Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2007

The director of the NSF has gone so far as to say that it will "usher in a technological age that dwarfs everything we have yet experienced in its sheer scope and power." The National Science Foundation is convinced cyberinfrastructure will transform the conduct of the sciences and that other academic disciplines will soon follow.

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NSF New York Arts Journal 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

There are lots of great science museum resources, but not where these kids can walk after school. We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand. And a couple other sites that didn''t make it financially (more on that later). We received NSF funding for three years and then it cut off.

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Green Interview Share Community 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

ExhibitFiles is a community-based site launched last month to encourage the documentation, sharing, and exploration of exhibits and the exhibit design process. Last week, I spoke with Jim Spadaccini ( Ideum ) and Wendy Pollock ( ASTC ) about their experiences creating this site. Enter ExhibitFiles. Why is that?

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NSF Interview Case Study Museum 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2007

Instead of searching based only on the taxonomy assigned by the authority who runs the site (i.e. the name of this site is X or the name of this artifact is Y), you can search based on the terms that users identify with the item. The games on the website at my museum are old. Whether on Flickr with photos, on del.icio.us

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

If you've clicked on a link to the site from this post, congratulations--you are a ScratchR spectator. I've joined the site, but I haven't yet uploaded anything or commented on anything. ScratchR is not 100% safe, as I'll explain, but they have created a site that is fully functional for both kids and adults. I'm one of them.

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Education Generation Remix Community 20