an email list acquaintence from Santa Monica, CA, made a trip to a PTA meeting for a briefing from HCI to the soccer moms
here is the transcript:
http://thematrix.acmecity.com/one/40/pta.html
(29:51) 029 - Monique: " OK, This is one of the things it is called 'someone you know'.
And normally when we go into the schools we go in for a six week period and we like to
go in 'ya know, it is not just a one shot program. Because you have to do these things
over and over again and it is like I said 'conflict resolution', 'anger management' these
types of things are involved. This particular role play what we are gonna do is You (one
of the volunteers) are at your house with your friends and uh You show Them (the other
two) your fathers gun. You know you are all getting bored and you show them your
fathers gun. Does anyone have a pen? (pause to retrive pen) This is the gun! Now
normally when we do these role plays we don't use a real gun we don't use a toy gun
because kids tend to be fascinated with guns. So, we always some kind of other object.
This will be your gun. Now I have three rules. 1. Is that you must have a beginning
middle and end to the role-play. Which means that you don't want it to go over, you
know over than it needs to go. 2. That you're all young children, your not Adults. There
are no adults in the role-play. So, they may be ten years old..ten years old. And 3. You
want to try to get out the situation as safe as possible. That is your role in this role play.
And your (audience) goal in this role play is to see if indeed they get out of this situation
as safely as possible. Got it? So, beginning middle and end, there are no adults in the
role-play, and you two want to see how you can get out the situation as safely as
possible, and you are going to tell me if they do. Pay close attention and action!
here is the transcript:
http://thematrix.acmecity.com/one/40/pta.html
(29:51) 029 - Monique: " OK, This is one of the things it is called 'someone you know'.
And normally when we go into the schools we go in for a six week period and we like to
go in 'ya know, it is not just a one shot program. Because you have to do these things
over and over again and it is like I said 'conflict resolution', 'anger management' these
types of things are involved. This particular role play what we are gonna do is You (one
of the volunteers) are at your house with your friends and uh You show Them (the other
two) your fathers gun. You know you are all getting bored and you show them your
fathers gun. Does anyone have a pen? (pause to retrive pen) This is the gun! Now
normally when we do these role plays we don't use a real gun we don't use a toy gun
because kids tend to be fascinated with guns. So, we always some kind of other object.
This will be your gun. Now I have three rules. 1. Is that you must have a beginning
middle and end to the role-play. Which means that you don't want it to go over, you
know over than it needs to go. 2. That you're all young children, your not Adults. There
are no adults in the role-play. So, they may be ten years old..ten years old. And 3. You
want to try to get out the situation as safe as possible. That is your role in this role play.
And your (audience) goal in this role play is to see if indeed they get out of this situation
as safely as possible. Got it? So, beginning middle and end, there are no adults in the
role-play, and you two want to see how you can get out the situation as safely as
possible, and you are going to tell me if they do. Pay close attention and action!