Monthly Archives: September 2013

Using ARIS to Figure out “mobile locative embodied narrative-centric” games: An Interview with David Gagnon, ARIS, and Jennifer Sly, Minnesota Historical Society

This past summer, if you happened to talk with a Museum educator with plans to run a mobile youth program, you were guaranteed to hear one word: ARIS. ARIS describes itself as “a user-friendly, open-source platform for creating and playing mobile … Continue reading

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Capturing Dinosaurs Returns to A Night at the Museum

Last night Capturing Dinosaurs returned to A Night at the Museum. This time we adapted what worked so well in August (combining 3D printed bones with the three dinos in the hall) with what worked so well at Maker Faire … Continue reading

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Survey on Digital Fabrication Programming at AMNH

If you are seeing this page, it is most likely because you picked up information at Maker Faire 2013 at the American Museum of Natural History’s booth and want to learn more about digital fabrication programs in our education department. … Continue reading

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Scientists, Dinosaurs, Origami… Oh My! Event Schedue for AMNH at Maker Faire NY

Below is the schedule of activities for the American Museum of Natural History at World Maker Faire NY 2013. Please note – the schedule is subject to change based on weather, supply of materials, and natural disaster. We are located … Continue reading

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Interview with me by Autodesk: “3D Printing Dinosaurs: The Future of the Past”

Autodesk, in the small slice of my world, makes Catch123, the great free app we use to make 3D captures on our iOS devices. They recently asked me for an interview to talk about my work at the Museum. It’s … Continue reading

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Capturing Dinosaurs at This Year’s Maker Faire in NYC

World Maker Faire NYC is coming in just two weeks (Sept 21st and 22nd) and I couldn’t be more excited. This weekend-long festival (70,000 attendees expected) held in and around the Queen’s New York Hall of Science is always a … Continue reading

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Launch of #scienceFTW: Building Card Games at The American Museum of Natural History

Today I am delighted to launch not just the new Minecraft@Museum program but also the super-awesome #scienceFTW: Building Card Games program. In #scienceFTW youth will collaborate with game designers and Museum staff to build two new games about pterosaurs and … Continue reading

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The launch of Minecraft at the Museum of Natural History

Minecraft, the indie-success video game that has sold more than 20,000,000 copies in under two years, is now coming to the American Museum of Natural History. Its players learn how to “mine” natural resources in their unique, resource-rich world and … Continue reading

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