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. We received NSF funding for three years and then it cut off. For example, kids and tools. Any big museum has barriers and limitations to full community ownership.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

The whole process of developing an exhibition tends to get stuck behind a museum's doors. Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? , NSF requires grant applicants to build on prior knowledge--where do you get it? So if NSF is funding it, is it only for science exhibitions? Why is that?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2007

For example, I identify myself as Nina Simon, the government identifies me by my social security number, some guy on the street identifies me as a woman with curly hair… all of these are valid descriptors or tags for me, and the aggregation of these tags provides a fuller picture of who I am to the outside world.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

For example, check out this discussion about the Monte Carlo method, Pi, and what it means to be forty. The initial NSF proposal for ScratchR focused on creating networked opportunities for teams of kids who were already using Scratch and for whom a social component would add value to their education experiences.

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