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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

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Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. Most of my work involves museums, but these categories can be useful in any project that involves user participation. What do these categories look like outside of the science environment? I've purchase a two copies, one for me and one to give away.

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Machinima Festival and NTC Video Contest

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is a new art form that re-uses commercial video-game environments to make animated films. The Museum of the Moving Image is hosting the 2006 Machinima Festival this weekend in NYC. Moderator: Carl Goodman (Deputy Director and Director of Digital Media, Museum of the Moving Image). in kenzo, machinimatographer~

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Urban Curators: Exhibit Your World

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This week, I heard about a neat renegade art/museum awakening project in Providence, RI: Urban Curators. By utilizing frames that one might expect to find in an art museum or gallery, viewers are forced to make connections between the urban landscape and the museum environment. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Quick Hit: 2010 Horizon Report on New Technologies and Museums

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The folks at the New Media Consortium have released their annual Horizon Report , a roundup of up-and-coming technologies relevant to museums, archives, and libraries. The Horizon Reports ARE really useful if you need arsenal to explain the relevance, utility, or educational value of new technologies in your museum.

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Self-Identification and Status Updates: Personal Entrypoints to Museum Experiences

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I've become convinced that successful paths to participation in museums start with self-identification. The easiest way to do that is to acknowledge their uniqueness and validate their ability to connect with the museum on their own terms. Who is the "me" in the museum experience? Not so at museums.

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