Red Knight will partner with the tribe to design and create all the digital and audio/video media throughout the heritage center. Some of the innovative learning pieces will include a 3D video game where players explore a virtual world to experience how the Coushatta Tribe used nature and tools to survive, and an interactive language game that allows visitors to hear and learn Koasati.
There will also be a timeline wall where visitors can ‘interact with history’ by sliding a display monitor along the wall, allowing them to see and hear the tribe’s history and migration.
The interactive learning components in the center will be designed to highlight the work that the Coushatta Tribe is doing to document and revitalize the Koasati language, supported in part by a grant from the US National Science Foundation.
The Coushatta Tribe is refreshingly open to using technology for learning, stated John Purdy, president of Red Knight. They have always been known as leaders and innovators and this heritage center will be a model for how museums and cultural centers can integrate modern learning technologies to enhance their visitors’ experience.
