Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2011

interactive multimedia exhibition, exploring connections between the. also created a mobile app in conjunction with a Valentine-themed evening event to create a real-time "dating game" (with an artsy slant, of. The multimedia components of their app sometimes competed with the already media-rich and interactive exhibition.

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Arts Omaha Organization Artist 63

Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2007

In the spirit of this sentiment, this week we look at games for lurkers, that is, games people watch. Games people watch? Isn’t the point to play games? I’d guess, in this country at least, more people watch games than play them. In museums, we always assume that everyone wants to get their hands dirty and “do it.”

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Game Museum Contest Interaction 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. My colleague, Evone Heyning, calls this “ more sticky interactions.&# It will also be interesting to track how Jumo helps organizations and causes attract new supporters and what is required in terms of time commitment and strategy to be successful.

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New York Profile Argentina New York City 104

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

Last week, I was in Minneapolis for the American Association of Museums annual meeting. As always, the conference was a party mix of inspiring and dull, familiar and new. Kathleen McLean led a terrific session called "Dangerous Ridiculous" about risk-taking in museums. I host dating games. We dance out our bad times.

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Reflection Columbus Museum Participatory 43

Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2007

Thirty-two "weeks" of events were condensed into the 10-week game, and each week, both in-game characters and real people--players all over the world--documented life in the new reality and swapped stories, solutions, and possibilities for survival. Good game design can encourage serious visitor participation on specific topics.

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Game Museum Alternative Iran 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

This technique was used in the Slavery in New York exhibition at the New-York Historical Society and continues in the popular StoryCorps project. Rabinowitz commented that "as a 40-year veteran of history museum interpretation, I can say that I never learned so much from and about visitors."

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Design Goal Difference Platform 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. The design of media is for more activist and personal interaction. local time). They document their learning."

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

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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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2008

This guest post was written by Georgina Bath Goodlander, the Interpretative Programs Manger for the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The “Ghosts of a Chance” alternate reality game (ARG) ran from July 18 until October 25, 2008 and was a collaboration between the Smithsonian American Art Museum and CityMystery.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2007

At the New York Hall of Science in Queens, there is a floor-mounted installation, Near , in the Connections exhibition that demonstrates how different elements are related in nodal networks. It's easier for interactive designers to design for single users. I hate seeing people waiting in line to use individual interactives.

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