Agenda 7.22.2008
Agenda
Tuesday 7.22.2008
In Ed Portal, 3-6pm
Go over Timesheets
procedures/due-dates/contacts
Imagine Community Assignment
I.D.E.A.
*see page 2
add to blog
Teach Peter SL
How to move
How to change appearance
How to Fly
Maps/Teleporting
Basic Design on Boston Island
Presentation Assignment for Community/Youth Programming
Prepare an hour long presentation/activity that you will lead the group in next week.
Pick a day, Tuesday-Thursday to present.
Pick one topic to focus on:
Public Spaces
Virtual Spaces or Virtual Design
Community Organizing
Architectural Design
Examples:
Lead the group to build something out of a particular substance.
Present another example of people using a virtual space to build community, and teach us their process.
Find an example on the web of community organizing around building a public space in a different city and present the site and process
Imagine Community Assignment
I.D.E.A.
Imagine
Design
Engage
Activate
Assignment: Interview 3 different people from 3 different demographic backgrounds (ie. A teenager, a parent, an elder) in North Allston, asking them “What do you want from the Allston Library Park?”
You may need to explain the Park development project to them.
Use the Back of this paper for more writing room.
Objective: The learning objective of this exercise to imagine what’s good for the community by listening to others and by distancing yourself from our own desires.
Follow-up: When you return to the Portal we will share our findings and record them by plotting the community wants onto a google map of the park.
Person 1
Describe who they are:
Answer to the Question:
Person 1
Describe who they are:
Answer to the Question:
Person 1
Describe who they are:
Answer to the Question:
