Communicator Activity Badge

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Communicator Activity Badge

• September 23, 2004
• Jim Krzyzanowski (Mr. K)

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What is a Communicator?

• A communicator is a person who shares
  information
• We all do this constantly
• We tell or show
• What we know
• How we feel
• What we think

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What are some ways we communicate?

• Think about this
• Discuss this

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Ways we communicate

• Speak
• Write
• Body language yawn, smile, frown
• Drawing pictures
• Sign language
• Codes
• By mail, telephone, computer

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Codes or Secret Codes

• Why secret codes?
• Who would use secret codes?

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Why Secret Codes?

• To communicate information so that the message
  cant be understood by someone else
• Except someone who knows the key to your secret
  code

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Who would use Secret Codes?

• Soldiers during a war
• So an enemy cant intercept your message
• Members of clubs
• Baseball players
• Football players

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QWERTY Secret Code
Computer Keyboard
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QWERTY Secret Code Key
A Q G U M D S L Y N B W H I N
F T Z Z M C E I O O G U X D
R J P P H V C E T K A Q J W
V F Y L S R K X B
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QWERTY Secret Message

• VT VOSS WT SGNQS LEGXZL
• WE WILL BE LOYAL SCOUTS

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Phone Keypad Secret Code
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Phone Keypad Secret Code Key
A 21 B 22 C 23 D 31 E 32 F 33 G
41 H 42 I 43 J 51 K 52 L 53 M 61 N
62 O 63
P 71 R 72 S 73 T 81 U 82 V 83 W
91 X 92 Y 93 Q 11 Z 12
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Phone Keypad Secret Message

• 81, 43, 61, 32 81, 63 71, 53, 21, 93
• 21 41, 21, 61, 32
• T I M E T O P L A Y
• A G A M E

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Follow Directions

• Take a sheet of paper
• Form a circle
• Turn around so your backs are facing each other
  (dont look at others)
• No talking
• Fold the paper in half
• Fold the paper in half again
• Tear off the top left corner
• Tear off the top right corner
• Tear off the bottom left corner
• Open up your paper
• Turn around and compare your handiwork!