Lesson Plan 23

Final Project Planning

Lesson Title	Concepting the final virtual world
Duration	One to two class periods, and also discussions through semester.
Synopsis	Students will develop the concept for their Virtual World. They will develop ideas, images, sounds, language, music through discussions with teachers, guest artists, and among themselves.
Description of Class	Discussion, sharing of ideas, use of large dry erase board so students can write down key words and concepts.
Primary Educational Objective	To plan how they will implement their final project.  The Virtual World the students create for the Deep Vision Display wall is a collaborative effort.  Each student will design some element (specific images, music, language, geography layout, etc.) and discuss how they will do this as a group.
Additional Concepts and Skills	none
Assessment	Final Project will be viewed by the students at an open-house. This will be like an art opening they can invite community members, tribal officials and others.  The Virtual World should be complete and include visual imagery, sound, language, music, and perhaps use of movement through animation or LOGO.
Classroom Activities	Discussions and individual work to construct the virtual world. Students will be using all of the software they have learned thus far (corel, audacity, logo, maya).
Homework Assignments	none
Lecture Materials	None – other than large dry erase board that students will use to write their key concepts on.
Reference Materials	Other Virtual Worlds developed by Boston University and University of New Mexico
Prerequisites (this course)	none
Related Topics
Technology Requirements	Individual computers, the DVD wall, all of the software students have learned (Maya, Logo, Audacity, Corel) and recording studio for the music and/or language.