1st meeting with review panel - 30th june 2009

The following points were discussed in the first meeting with the review panel:
1. why is the subject of the stories the moon? can there be other themes?
2. the theme can emerge after first meeting and discussion with children depending on what they would like to write about.
2. The project is uni dimension at the moment. it needs another layer, something that will bind the project together. you can think of ways of making the content educational.
3. instead of the workshops simply being a means to get children to generate stories, you need to find a way to make the workshops a part of my final product.
4. what age group of children are you going to work with? this is important because children will want to know about, talk and write about different things at different ages.
5. holding workshops with children requires organisation and planning. young children can be restless and particularly hard to deal with it. the workshops should be planned in such a way that both the kids and the parents are comfortable with the timing,duration and the location of the workshop. also, i must inform the parents as to WHY the workshops is important otherwise they have no incentive to let their child attend.