WikiCED presentation scene 1

Scene 1

• experimenting process, engaging around change

Players

	Image	Description
Anti-tech Arnie		Fax machines are the height of human achievement
Bureaucrat Bev		Everything by the book, for the organization!
Busy Betty Bee		Everywhere, doing everything with no time to spare.
Innovator Irene		We can solve this problem with a few simple technological conventions
Iron-fisted RARRRR Thor		It's simple. My way or the highway!
Mélanie Hughes
Whiny Negate No No Nancy		Whiny Negate No No

The setting is based on our SCPA CED classroom and work settings. The scenarios are inspired by the enthusiasm and resistance to change.

Pre pre pre kiwi party

All characters during all of scene 1 are in the classroom, reading a book, standing or sitting around, will read their lines of scene 1 from the projected WikiCED screen sharing openly for rest of the class to follow.

Bee: I’m not so crazy about this kiwi idea. I already spend too much time in front of my computer. With the school work AND figuring out… I am really not so sure…

Nancy: I hate computers....whine whine whine (Cleo improvises)

Irene: It's software based on the Web, you have to learn a few conventions, but it helps you solve a lot of different problems as a group and when including the public.

Janet + friends sings Rocky horror Let's do the time wharp again and Janet yells out months later.

Pre pre kiwi party

Arnie: Y'know, this technology thing sounds great, but the last time I tried to use a computer, it burned my toast badly.

Bev: I am DEFINITELY really interested because we could participate remotely in meetings in the evening and on weekends and holidays, also on lunch breaks and while showering, with the right equipment.

Nancy: Bev that is easy for you to say whine whine whine (Katherine improvises)

Janet + friends sings time wharp song and moves and Janet yells out years later.

Pre kiwi party

Irene: That's not exactly what kiwi is about.. It's software based on the Web, you have to learn a few conventions... How about I have a kiwi party to try to make this all clear?

Thor: Excellent, more control means greater efficiency.

Bee: Sure, but I'm only free Tuesdays between 5 and 5:30 in the morning.

Bee and Thor stay in room. Janet + friends sings time wharp song while someone yells out months months months later.

Post kiwi party

Bee and Thor are hanging out. Nancy, Arnie walks into classroom.

Bee: Hey Thor, How was the kiwi party?

Thor: I didn't go.. if we're going to use computers, we should all be assigned one and given training and enforcement until we do things the proper way.

RARRRR!!!!!!!!!...I already told everyone. My way or the highway. It is easy.

Arnie: Maybe we should start with the basics.. I heard we can use computers to send faxes.

Thor: They should be sent to a reeducation class until they do things the proper way, be fired or quit. It's simple.

Irene: It's software based on the Web, you have to learn a few conventions, but it helps you solve a lot of different problems as a group and when including the public.

Bee: It sounds like it might be helpful for our affinity group, and really help my community organizing.

Nancy: yah but Bee, the affinity group is one thing, community organizing is another thing, it is too much, I have to do this and that ....whine whine whine...

Irene: You have to make sure to include those people using different means, not just the kiwi.

Thor: They can be reeducated.

Arnie: Couldn't we do all this with the fax machine?

Bev: Yes, we definitely should do it. Bureaucrat Today says everyone else is doing it (holds up a copy of Bureaucrat Today with a caption "Kiwis: Everyone else is doing it.")

About

Developer: Janet; Presenter: WikiCED group; Minutes: 5; Position: 3