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ExhibitFiles: Interviews with Initiators Jim Spadaccini and Wendy Pollock

Museum 2.0

The artifacts are reaccessioned, the labels (hopefully) recycled, but what happens to the knowledge? NSF requires grant applicants to build on prior knowledge--where do you get it? We see this as part of the network of sites that NSF is funding for informal science education. What happens to an exhibit when it closes?

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

While there are some criticisms of its consensus-based model for information-vetting, there's no doubt of its success as a collaborative knowledge-creation project. In May of 2007, Woody Sobey released a wiki for science museum educators to share their demos. Wikipedia, like YouTube and Facebook, is a giant in the world of Web 2.0.

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