I took notes but they were a little messy so I went back through and put my questions for her/ thoughts while we were speaking/extra description of the conversation in bold so that it could be distinguished from notes of Sarah’s responses. I started off pretty broadly, asking about the history and development of the 360 Program/ transitions.

-Sarah first person to do what she does

-First cluster was launched 2010

-Originally named Kaleidoscopes

-Brainchild of kim cas. and group of faculty working on curricular renewal- reassessment of requirements… individual students were doing 360 like experiences on their own… but there was no structure for them

program design:  need to come up with a curriculum plan for a 360.  

goal is to design a sustainable, replicable program of study that bryn mawr could offer at riverside. 

interviewing:  we need to think about who to talk with and then brainstorm interview questions.  could do 2-3 background interviews first, to get a feel for the territory.

e.g. if you were going to teach a 360 class involving architecture and incarceration, what might this involve?

sara: i'm trying to figure out how it would work in an institution like rcf - wouldn't look the same, so wondering about other versions of 360 here.

In our group, Double X, we discussed how children's stories used to take place in the Wild West, with one bad guy, and the good guy would arrive to save the day. Our group wondered: are we making media too complicated for children to understand by showing all the shades of gray in between with contemporary children's characters?

Source: http://praywithisrael.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/good-cowboy-vs-bad-cowboy.jpg

By this weeks scribe

September 7, 2014