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[#musetech thread] It's back to school for me at @GUmuseumstudies, teaching "Museums and New Media" again! On my syllabus / presentation slides for first week: @Gavin_Mallory's "Museums are Experience Factories" blog.cogapp.com/museums-are-ex…
Next up: Great discussion of skills and mindsets required for the next generation of museum professionals in "Musetech: An Ideal Syllabus" by @geealbers @Kcody goo.gl/oK13ba My favorite? ✅ Critical Thinking in the Face of Relentless Change
I also included @ellengamerman's "A look at the museum of the future" because it features some amazing projects but also seriously problematic quotes about digital distraction and overpromises re: tech=draws young/diverse crowds. wsj.com/articles/a-loo…
My favorite project featured in that @WSJ #musetech article is the @ihmec's collaboration with @USCShoahFdn to preserve and present (in interactive holographic video form) the stories of Holocaust survivors.
I'm also excited to show MCN Ignite talk "From punch cards to hashtags: 5 decades of #musetech jobs in 5 minutes." @The_Museum_Guy & @south_waite give a pithy and fun overview of the changes technology has brought to museums and museum workers.
That's it for week 1! Don't want to overwhelm folks. If you found this thread useful, let me know and I'll share highlights from week 2! #musetech

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Mar 2, 2018
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[#musetech syllabus thread: week 7!] This week's topic? MOBILE. We talked about techniques for are offering museum experiences anytime and anywhere... #mtogo
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[#musetech syllabus thread: week 5!] This week's theme was digitization and, boy, did we get lucky with a guest lecture by @dzorich! We read the @SIxDIGI's founding 2010 document "Creating a Digital Smithsonian" si.edu/content/pdf/ab…
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Feb 2, 2018
[#musetech syllabus thread: week 4!] This week we explored how museums are opening up collections for re-use and rethinking storytelling in the digital age. Saddle up!
& Jane Burton offer a primer on the history of the "online exhibition" (and its unfortunate second-class, second-thought status) in this @museweb paper: mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/online-e…
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[#musetech syllabus thread: week 3!] This week my "Museums and New Media" class explored online collections. We discussed how to publish *usable* collection information and explored openness as a value in museums.
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