Marla Shoemaker, Senior Curator of Education at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and I gave a breakout session last week on technology at the Museum Education Division pre-conference of the National Art Education Association’s annual meeting. We thought we’d reproduce it here for the benefit of everyone who couldn’t attend …
Watch here for the latest updates from the Museum-Ed Tech Mob live from NAEA in New York City NAEA begins Thursday, March 1, 2012. Visit the NAEA website for more details about this event.
“Unexpected Non-Fiction Storytelling” about innovative and interactive documentary Web projects was spellbinding. I’m not saying this session was the best one at South by Southwest (SxSW), I’m saying it was the best one I went to. Titled “Unexpected Non-Fiction Storytelling” it appealed to me because of the storytelling aspect. This …
Looking for the next big thing at South by Southwest I can’t say what the next big thing is. I can tell you what it isn’t. Experts here agree, a social media platform that allows you to say connected to your social circle is Facebook. Done, let’s move on. The …
A Guest Blog by AAM Museum-Ed Tech Mobber Dave Schaller I went to the Museum of Jurassic Technology on an AAM “On-Site Insight” field trip. I know that many, many words have been written about the museum. I must hav e read a few of them sometime ago, since I …
A second business meeting for the Museum Education Division was held Friday night, led by Lesley Wellman and Anne Manning. Fourteen division members attended. Note: remember to look for these sessions under a new name next year: “Conversations with Colleagues.” The conversation began with a quick recap of business meeting …
We need to push NAEA to aggressively embrace technology, starting next year. Or to get it to acknowledge it can no longer ignore this basic communication requirement of our age. At the very least, the organization needs to make Internet access available for presentations and for live, networked feedback and …
Check it out – it’s a like a social networking group, but for professional working groups (or teacher-museum groups, etc….). It’s much easier to organize files, collaboratively write/edit documents all in one place, and archive discussion threads. Most importantly, individual users can choose how they want to receive content and …
Every year, the Museum Education Division holds two business meetings at the NAEA conference. These meetings are a great way to reflect on the events of the conference and begin planning for the next year’s preconference and issues forum sessions. Business meetings provide an opportunity for all voices to be …
Today a colleague from Chicago came to me while I was having lunch at the NAEA Museum Education Preconference at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Another colleague, someone she knew who worked at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, died on Saturday, allegedly at the hands of her estranged husband. Tara …
Can’t attend the National Art Education Association (NAEA) conference this year? No problem, we’ve got you covered. The newly-opened pagoda in Patterson Park gives a nice view of downtown Baltimore. Taken by Phil G. http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_g/490952275 Since Museum-Ed didn’t do a conference of its own this year, we thought we would …
In Part 2 of our technology session at the National Art Education Association Museum Education Pre-Conference, Marla Shoemaker, Senior Curator of Education at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shared some experiences in Philadelphia with cell phone audio tours that exemplify changes in audio tour delivery devices that have come about …