Monthly Archives: November 2012

Field Trip to the 1st Consumer 3D Printer Store

Today AMNH’s Youth Initiatives and Microscopy departments (how’s that for a pairing) took a field trip to the MakerBot store in SoHo. We met with Liz Arum, MakerBot’s Education Outreach and Curriculum Development Coordinator, and the good people of the … Continue reading

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Designing in Negative Space – Digital Media at Discovering Columbus

Today, on my way to work, I checked in on Foursquare at Discovering Columbus, visiting it in its final days before it comes down. As you can see below, it was described as an “art gallery.” That, in and of … Continue reading

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Geocaching Comes to the AMNH

This past Friday I had the pleasure of supporting AMNH educational staff (namely, Nathan J. Bellomy) to bring geocaching to YouthCaN. YouthCaN is an international, youth-led organization that was once founded with iEARN at the museum and uses technology to … Continue reading

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“What’s it like to work at the AMNH?” The Museum and the Museum

As I approach the end of my second month at the AMNH, I am often asked by friends and family, “So, what’s it like to work at the Museum?” And what I tell them goes something like this: I work … Continue reading

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My 1st 3D Captured, Modeled, and Printed Object

I have played with 3D printing in the past – I helped my son make a dollhouse clock in Sketch-up, which a friend then printed, and at Maker-Faire this year I used an iPad app to doodle the AMNH logo … Continue reading

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New York Times Coverage of our Virtual Worlds Programs

While I can’t take any credit for the work described in this week’s New York Time’s article, “Engaging Children With the Siren Call of the App,” I am pleased as punch to see so much attention go to my colleagues … Continue reading

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