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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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There’s a thriving debate about the role computers should play in children’s museums, with many professionals sounding the alarm about the negative impact of exchanging screen time for tactile environments. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. Consider other family-oriented products: toys, media, schools.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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Next week I'm doing a Webinar for Extension Professionals , a remix of 10 Steps to Association 2.0 Point out each area of disagreement and why in a brief, non-rantish, professional manner. Do this before before a classroom blogging project or external organizational blog which is more visible. I'm nervous.

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Remix This Power Point!

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Yesterday, I presented this seminar to University Extension Professionals. I would love to develop more indepth training workshop or webinar on this topic, geared more for nonprofits and participatory campaigns, perhaps incorporating the Creative Commons Open Content Game. I have been doing a seminar called "Ten Steps to Web2.0"

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What's Your Vision?

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It's 8am in the classroom; 5am in my body. It was even more useful to learn how participatory writing visions can be. I'm sitting at my assigned seat, next to a man who sells trailers in in Indiana, a woman who runs a Chamber of Commerce in Pennsylvania, and a guy who provides liability insurance to doctors across the US.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

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Tell me a little about your professional background, particularly the work you do with nonprofits? whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork. Earlier this month, Janet sent me a note that she had completed her Ph.D.

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Come Work With Us at MAH as School Programs Coordinator

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Like most museums, we’re facing some big questions when it comes to the future of school programs: Buses aren’t cheap, and teachers are increasingly stressed about “proving” the value of expensive field trips away from the classroom. Museum of Art and History Quick Hits professional development'

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