Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

There are many amazing community representatives from business, arts, education, and social services who connect us to powerful ideas and partners. We had about thirty participants ranging from MAH trustees to artists, educators to architects, moms to grandfathers. It was an evening meeting with beer and chips.

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Program Community Design Museum 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. Now that Clay???s

Environment 50

Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

What new projects might allow you to better reflect those aspirations? Or maybe education staff are not willing to engage real-time visitors in dialogue around controversial issues. There is a preponderance of reports about the value of new media literacies towards educating productive citizens of the 21st century. That’s fine.

Project 22

Project Museum Teen North Carolina 22

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator. Now, as a freelancer, my work combines long-term, creatively challenging participatory exhibit projects with lots of little workshops and brainstorming sessions with institutions around the world.

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

The resulting (real) exhibits are high-quality experiences that reflect a level of creativity that could not have resulted from our scant in-house exhibit development staff. They are more like floor staff or educational program staff--energetic, social communicators who are comfortable in the environment of your community space.

Virtual 21

Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. Frequently, we get stuck on developing participatory projects or events that serve as many people as possible.

Artist 39

Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? Both libraries and museums are (somewhat frustratingly) lumped with the K-12 public education system. How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? The six topics are: How do you plan for the future? Who owns the stuff?

Library 20

Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20