MULTIMEDIA & CHILDREN'S CONFLICT RESOLUTION

全国都需要解决冲突和开展和平教育。以小品为基础的表演和公开讨论是培养孩子解决冲突能力的两种常见的成功方法。该项目建议制作一系列持续的视频，探索各种冲突情况，将这些视频通过网络流媒体传输到教室，并提供一个基于网络的会议论坛，供孩子们相互讨论小品中呈现的情况，并与具有解决冲突经验的治疗师和在小品中扮演角色的演员进行独特的讨论，从而在参与的教室中培养社区。第一阶段将(1)制作两个这样的系列，(2)为参与的教师开发课堂支持材料，称为“支持结构”，(3)设置在线会议室，(4)将这些资源整合到一个基于网络的学习环境中。设计和开发将遵循以用户为中心的设计方法，教师和学生参与包的各种组件的几次迭代。作为可行性测试的一部分，将进行三项总结性评估活动：分析(1)使用材料时的课堂体验，(2)学生参与者的在线对话，以及(3)从前后设计中收集的数据。这些班级将同时参加，由来自康涅狄格州、佛蒙特州、肯塔基州、印第安纳州和密歇根州五所学校的一个班级组成。可行性的其他措施包括产品本身以及完成它所需的预算和资源支出。建议的商业应用：学校必须在培养有能力、有社会意识的社会成员方面发挥作用。最近在利特尔顿，科罗拉多州，休伦港，密歇根州和其他地方发生的事件只会把这项活动的重要性推到最前沿。安全学校和类似的倡议使这成为公认的、通常是强制性的需求。通过以这种方式提供这些材料，我们将能够接触到更多的儿童，而不是以地点为中心的表演。STARStreams将是为大量学生提供冲突解决支持的一种经济有效的手段。由于许多学校系统发现其心理健康支持人员必须花费大量时间进行评估和召开会议，而不是用于干预实施，因此其重要性尤为明显。任何可以由教师融入课堂的努力都应该被证明是有益的，并受到学校的欢迎。在以这种形式证明之后，其他市场包括父母、监狱和其他社会机构。

There is a national need for conflict resolution and peace education. Skit- based performances and open discussion are two frequently successful methods of working with children to develop conflict resolution skills. This project proposes creating an ongoing series of videos that explore various conflict situations, streaming these serials over the web into classrooms, and providing a web-based conferencing forum for children to discuss the situations presented in the skits with each other, and, uniquely, with therapists experienced with conflict resolution and the actors playing the characters in the skits, thereby fostering communities among participating classrooms. Phase I will (l) produce two of these serials, (2) develop in-class support materials, called "support structures," for the participating teachers, (3) setup the online conference rooms, and (4) integrate these resources within a web-based learning environment. Design and development will follow a user-centered design methodology with teacher and student participation in several iterations of the various components of the package. Three summative evaluation activities will be conducted as part of the test of feasibility: analysis of (1) the classroom experiences when using the materials, (2) the online dialogue of the student-participants, and (3) the data gathered from a a pre-post design. The classes will participate at the same time and will consist of a class from five schools: Connecticut, Vermont, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan. Additional measures of feasibility include the product itself and the budgetary and resource expenditures necessary to complete it. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Schools must play a part in developing competent, socially-aware members of our society. Recent events in Littleton, CO, Port Huron, MI, and elsewhere have only served to thrust the importance of this activity to the forefront. Safe Schools and similar initiatives make this a recognized, often mandated need. By delivering these materials in this manner, we will be able to reach many more children than could be reached with location-centered performances. STARStreams will be a cost-effective means of providing conflict resolution support to large numbers of students. Its salience is particularly evident since many school systems are finding their mental health support staff must spend a great deal of their time doing assessments and conducting meetings rather than in intervention implementation. Any efforts that can be integrated by teachers into their classrooms should prove to be beneficial to and popular with schools. After proven in this form, additional markets include parents, prisons, and other social agencies.