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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

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People often ask me which museums are my favorite. I visit lots of perfectly nice, perfectly forgettable museums. In some cases, that's based on subject matter, as at the Museum of Jurassic Technology or the American Visionary Art Museum. Some are scrappy and iconoclastic, like the City Museum in St.

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ExhibitFiles: Interviews with Initiators Jim Spadaccini and Wendy Pollock

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

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The last three reflect the interests of the users--and not in quantity (i.e. 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. most views) but in recency.