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Khan Academy and the Revolution in Online Free Choice Learning

Museum 2.0

Its funding has skyrocketed as major foundations and technology companies have made multi-million dollar grants and investments in its growth. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker's content about art history is social and dialogue-based in format. This is an epic moment in the history of education, who wouldn’t want to be part of it?

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Diversity in Design: Inclusion Won’t Fix a Broken System

Media Cause

We read articles mapping out the “perfect face” according to the Greek ratio of Phi but we never question why Greek history is the arbiter of truth in many cases when much of Greek philosophy was stolen from Egypt. When we take a look at design history, we quickly start to see how whiteness relates to the rule setters and power holders. .

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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Beck talks about this in the context of learning to play music as a young artist. Sheet music is not a new technology.

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Familiarity Breeds Love…and a Desire for Things to Stay the Same: Guest Post by Karen Wise

Museum 2.0

Visitors in front of the African Elephant Diorama at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC photo) This guest post was written by Karen Wise, Vice President, Education and Exhibits at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. “I History exhibits with hundreds of objects and no coherent story.

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

I met many new people and learned a lot about technology and community, but the learning wasn''t the point, enjoying the resolutions was. And my museum, and this new model, as a space for them to do so. That is to say, we engaged in each Experimonth for the pure enjoyment of it, rather than any real serious or practical purpose.

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Dangerous/Ridiculous: Reflections on AAM

Museum 2.0

I led a session with Eric Siegel and Ellen Rosenthal on museum business models and some of the issues we grapple with in managing money. And I talked about some of the challenges of finding the right income and expense models for a museum that operates more like a community center than a traditional cultural institution.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. If you represent an educational or social justice charity, maybe giveaway specialty decks of cards featuring important people from history. It is seen as wasteful overhead. These exist already!

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