Project Status
		Contents: Feb 18 March 4 March 14 March 24 May 13 Feb 18 Goals Present information in an engaging and interesting way that learners may have access to but may not pursue independently Show that learners are connected to a broader community than their own neighborhood Situate learners in relation to other people and communities Making intervention in ways of thinking knowing about "other cultures" and local social and political histories Broadening concept of environment Design Loading screen RIPTA map interface Printable text of all information Narrative dialogue Roles (possible examples: journalist, artist, architect, organizer / activist, storyteller) Overall collage aesthetic Content General criteria for each wall Geographical spread across all of Providence Concerns How to present information coherantly without tangling blocks of information Resisting the dissemination of information in a way that perpatuates "X cultures is like this" "Consuming / Eating the Other" and how in our experience, social studies was often taught from the denial that non-white cultural traditions don't change or experience disruption and discontinuity -- and obviously deny the role that particular agents play in disrupting those cultural traditions Limit the amount of final text for each wall to 2.5 pages Scope of how self-contained the software is with regard to teaching roles (think Decisions, Decisions) Making the software useful for all learners (don't assume all learners are not aware of the connections we're sharing) Editing / fellowing process for text Marketing walls to client Go to the top of the page March 4 Met with Teacher Sandra Kaufman to discuss status and progress. Discussed our approach to wall selection as geographic (trying to cover as many regions of Providence as possible). Discussed design of software program. Visited computer lab: Mac OS X, each girl has her own station, the students are generally in the lab for 45 minute sessions (the project can be multi-session) Chose next meeting time. Go to the top of the page March 14 Met with Sandra Kaufman to finalize wall selection. We decided on the following walls: Masonic Temple (associated with VMA) Hurricane Barrier Teresa’s Church Rising Sun Mills Cornel Young Memorial Park Adult Correctional Institutions Alternates: Roger Williams Park Zoo (moved to alternates list due to misinformation) Turk’s Head Building RIC Children’s Home 51 North Main Tunnel WPA Baker Wall Go to the top of the page March 24 Meeting to discuss plan over Spring Break. Finalize decision to plan on working on 6 walls with only non-narrative mode and narrative mode. If time allows, to branch out into multiple narrative modes. Need to post feedback and responses by 4.5.05. Recommend working in pairs on the project to Sandra Kaufman. Decided against thumbnail photos when selecting walls. Encourage different ways of looking at walls. Plan to take photos of walls over Spring Break – mid-week (Get addresses). Vanessa to ask about details of St. Teresa’s Church. Possible extra feature: journalist working from either Providence Journal or Providence Phoenix. Go to the top of the page May 13 Project Completed. Go to the top of the page