spacial metaphor as a filter for content
Familiar concepts of buildings, spaces, areas and activities associated with them – make it easy to everyone to figure out what is located where.
Kitchen – explore food preparation, management, preservation, processing
Farm – food cultivation, raising animals,
Library/book shelf? – recipes, references,
Planet – issues of sustainability, foraging, hunting
Stupa – focus on mind / body and food
Auditorium / village center? – gathering place for food events, projects, community projects – visiting lecturers
Lab – science area to explore how food / time / temp all work, latest research – vetted references
Etc., etc., etc.
persona as a filter for user
Using Personas to align content. User can adopt personas to experience a different point of view.
Allergies – filters out any recipes with gluten, lactose, etc.
Disability – adjusts for particular disability – hearing, eyesight, use of limbs, etc.
Religious affiliation – cultural restrictions, cultural focus.
Adult – skill level
Child – age level appropriate
Donor / Partner / School admin – content for interacting with the program
Etc., etc., etc.
curriculum supporting each area
Behind every activity is a curriculum supporting that. Growing over time. This is the big nut – creating an entire curriculum and managing that with some sort of LMS. Ultimately this should be done with augmented reality since who wants to hold a phone or look at a laptop while cooking, gardening, blowing things up in the lab?