Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

They reflect the soul of the community and can be responsive to its unique interests and needs. Funders like the NSF have encouraged science centers in particular to share their techniques and evaluations, which is fabulous but also leads to rampant and sometimes unthinking imitation. It creates another forgettable museum.

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Support Museum St. Louis NSF 41

Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

If we were scientists, we'd have documentation of each experiment, each publishable result, each improved-upon discovery. Last week, I spoke with Jim Spadaccini ( Ideum ) and Wendy Pollock ( ASTC ) about their experiences creating this site. Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? ,

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NSF Interview Case Study Museum 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

More generally, ScratchR relies on the community to largely self-police via the Flag as Inappropriate tag. The last three reflect the interests of the users--and not in quantity (i.e. Tags: Technology Tools Worth Checking Out web2.0 most views) but in recency. usercontent.

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Education Generation Remix Community 20