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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

They were ahead of the museum curve, using language like "participatory learning environment" (Brooklyn Children's Museum, 1977) that is still thick in the mouths of contemporary museum directors in other fields. Bob argues that giving kids laptops enables more participatory, engaged learning.

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Where I'm Coming From

Museum 2.0

There are many parallels between free-choice learning and participatory design. There is money in traditional education, lots more than what MacArthur and other foundations are starting to offer for alternative learning environments. I know the practical answers.

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