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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop. The schools have open wireless internet, so each student has continual access to the Web. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening.

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Remix This Power Point!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. enhanced cultural and technical literacy, not just an ability to reuse materials, but a willingness to do so.

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Temple Contemporary and the Puzzle of Sharing Powerful Processes

Museum 2.0

Looking closer, I saw that each seat had its own handwritten label, telling the story of the Philadelphia cultural institution from which it originated. Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders.

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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

Museum 2.0

It made me think in ways that I haven't before about the relation of art--as expressive culture--to democracy. It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. Note: you can view these photos of the exhibition on Flickr here.)

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Do this before before a classroom blogging project or external organizational blog which is more visible. Step 8: Understand The Power Remix Culture and User-Generated Content. Hiring people. The power of Web2.0

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. That facilitator has to be able to manage many different personalities, the different cultures, different experiences. And there was a lot of cultural misunderstandings, something very basic. How do we do this well? We listened to them.

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Come Work With Us at MAH as School Programs Coordinator

Museum 2.0

We are hiring for a School Programs Coordinator to wrangle the 3,500+ students and their teachers who come to the museum every year for a tour and hands-on experience in our art and history exhibitions. How can we develop programming that encourages students to make connections with kids of other ages or from other parts of our County?

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