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==Place Title of Exercise Here==
==Mad Libs(For J2SE Students)==


Give the title of your exercise, which may include the name of the topic you are covering, or some other catchy title.
Give the title of your exercise, which may include the name of the topic you are covering, or some other catchy title.


===The problem===
===The problem: Java lectures tend to be boring.===


Describe what you are attempting to teach students by this exercise.
Basically no matter what you do to try to lecture to students, their attention span is going to be pretty limited and within 30s-40s they are no longer paying attention and will only later respond when they hear cues of silence or confusion. Our idea is to force student participation via electro shock therapy... or whimsical humor which ever is the easiest to implement.


===Participants and props===
===Participants and props===


How many students will participate?  What else do you need (e.g., old tennis ball, Powerpoint slides, software).
All students are capable of participating... they simply will shout out what they would like to see written on the board.  


===The script===
===The script===


Describe how to do your exercise.
Describe how to do your exercise.

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Formatting Help Guide from MetaWiki

Mad Libs(For J2SE Students)

Give the title of your exercise, which may include the name of the topic you are covering, or some other catchy title.

The problem: Java lectures tend to be boring.

Basically no matter what you do to try to lecture to students, their attention span is going to be pretty limited and within 30s-40s they are no longer paying attention and will only later respond when they hear cues of silence or confusion. Our idea is to force student participation via electro shock therapy... or whimsical humor which ever is the easiest to implement.

Participants and props

All students are capable of participating... they simply will shout out what they would like to see written on the board.

The script

Describe how to do your exercise.