Interactive Tour Design Proposal

Congratulations on your students being selected to display their art work in two prominent New York City museums. It is unfortunate that the students are unable to take a trip to the museum to see their work displayed, as well as, be able to see first hand the other exhibits.However, I have designed an instructional design proposal to meet your needs.

Design Needs Defined

Let's take a brief look of the needs you have requested.

Needs	Specifics
Visual	View students exhibits
	Tour the two museums
Interaction	Museum curators
	Group critique of specific art work

In other words,you want this learning experience
to be as real, as if they are physically standing in the museum.
Additionally, you are looking for the students to learn more about
the other exhibits and connect with the museum curators. Then
lastly, you want students to critique a work of art, one from each
exhibit, as a group activity. To learn from each other, it will be
beneficial to hear and view each group's critiques.

Visual

View Students Exhibits:

The introduction would include a congratulatory statement from the teacher and school district and museum.

Next a museum explanation of the selection process and reasons for bringing students artwork to the museum.

Video links for both exhibits using a panoramic 360 video. The 360° video provides a full scan of the exhibit and will allow students to view their exhibit from a visitor's perspective. Click on the link to view an example to view the difference between a static image and 360° video.

http://www.virtualvue.com/Technology.htm

Tour of the Two Museums:

To help students understand how their exhibit contributes to the musuem, it is important for the students to tour the museum and to see other exhibits in the museum. This will help students understand the museum's overall vision and gain a better understanding of their contribution to the museum.

The tour will be accomplished using an interactive map and allow students total control of their tour. Students will design their own tour. After identifying a specific area in the museum, a slide show will display using a static picture and description of that exhibit. Depending on the exhibit, video may be used to display the exhibit. Click on the link to view a sample of a museum map and its exhibits:

http://www.lamoth.org/exhibitions/virtual-tour/

Students will need to view all exhibits in order for this portion of the course to show as complete.

Interaction

Museum Curators:

Since we are unable to physically visit the museums, the curators have made themselves available using online technologies for us to chat with them. We will use desktop two-way audio/video. Therefore, the computer lab will be utilized for component since each of these computers have webcams installed in each.

Working with the teacher, the curator will set a designated time to meet with the students. The curator will provide a brief prepared introduction which will congratulate the students for being selected to exhibit at the museum, brief history of the museum and why the student's art contributes to the museum, and then a brief explanation of the curator's career and background. Click on the link below to see a demonstration.

http://www.nefsis.com/movies/carousel/carousel.aspx

At this point, the curator will open the session to the student's questions. In order for students' to contribute and play an active role in this session, they will submit questions using the class Wiki. The Wiki will allow students to view others questions and insights and minimize duplicate questions. Click on the link below for a brief demonstration of a wiki.

http://www.wikispaces.com/content/wiki-tour/introduction

After students complete the museum tours, they will have time to prepare their questions. The questions asked will support concepts presented in class and seek additional insight to the exhibits, seek to understand reasons for media selection, and to understand the process for writing the exhibits descriptions.

The teacher will monitor the Wiki to ensure all students are participating and asking quality and valid questions as outlined in the course outline. The teacher will submit feedback using the Wiki so that all students learn and will develop questions meeting the course outline.

Group Critique:

To engage an expert, the teacher will request the museum curator of each museum to select a work of art to be critiqued. The curator will share their reasons for selecting this piece of art with the teacher.

The art work will be photographed from various angles to support the curator's reasons for selecting this art work. Enlarging the photograph will be enabled.

After the students have explored the piece of art, they will then ensue in a discussion of the artwork and begin their critique. The teacher will monitor the discussion by physically being present in the classroom. Additionally, the teacher will ensure the curator's observations and insights are shared during the discussion. The teacher will use art class standards for critiquing and supporting the learning component.

The group critique sessions will be videoed using a standard video camera. This video will then be presented during class so that each group can broaden their understanding of each piece of art and learn from one another.

Prior to viewing the other group's video, students will examine the art work online using the photographed images described above.

After both groups have viewed the critiques, the class will view a video of the museum curator sharing their critique, insights, and reasons for selecting this specific artwork to be critiqued.

Summary

Media used for this interactive tour include:

1. 360° video to view the students' exhibit

2. Interactive virtual tour using a map of the museum and static pictures and text descriptions

3. Wiki for group discussion and interaction with museum curator

4. Webcams for interactive

5. Static photographs of artwork to critique

6. Video for group critique

All these media components will support both the visual and interaction aspect of this learning experience. Students will be engaged to learn about the museum, to gain insight from an expert, the curator, and to apply their learning in a group critique session. The teacher will provide student coaching to ensure learning is related to the course objects. Additionally, students will be able to learn from each other and about themselves when viewing the group critique video. Each component of this course support the learning objectives, allow for skill application, coaching to enhance learning, and to learn from peers and experts.