Instructional Project Tag Teen 
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 15, 2009
Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 1, 2009
You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. You get to contribute to a collaborative project that produces something beautiful. You see the overall value of the project. You have been elevated by the opportunity to contribute to the project. Tags: guest blogging participatory.
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Museum 2.0
MARCH 16, 2009
You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. You get to contribute to a collaborative project that produces something beautiful. You see the overall value of the project. You have been elevated by the opportunity to contribute to the project. You can point to your part in its making with pride.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 18, 2010
Nonetheless, you can still click through to each group's project page to see the real-time vote tally and I'm sure all 100 organizations are monitoring how others are doing to get out the vote. . Friendship Circle, has a web contest landing page that provides instructions on how to vote and a direct link to the Facebook app page. .
Museum 2.0
MARCH 27, 2009
All of the instructions are handwritten on paper or cardboard. I saw teens and adults who sat and did this activity for 45 minutes and wasn’t surprised to hear that some people spend over an hour on it. In the more formal poster gallery, I saw many pierced teens listening unironically as their parents enthused about Jefferson Airplane.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 7, 2008
Surveys, interviews, tracking studies, and exhibit evaluations are often isolated events, and the information gleaned is specific to particular projects. When I watch the videos teens created at the Exploratorium and post on YouTube, I see the aspects of the exhibits they thought were most important to share with their classmates.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 18, 2008
Librarian Aaron Schmidt tells the great story of a game night of Dance, Dance, Revolution at his library in which a teen asked him: “Hey Aaron, can I go upstairs to grab a magazine and book to read?” Talk to the folks at Instructables. Projects participatory museum. Tags: web2.0 marketing Museums Engaging in 2.0
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