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=Universidad Simón Bolívar= =ID2126 (Parallel Course)= =Week 4: Light and Texture=


 * ==Week 4 Objectives== || By the end of Week 4, students will have:


 * been introduced to the topics of Light, and Texture
 * watched videos and/or listened to podcasts that illustrate the topics of Light & Texture
 * developed skills of Observation, Research, and Critical Thinking
 * designed a set of questions on a podcast about Light
 * answered questions designed by a classmate
 * discussed about different kinds of lightning and different types of textures
 * created a page dedicated to Light in their wikispaces
 * created a page dedicated to Texture in their wikispaces
 * filled K-W-T-K Charts for Texture and added it to their Wikispace
 * learned new words related to Light & Texture
 * added new words to the glossary in Moodle ||

=Week 4 Lesson Plan:=

Introduction to the Unit Light & Texture (F2F Group Work):

 * Have you ever thought about the effects that light and texture can produce in the perception people have of a place?
 * Did you know you can create a series of sensations and moods of your choice by integrating the concepts of color, light and texture to your designs and plans?
 * Do you think light and texture can make a difference in any room setting or in any public place as well? How is that? Give examples...

1. **Listening 1 and note-taking** **(3pts) Part I:**

 * Listen to the three (3) podcasts about Light
 * Click on Link 1 OR on Link 2 to listen to each piece of recording.

Podcast 1: Lighting your home
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Podcast 2: Lighting needs
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Podcast 3: The fundamentals of Lighting
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 * Open a word document to take notes on the content of the podcasts as you listen to them.
 * Listen to each podcast as many times as needed.
 * After having listened to all 3 podcasts, select **__ONE__** and design a set of 5 questions that can be answered by listening to the podcast of your choice.
 * Open a new word document, copy your 5 questions, and have your teacher take a look at them.
 * Once your questions have been checked by your teacher, add them to the corresponding Forum in Moodle (Week 4) "[|Lighting Questionnaire]".

2. **Listening 1** **(3pts) Part II****:**

 * Select a set of questions prepared by a classmate from the Forum "[|Lighting Questionnaire]".found in Moodle (Week 4)
 * THE SET OF QUESTIONS YOU SELECT **__CANNOT__** BE THE ONE YOU DESIGNED NOR ANY OTHER SET ON THE SAME PODCAST YOU SELECTED BEFORE! **Example:** If you selected Podcast 1 to design your 5 questions, you are not allowed to answer a set of questions on Podcast 1.
 * Listen to the correponding podcast again to answer the five questions.
 * Add your answers to the 5 questions to [|Listening 1(3pts) Answers to Lighting Questionnaire] (in Moodle/Week 4)
 * Create a new page in your wiki Titled LIGHT, add an image that ilustrates the topic, and add the 5 questions you picked out, the name of the classmate who designed it, and your answers to those 5 questions. ADD YOUR ANSWERS TO THE WIKI __**AFTER**__ THEY HAVE BEEN __CORRECTED BY YOUR TEACHER__ AND __EDITED BY YOU__ IN MOODLE.

=Learn about texture= ==

1. Wrapping up (F2F Group Work)
To close Week 4 dedicated to Light and Texture, watch the following movie clip taken from "The Lakehouse" with Sandra Bullok and Keanu Reeves where he (Alex) and Christopher Plummer as Architect Simon J. Wyler are having a conversation. Try to understand what it is that they are talking about....and have a Group Discussion.

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2. Introduction to Texture (Individual work):

 * Complete the "Know-Want-To-Know" Chart below
 * Create a new page for the topic of Texture in your wikispace, and add the K-W-T-K chart with your answers to that page.


 * **What I know about Texture is.....** || **What I would like to know about Texture is....** ||


 * Watch the video "Intense Textures" taken from Youtube.
 * See how texture has been used in different places and in various structures...

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3. Explore [|The Artist's ToolKit Encyclopedia] and other sites to learn about:

 * [|Types of texture]
 * [|Visual texture]
 * [|Illusion of Space]
 * [|More Texture] (a, b, c)
 * Open a word document to take notes and later upload them to the corresponding [|Forum in Moodle] so that you can use them to study for Quiz 2.
 * After reading the texts, go back to the K-W-T-K Chart to check if you have learned, through the reading, any of the aspects you wanted to learn.
 * Complete a second version (V2) of your K-W-T-K Chart with what you now know about Texture.
 * Add Version 2 of your KWTK Chart to the page of Texture in your wikispace.
 * [[image:exclamationMark.jpg width="35" height="58"]]Note:**
 * 1) Concentrate while doing the activities above.
 * 2) __//**Do not forget to add new words related to Light and Texture to our Glossary in Moodle.**//__

Quiz 2 on COLOR, LIGHT and TEXTURE (6 pts) is re-scheduled for Week 5 (Monday). All students MUST be n the lab to take the quiz