Tech Teach Bootcamp
VR with CoSpaces and Google Cardboard
Week 3: Advanced coding and project design
Schedule
Week 1: Intro to 3D Modeling
Week 2: CoBlocks coding crash course
Week 3: Advanced coding and project design
Week 4: How to launch this course at your site(s)
Weekly Structure
15 min: Intro and review
75 min: Active lecture
30 min: Workshop and teaching practice
Let's start with a short review!
Week 2 Homework
☐Finish the 3D maze (should have a few dead ends to trick the user).
☐Develop a 30-second timer that shows on a billboard and ticks down every second.
☐Attempt to have camera move only when you hold the mouse click (hint: use the if/then + forever blocks).
Let's return to CoSpaces
Head to cospaces.io and open the project from last week
Advanced CoBlocks Coding
Task
☐Have 3 unique messages during the timer countdown
- "You've got plenty of time"
- "Your time is short"
- "Game over!"
10 min
Scene Switching
Uploading objects directly from CoSpaces
Project Design
Project Design Tips
1. Keep students in the "flow" zone
Project Design Tips
2. Scaffold old and new skills in a single project
Project Design Tips
3. Allow for student autonomy
Workshop
Before Week 4
☐ Create a second stage for the maze game. The second stage must be triggered by a button press from the first stage.
☐ The second stage must contain:
- An obstacle to avoid (e.g. a villain) or something to jump over (e.g. a platform)
- A timer that ends the game if you don't get to the end on time.
- A win message if you do successfully get to the end