Monthly Archives: May 2014

Google Glass and Museum-based Learning: A Day in D.C.

I don’t know much about Google Glass. I don’t own a pair. But I am fascinated by how electronic wearables, augmented reality, and cloud-based mobile computing are changing how we interact with the people and places in our lives. To … Continue reading

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MicroMuseum – Sessions 12 and 13 – 3, 2, 1, Action!

Script written, we moved on to… Lights, Camera, Action! The actors practiced lines, each with their own coach, while another group designed cards and emblems for the scientists.

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MicroMuseum Sessions 10 and 11 – Scriptwriting!

We got down to script writing after playing our version of “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” a game we call “Microbes, Microbes Everywhere!” in which bacteria eats protist, protist eats virus, and virus eats bacteria. Each, of course, has it’s own movement … Continue reading

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Capturing Memories with MOUSE at the American Museum Of Natural History

In February we developed a fascinating new program with MOUSE: Capturing Memories. MOUSE just posted a great update of their experience. Check it out here, or just read below. Capturing Memories with MOUSE at the American Museum Of Natural History … Continue reading

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The Launch of the New #TinyTr – Fun Photos!

Today, at the Museum’s annual Identification Day we launched a NEW TinyTR bust, co-developed with our good buddies at MakerBot (who, as you can see below, have been awesomely promoting it). Every visitor to ID Day was offered their own … Continue reading

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How Digital Fabrication Is Advancing Museum-based Science

For the past few week’s I’ve been teasing the TinyTRs (formerly known as TinyTeddys). Working with MakerBot, we’ll be giving out free TinyTRs this Saturday to the first 2,000 visitors at our annual Identification Day. But to be honest, that’s … Continue reading

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MicroMuseum, Session 8 – Microscopes, Malaria and Movie (oh my)

This was an action packed session!! Right away we rushed to see Mysteries of the Unseen World, the latest AMNH Imax movie in our new 3D theater. These mysteries included things that are too small to see like… MICROBES! It was a fortuitous … Continue reading

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MicroMuseum, Session 9 – The Big Reveal!

In this session the big decision was made!! The two sites for the prototype will be… Water Buffalo (and Methanogen) and Coral (and Zooxanthellae)

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AMNH Summer 2013 Badging System Report

In my recent post for DMLcentral, “My Beef With Badges,” I called on the emerging badging community to stop conflating our aspirations with our achievements, and to start sharing a more accurate picture of the challenges we all face. I … Continue reading

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