Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2007

and with it flocks of museum studies / education / exhibit planning graduate interns. I’m always curious when I meet these folks, who are about my age, choosing a different entry path into the museum world. The value proposition of museum grad programs is cloudy in my mind. Sure, it’s great to learn museum theory and history.

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Museum Program Student Education 51

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. in her book, Civilizing the Museum.

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Classroom Museum Children Model 22

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

After the International Committee on Museums spent some time debating the definition of museums, many folks took up the charge on social media to give their own definitions. I’m inviting people to share their definitions, here and on social (and tag me); I’ll summarize your thoughts next week. We need new #MuseumVerbs.

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Museum Teach Interaction Social Media 36

Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center (SLHC) is a small museum located in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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Place Museum Discussion Pennsylvania 27

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds.

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Second Life Museum Life Virtual 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 2, 2009

Many museums are experimenting with “back channel” platforms that allow visitors and staff to chat and share content while onsite at the museum. One participant started using webwise as a tag on Delicious for websites referenced during the conference. For some educators and curators, this may sound like a nightmare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. Where's the conference tag? Update: Tactical Philanthropy announces the 2007COF tag! This month, the Horizon Wikispace , where teams of students and teachers from around the globe are discusisng and creating what impact of these six emerging technologies in the classrooms.

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