VR Wecktrommler – SCOPES-DF
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Lesson Details

Subjects *
Arts, Multi-Cultural Learning
Age Ranges *
11-14
Fab Tools *
computer, Block coding, Augmented Reality, Co-Space
Standards
Fab-Programming.1, Fab-Design.1
Author
Studio 5
Additional Contributors
Zaid Abusini, Ilaria La Manna

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Studio 5
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In line with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology’s Digital Youth Strategy, STUDIO 5 is mainly aimed at nurturing youth as digital learners by sharpening their 21st century learning skills, as they develop in an all-pervasive digital environment. In… Read More

Summary

Online Unplugged lesson plan showing a Muslims tradition in Ramadan, By creating a scene on Co-Space showing how the scene would look like when the Mesharati enters the neighborhood.

What You'll Need

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The Instructions

Introduction

In this section we will start by an Ice-Breaking question with the participant to get them involved in the presentation and to break the boundaries of shyness. We will also try to open a discussion about Ramadan and how they feel about fasting.

1- We will start by asking them a question about Ramadan to get them engaged.

2- Then we will explain Ramadan for them as the ninth month in the Muslim calendar, and it’s a holy month of fasting.

3- We will also discuss with them the Values Ramadan represents for Muslims; Charity, Forgiveness, and keep on doing good deeds.

4- Then we will introduce them to the Wecktrommler which is the Mesharati.

5- Mesharati is an old Islamic tradition focus on waking up the people before dome to have their meal, so they can keep up the day and not getting thirsty or even hungry.

6- Then we will ask them if they have seen a Mesharati before.

 

  • Most of the participant will say no as its somehow not widespread in the State of Qatar.

 

What we will be doing today

In this section we will explain to the participant what we are going to do in this session.

1- We will build a virtual scene in this day for a Mesharati passing by the neighbourhood, and we need to add the children reactions and also the houses reactions.

Virtual Reality

In this step we will show the participant what is meant by virtual Reality and how this technology works in order to explain its uses.

1- We will start defining what is meant by reality as information represented by symbols or geometric we as human been giving it the meaning it have.

2- Then we will define what is meant by virtual as things are not touchable, but we may hear or see, and we could have a feeling towards it but still physically un-existing.

3- Then we will show participant how reality and virtual differs from each other, and they may look the same.

4- Then we will link the two meanings together “Virtual Reality” where it is a computer generated environment that built to persuade the human mind that it do exist.

5- Then we will show the participant a video of a built environment using this technology.

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6- Then we will show the participant how this technology works.

  • As we need to start by building the needed environment using a sketch program
  • Then we need to add the settings that make a meaning to the scene we created
  • Then we have to use the right equipment to see the scene with the settings we built.