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=Week 4: Light & Texture=



La [|Sagrada Familia], Barcelona Spain/ Light effects

Week 4 Objectives
=Pending Activity from Week 3:=
 * By the end of Week 4, students will have:
 * recorded a paragraph about color (pending activity from Week 3)
 * been introduced to the topics of Light, and Texture
 * filled K-W-T-K Charts for Light & Texture before each lesson
 * watched videos that illustrate the topics of Light & Texture
 * developed skills of Observation, Research, and Critical Thinking
 * listened to a podcast about Texture
 * completed a cloze exercise by listening to the podcast
 * discussed about different kinds of lightning and different types of textures
 * read about the uses of light and texture in Architecture and Urban Design
 * created a page dedicated to Light in their wikispaces
 * created a page dedicated to Texture in their wikispaces
 * learned new words related to Light & Texture
 * added new words to the glossary in Moodle
 * taken Quiz 2: Color ||

Recording 1 (3 pts.):

 * Choose ONE of the Colour Advisor paragraphs that you wrote and record it.
 * Record your paragraph in [|Springdoo] or Audacity.
 * Send the link (Springdoo) or the recording (Audacity Mp3 format) to my mail (magausb1@yahoo.com)

=Week 4 Lesson Plan:=

Introduction to the Unit Light & Texture (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 (3 pts.) Part I:

 * Listen to the three (3) podcasts about Light
 * Click on the corresponding links to listen to each piece of recording.

Podcast 3: The fundamentals of Lighting
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 * Open a word document to take notes on the content of the three 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 6 questions that can be answered by listening to the podcast of your choice.
 * Open a new word document, copy your 6 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(3 pts.) 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 6 questions, __you are not allowed__ to answer a set of questions on Podcast 1.
 * Listen to the correponding podcast again to answer the six questions.
 * Add your answers to the 6 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 illustrates the topic, and add the 6 questions you picked out, the name of the classmate who designed it, and your answers to those 6 questions. ADD YOUR ANSWERS TO THE WIKI __**AFTER**__ THEY HAVE BEEN __CORRECTED BY YOUR CLASSMATE__ AND __EDITED BY YOU__ IN MOODLE.

3. Observation, Research, and Critical Thinking (Individual & F2F/Pair work):

 * Think about the illumination system of your house, classroom, office, street, avenue, square, neighborhood, favorite night club, restaurant, or elsewhere for a few minutes. What is it like? What especial characteristics does it have? (Discuss with a classmate)
 * Do the [|General Electric Activity]
 * Compare results with a student sitting next to you.
 * Do you think Lighting can make a big difference in how you feel about a certain place?.
 * Read [|Interesting facts about Light]
 * Browse this site about [|The Light you see]
 * Try the [|Glossary] by General Electric
 * Try the [|Glossary of Lighting Terms] by Pegasus Associates Lighting
 * Search the content and vocabulary items in the two glossaries, and **add new words to the [|glossary] in Moodle** (min.3 each one)

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. media type="custom" key="749917"

2. Introduction to Texture (Individual Work):
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 * 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...
 * Watch the video "Intense Textures" taken from Youtube.
 * See how texture has been used in different places and in various structures...
 * Watch the video "Intense Textures" taken from Youtube.
 * See how texture has been used in different places and in various structures...
 * Watch the video "Intense Textures" taken from Youtube.
 * See how texture has been used in different places and in various structures...
 * Watch the video "Intense Textures" taken from Youtube.
 * See how texture has been used in different places and in various structures...
 * See how texture has been used in different places and in various structures...

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 page in your wiki so that you can use them to study.
 * 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.

**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.**//__

4. Practice your Listening Skills:

 * Listen to a podcast on Texture by Professor [|Carlos Torrealba].
 * Click on his photograph OR on the speaker's icon below to listen to Prof. Torrealba's lecture on Texture




 * In a word document take notes on the content of the podcast as you listen to Prof. Carlos Torrealba from USB Language Department speak.
 * In your word document, answer the following questions appart from your notes:
 * How is texture defined in the text?
 * What is it that texture describes of an object?
 * How many types of texture are mentioned in this podcast?
 * Is there any part/sentence/word you do not understand?
 * Save the word document with your notes and answers to the four questions
 * File the document in the corresponding Forum in Moodle (Week 4) "[|Texture: Note-Taking"]

5. Texture Gap-Fill (Individual Work):

 * Do the following exercise in Moodle "[|Texture Cloze Exercise"]
 * Or Click here to go to straight to the exercise [[image:http://id2126.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/text/html.png width="32" height="32" link="http://id2126.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Texture.htm"]][| Texture.htm]
 * Add your texture gap-fill score to the Texture page in your wiki.
 * Make a screenshot of your results/score in the Gap-fill and post it to the texture page in your wiki.

6. Quiz 2: Color (6 pts.)

 * It is strongly recommended that you've already finished all Week 3 activities before you do the quiz.
 * This Quiz will be administered F2F **(This event will not repeat).**
 * __Your presence in the classroom is mandatory__.
 * Please bring pencil and eraser.