Monthly Archives: May 2013

Some Reflections On What It Was Like to Intern With Me

I was sad to say goodbye to Rosio this week, a fantastic intern who came to us from NYU’s Digital Media Design for Learning (by way of Mexico City) this past Spring. As my first intern to work with at … Continue reading

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What’s Behind A Photo? An Inquisitive Critique of the Academy of Natural Sciences

Below is a photo taken by Akiva, my seven-year old son. He took it on a  recent family trip to Philadelphia, when we visited the Academy of Natural Sciences. If his interest through the museum can be measured by the … Continue reading

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When Good Digital Fabrications Go Bad – My Tiny Teddys on the Move

Anyone who has visited me in the past month or so is unlikely to leave without a Tiny Teddy, a small bust I fabricated from our new Teddy Roosevelt status unveiled this past Fall. I have so many of them … Continue reading

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Using Museums to Research How Play Can Teach Science: An Interview With David E. Kanter, NYSCI

David E. Kanter, Ph.D.,  directs SciPlay at the New York Hall of Science. I spoke with him recently about the research group he leads (at my family’s favorite science center) and how they are developing innovative digital tools to support … Continue reading

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Using Museums to Research How Play Can Teach Science: An Interview With David E. Kanter, NYSCI

David E. Kanter, Ph.D.,  directs SciPlay at the New York Hall of Science. I spoke with him recently about the research group he leads (at my family’s favorite science center) and how they are developing innovative digital tools to support … Continue reading

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Museum Youth Advisory Mission 2613: Write a Want Ad

The Museum’s Youth Initiatives group has been developing a new Youth Advisory, a group to help us think about how to expand digital programs that teach science here at the Museum. To develop the advisory and focus our activities, we … Continue reading

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How 3D Printers Advance Museum-based Learning: Interview with MakerBot’s Founder, bre pettis, and Education lead, Lizabeth Arum

How can 3D printers be used to advance informal science and museum-based learning? This is a question I have been exploring over the past few months (and will be addressing next week at MakerBot’s Lecture Series on May 21st – … Continue reading

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Speaking on Games in Museums at #nycmer13 on 05.13

I am really excited to present tomorrow with my colleagues at the Museum of the Moving Image on the panel “Video Games, Museums, and Learning” at the New York City Museum Educator Roundtable’s annual conference. Below is the catalog description: … Continue reading

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Interview with SF Asian Art Museum on Digital Fabrication Scanathons

Things are bubbling. “Scanathons” are happening more often than you might think. At the Field Museum in Chicago. In New York at the Met (and my AMNH as well). And in San Francisco, I just learned, at the Asian Art … Continue reading

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Digital Learning in Museums Snapshot – April, 2013

Last month I realized I had NO IDEA what was actually going on in museum education programs around the country. Is everyone teaching youth how to design games but no one is teaching them how to use a mobile app? … Continue reading

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