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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

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When we received the award, we felt a great sense of opportunity and responsibility, since this was the first NSF-funded research study about bilingual families and their experiences in fully bilingual exhibitions. comfort design exhibition guestpost research'

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

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The design and feel of the place was different than any science center I''d ever experienced. I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand.

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ExhibitFiles: Interviews with Initiators Jim Spadaccini and Wendy Pollock

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What happens to the surprises designers encountered, the interactive that visitors loved, the bits that never seemed to work quite right? But exhibit design is transient and its documentation spotty. But exhibit design is transient and its documentation spotty. We live in a cyclical Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Design.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

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Design firms' projects often have a common look across different cities and institutions. 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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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

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Last week, I was reintroduced to Scratch , a graphical programming language designed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. In this post, a look at the intentional design choices that make ScratchR work. If you designate someone as your "friend," that just means that you link to their projects from your page.