos and then answer this week's blog question:

Find the fun:

Now it's your turn to try the fun theory.  Choose a task that is typically boring and make it fun!  Describe why your game or "angle" on the chore is more entertaining.

Good luck!  

Mr. Boettger  :-)

35 comments:

  1. Emily V:
    I want to make doing chores more fun. i can do this bye, if you dont do your chores the t.v will noot turn on and your will not be able to play games on the computer.

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    1. good idea but what about other electronics like ipods i pads and cell phones?

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    2. Kala

      wow Em, that would suck if you don't do your chores :p but I love your idea its fun and creative

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  2. Lizzie
    If I was able to change peoples behaviour for the better using the fun theory I would try to get people to walk more. I would invent walker miles. This is when you walk to the store you tell the cashier and they will give you some walker miles. If you get up to a certain amount you get two pieces of licerice or some thing like that. It is like at an arcade with tickets and prizes.

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    1. Sarah L:

      Lizzie I like your idea. I would be awesome if we walked somewhere and we got points for it and then got free candy at a certain amount of walkers miles.

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  3. BY:JONATHAN
    If i could change something thats normally boaring and make it fun I would change that if I got an A I would get to go to an all you can eat buffet.

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  4. Sarah L:

    Well I find dusting really boring. So you could hide a treat(Like stickers) under the knick knacks and every time they dust the knick knack the get the treat(like stickers) underneath it.

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    1. Hailey but the treats would get dirty maybe you can put them in little containers.

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    2. Emily V :
      Sarah i think this is a great idea because i think dusting is the worst thing ever so maybe you should show this idea to someone.

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    3. Kala

      Sarah I love your idea. I wonder how many stickers you could collect after you dusted each week.

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  5. Hailey
    IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND AND THE TEACHER ASKED YOU AND YOU GOT IT RIGHT A COOKIE WOULD POP OUT OF YOUR DESK.

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    1. Yasmeen

      I Like That Idea, I Would Have My Hand Up Every Moment Of The Day (:

      I Love Cookies!

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    2. Lauren, Kristin
      So true Hailey!!
      Cool that would be a lot of fun!!!!

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    3. spencer
      Were would you get the cookies. I mean they will get stale and rotten.

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  6. Lauren: The one thing I would like to make the fun theory with would be History we could make it the fun theory by getting dressed up and and acting it out and making it come alive we could also write diary's about our adventures!

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  7. Emily F:
    i would like to turn doing the dishes into a fun theory because when i do the dishes i get so bored and what i would do to make it more fun i would make a mini robot that does the dishes with you and keeps you company and he pops up when he goes in water and he is filled with soap and he will move around and scrub the dishes and he squirts out water to rinse them.he would also have a built in cloth to dry them.

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  8. Talon
    If u put 24 water bottles in a pop machine u get a free pop.

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    1. very good idea !!! kool too

      :) isaac

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  9. Robert:I think I would make a pop machine that you have to put recycling in and it will get you a pop.

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    1. Talon
      that is a good idea and i would do the same thing.

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    2. Isaac.t :)

      i would make it so if you used a composter then at the end of the year the government hosted a green day were there are games and free food and stuff

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  10. Gage:
    If you your class gets a certain amount of low checkmarks in a week you get points. If you get that certain amount of points you get a extra phys ed period. If you can do it 2 weeks straight a one math period and and extra phys ed period. After each week the prize gets higher. If one week we don't get the certain low of the prizes start all over again with the first prize of an extra phys ed period.

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  11. christian
    going to school
    you get to choose your subjects!!!

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  12. Kristin:
    My Fun Theory is to make washing the dishes fun.
    You wash a dish and then you drop it on in a robot. Dryers the dish but well it drys it dances. but when the dish is dry he stops and in order to make him dance again you must wash another dish and put it in him.

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  13. Jaelen:
    I would make brushing my teeth fun.I know that this isn't realistic but i just wish that they could have a mirror that has arms that has like arms that pops out when you want to brush your teeth you just have to push a button and it will do it for you. it could have music to listen to while the arms are brushing your teeth. also your arms would not have to do any work!

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    1. Kala

      Very creative, I like that idea. Even though it doesn't realistic it might become realistic in the future.

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  14. Kala

    I would change grocery shopping. I would change this because I find this task really boring and I would go a lot more if you could plug your grocery list into the side of the cart and every time you dropped that item in it would cross it off and keep tally of your money that you are spending. I think this is more entertaining because you don't have to dig through your cart and then cross the items off the list and try and figure out the money angle after everything is said and done.

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    1. Lynsay

      I think that is a great idea to make shopping more fun because I also know that grocery shopping isn't the best if you looking for fun so the shopping list idea is awesome :)

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  15. Kirsten

    I would like to make getting out of bed more fun! I would make it more fun by doing this: when your alarm goes off, your mattress has a robotic hand that unfolds itself. The hand will then gently push you out of your bed. The rest is up to you but another cool feature of the hand is that it can even reach to the sides of your bed and get your bathrobe or slippers for you! I think this is a great way to get you out of your bed. This is because you are getting pushed to sit up and your skippers and bathrobe are ready to go on those clod nights. There are many different features to this hand such it can hold onto hot or cold drinks when your in bed and when you go to bed it will set up on the nearest flat surface (not the ground) it can find. Another one of the optional features you can buy or pay for one already installed with this feature, is voice activated!

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  16. Yasmeen (:
    If you do something good, you will receive 50 cents every time you do something nice, kind, or special (:
    OR
    If you brush your teeth you will get a ticket from its end of the brush for a free online game (:

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  17. Dustin: i think if we finish a math question we get a hand full of skittles

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  18. Logan:
    I would make a chip truck where you give them a pop can or bottle they will give you drink and so on and the chip truck will give the bottles to a recycling plant and they will get money!!

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  19. Lynsay:

    My fun theory is to get people to run more and to make it fun I would invent shoes and the fun part is they have a kind of protected pocket under your foot in your she so you can put an iPod or something like a MP3 in it and you put it in and it hooks to a wire and it will play music if you run the music will go loud and fast but if your walking then the music will slow down and will be boring if you stop then no music will play you can also put wireless head phones in. And a screen can be projected in front of you so you can play games and its the same as the music when you run or stop.

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  20. Spencer
    if i oculd make something fun i would make it so when you do dishies the sope makes the water change coloures every time you move your hands in it

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  21. Lizzie
    Kristin, I like your idea about the dancing robot. I think its a cool idea. You could even get it to dispense candy when your done.

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