My Quest Atlantis

Have you met Maq the Gnome? What did he tell you? It seems there are new mysteries unfolding in the world of Atlantis and with OTAK. Can you retell Maq’s story? And who are the new characters sent to help us with the Social Commitments? Are they the key to the new mysteries of Atlantis?

One of the things we love about Quest Atlantis is that there is “something for everyone”.  QA has a number of different learning activities that will appeal to learners of all ages.

If you have always wanted to build your own house but thought that the real thing might be a little challenging, then maybe you should try your hand at building in a virtual world!

One of our youngest Questers has been completing her own Qville building project over the school holidays.  She took me on a tour of her Qville lot and I asked her to answer a few questions about her building experience.

How did you learn how to build in Quest Atlantis?

Well, first of all there is a building course in Quest Atlantis.  It’s like you’re being tutored. What happens is you read all the instructions and follow them until eventually you make something. Then you can go onto building big buildings and houses and hotels!

How did you organise your own plot of land?

First, I went and did the building tutorial, then I had to go to this building that is in front of you when you first land in Qville. Then I went to a computer and I clicked on it and on my Q-Pod one of the clickables said “Rent a plot of land”. I clicked on it and chose to buy lot 200. Also every one month you have to pay a rent. The amount you have to pay is 6 Cols. Then I went and started to build my house.

Do you buy land or do you rent it?

You can’t buy the plot of land you can only rent it which means you have to pay the Cols every single month.

Describe the different buildings and items on your lot.

First I have two mushroom houses in the backyard, one is for me and the other one I built for lucytrainer I also have two water features in the backyard. One is a very small fountain and the other is a big fountain.

Inside the real house I have one bedroom for myself because this house is only for me. I also have a kitchen, bathroom, a waiting room for the bathroom and a lounge room. (This includes a dining table in the kitchen.)

A mushroom house is a small house shaped like a mushroom with a chimney out the top of it’s roof. Lucytrainer’s house is green and yellow and mine is pink.

What is your favourite item or area on your lot?

I don’t have a favourite item because they are all very nice really except for the toilet and the toilet roll, but my favourite room is my bedroom. I love it because it’s a place where I can relax and enjoy my time to myself.

Our Quester has also written a story with images about her Qville building experience.  Click here to visit the Flickr page.

This week was a very exciting one for our Questers with one of our students luminating for the first time!
Cleo has written the following reflection about her experience…

I felt so ecstatic when I luminated for the first time. I was a bit nervous at first but I just felt so proud of myself that I forgot all about it. I went to all my friends and they were all admiring my shardflower, I felt like I was on top of the world, I can’t wait to luminate again!

A button saying LUMINATE came up underneath my lumins. I got Mr B to come over because I was not sure what to do. He stopped the class and said I was about to luminate so EVERYONE came over to my computer and we did a count down….5…..4….3…..2….1 and I pressed it! It came up with a message to go to the Otak Cave. I followed the instructions and when I got there I had to do a special QA vote about “Social Responsibility”. I made my vote and then teleported up to the platform above the lake in the Otak Cave. I pulled down the lever and a massive shardflower, full of colour, with all the petals luminated and shining came out of the water. It was amazing and beautiful. I got down from the ledge and refreshed my page and then…the moment I had waited for, my shardflower appeared behind my head with the social responsibility petal lit up.

You could tell some people were a bit envious but mostly everyone was really excited for me, especially my friends. They were all saying,  ”Wow! Great job! Awesome!” and just really nice things like that. They were all really excited and happy for me and most of them could not wait to get their shardflower luminated too.

I  luminated in Social Responsibility, a Social Commitment about helping the community. Things like poverty and slavery are just some of the things that we are trying to get rid of. The colour that represents Social Responsibility is purple, I think that this is the perfect colour because it represents good judgment, wisdom and dignity. This describes Social Responsibility perfectly.

Hello Questers!

Now that we have been learning, playing and helping inside Quest Atlantis for a number of weeks, it is important to reflect on our journey so far.

The image above shows what you need to think about when you respond. (Click on the image above to enlarge it.)

Your response should include the following:

” I see …
I think …
I feel …
I learn … “

Click on the Comments link below to submit your response.

You can also download a printable version of the image above, if you wish to add to your response with your own images.

We look forward to your responses!

Urtha & Hawkeye

Hello again Questers!
Gosh, I have *loved* reading your QA reflections!
Congratulations on putting so much thought, time and effort into this important task.
Don’t forget to read the other responses and feel free to comment further.
I’m very much looking forward to seeing your words and images on paper too!
Congratulations on your amazing work!
Mrs B