[sl] Second meeting with the U.S. Holocaust Museum
Today was our second meeting with the U.S. Holocaust Museum's summer program. The focus today was on thinking about "designed experiences" and exploring examples from Second Life.
In teams the teens experienced and evaluated builds from the UNICEF contest on children's rights, the maze on sex trafficking from GK Summer Camp 2006, and the U.S. Holocaust Museum's photo exhibit about Darfur.
Afterwards, the youth listed elements they would like to emulate in their own builds and elements to avoid:
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Emulate:
Audio - words will help understand better
Including a role playing HUD
Music - soundtrack
Exploring the space
Make the facts like BAM! Interesting to read
Someone you can click on - a virtual tourguide
Avoid:
Not having audio
Don’t hit people with too many facts they have to read
Make sure all of the information is cohesive and related to one another
Don’t make facts boring to read.
Finally, the youth used the same questions they used to think about designed experiences in Second Life to evaluate the exhibits they have learned to give tours for within the museum.
