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Students started with a bland world.
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The end result was a colourful playground.
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Activity Background
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Teacher and School
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Quicktime Movie
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Key Learning Areas
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Theme
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Art, Society and Environment, Mathematics |
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Transform
a bland environment into a fantastic setting.
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Year Level
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Student Age
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Years 3-4
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8 - 9
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Ability Level
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Mixed
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26
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Computer Access
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Duration
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Students
have 2 x 60 minute sessions a week, in the school computer lab.
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2 weeks
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Rationale
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This unit integrates aspects across the Key Learning Areas of Society and Environment, Art, and Mathematics.
It involves students completely transforming a bland urban environment into a colourful, fantastic setting.
Once the task is completed, students will deconstruct their peers' Xpressions.
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Student Tasks
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The class was provided with an activity worksheet that explained that they needed to complete the following:
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Choose a bland environment and explain why it is unappealing. |
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Create a duplicate of the Scene. |
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Transform the existing textures in the scene through the use of Swatches. |
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Place objects (e.g. people, animals, trees, etc) into the scene. |
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Use various forms of animation to give life to the new scene. |
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Place appropriate sounds on the objects. |
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Use links to provide the participant with additional information. |
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Animated Charachters added to
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Involvement for Xpression Participant
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Each participant needs to explore the Scene thoroughly to find out how many things have been changed, introduced or deleted. |
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Extensive use of the navigation tools required to ensure the investigation of the area is comprehensive. |
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Learning Outcomes for Student Creator
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Understanding the importance of colour and texture in the design process. |
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Learning how to change the ‘feel’ of a setting through the use of different textures. |
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Developing an understanding of links that allow the participant to move from the ‘before’ and ‘after’ scenes. |
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Students experiment with various types of animation techniques. |
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Greater understanding as to how manipulation of 3D objects can lead to change in perception. |
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Collaborative Potential
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Each scene is to be viewed and explored, with feedback provided on the number of changes. |
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Students can compare techniques used to transform the scene. |
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The class could challenge others to come up with variations on this type of interactive content in the Kahootz Message Forums. |
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