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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

Museum 2.0

This qualitative, exploratory study involved tracking and interviewing 32 Spanish-speaking intergenerational groups in fully bilingual exhibits at four different science centers/museums. You can download the research report and find out about the research model, methods, analysis and implications for the field.

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

Museum 2.0

I'm still a "passive consumer" in the eyes of ScratchR, but my actions are tracked every time I view a Scratch project (as are spectators'). For example, check out this discussion about the Monte Carlo method, Pi, and what it means to be forty. I'm one of them. And that gets kids and adults discussing all kinds of things.