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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of them was the curator of the world largest archaeological museum, Grand Egyptian Museum. These stories come from all over the world such as US, China, Russia, Japan, etc. He asked them a question. In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland. It was her first time to attend such a large conference.

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Khan Academy and the Revolution in Online Free Choice Learning

Museum 2.0

But Vi doesn't work in a science museum. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, who are well known in museums for their excellent Smarthistory website and podcasts. the way the best museums do. Does this mean Khan Academy is competitive with museums? She would be the best science center educator ever.

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Designing Interactives for Adults: Put Down the Dayglow

Museum 2.0

When talking about active audience engagement with friends in the museum field, I often hear one frustrated question: how can we get adults to participate? In children's museums and science centers, this relationship is at its most extreme. And yet in the museum world, we still see interactives as being mostly for kids.

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Designing Effective Technology Learning Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Anyway, it's called "Existential" or the ability to ponder big picture questions. Take for example some recent questions that he has asked me: Does the Tooth Fairy get bored with her job? I've been chewing on that one - keep an eye out for any Existential learners who cross my path and it hit me that my son, Harry, age 6.

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Favianna Rodriguez: Political Digital Artist and Printmaker

Have Fun - Do Good

I think that it's too bad that our stories are not in the common language of arts and entertainment because I think our stories can be very powerful - the stories of an immigrant family, of a single family, of a family who's organizing, or fighting evictions, a young woman who's questioning her sexuality. I think that is really important.

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