activities

Activities
1. Let´s start by watching these videos.

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//**Real Life Architect using Second Life as a Virtual Studio**//

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//This is our **Crescendo Design virtual office space**, where we share case studies of previous projects with clients and discuss goals for their new home. The building itself is a living diagram of sustainability, showcasing a living roof system, passive strategies, pellet stove, rainwater harvest, rain gardens, wind energy, photovoltaic panels and more. The building is populated with descriptive icons that, when clicked, send you an infoCard with more information about that strategy. For more iformation, or to schedule a guided tour, IM keystone bouchard in world, or email// //jbrouchoud@lakefield.net//

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 * Architecture on the Double**

"Perfectly illustrates the collaborative nature of building in SL" ( [|**PathfinderLinden**] - SL)

2. Discuss these videos with your classmates.

3. Now, lets read two articles from the Architectural Record Online magazine - Half the class reads one article and the other half reads the other

a. [|From atelier to e-telier: virtual design studios] b. [|Virtual|reality and digital modeling go on trial for a federal courtroom design]

4. Write a summary of the text, and at the end add your opinion about it - To review how to summarize a text, please visit [|this site] or [|this one] which is a bit more comprehensive. 5. Get together with 2 other classmates who read the same article to discuss your summaries and opinions (you can carry out this discussion in a chat, save the chatlog or recording to show your teacher). 6. Get together with a classmate who had read the other article: - explain what your article was about (both participants have to do it) - discuss your opinions about the content of the article 7. Prepare a paragraph on your opinion about what you have learned about the Metaverse -Advantages, disadvantages, how it would or would not be useful for architects/urban planners 8. Record your paragraph in a voice application 9. Remember to jot down the new words you learned today