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

Museum 2.0

I charted them across the year and pledged to try one each month, inviting others to do them with me and blog about the experience. A critical part of the scientific method is the development of a hypothesis, which can then be tested with well controlled research. Thus began a year of play. as a part of Experimonth: Race.

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What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface. But there is also a trust issue too -- particularly if you don't know all the avatars in real life. This gets me back to wanting that virtual flip chart.