This is a handout from the session "Evaluation Capacity Building: Current initiatives and future directions" at the 2014 ASTC Conference held in Raleigh, NC. The handout provides a brief overview of five different projects that enhance evaluation capacity for the field.
This is a handout from the session "The CEO Debate 2: Museum leaders consider current issues" at the 2014 ASTC Conference held in Raleigh, NC. The handout presents a list of current questions and trends that were posed to museum CEOs to discuss during the session.
This is a handout from the session "Museums 3.0: Implementing programs/exhibits which are a community resource" at the 2014 ASTC Conference held in Raleigh, NC. This handout includes slides from each of the presenters.
This is a handout from the session "Design/Build or Design/Bid/Build…that is the question!" at the 2014 ASTC Conference held in Raleigh, NC. The handout includes notes from the session that outline risks, opportunities, and solutions regarding exhibit design.
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Bill BoothPenny JenningsGreg BelewTony ZodrowBarbara PuntSteve WiersemaTamara Schwarz
This is a handout from the session "Knowing your Community: To Be More Interesting, Be More Interested" at the 2014 ASTC Conference held in Raleigh, NC. It provides a set of three questions for museum professionals to ask members of their community.
This is a handout from the session "Engaging Underrepresented Populations in your STEM Programming: A place-based approach" at the 2014 ASTC Conference held in Raleigh, NC. It includes slides from the presentation, which describe how a neighborhood-based approach can be used to reach target audiences.
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Christine Keefe
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This is a handout from the session "Risky Exhibits: Tackling Tough Topics" at the 2014 ASTC Conference held in Raleigh, NC. It includes slides from each of the panelists.
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Lath CarlsonPaul MartinMichelle MaranowskiMikko Myllykoski
This is a handout from the session "What If There Wasn't a Building? Pecha Kucha" at the 2014 ASTC Conference held in Raleigh, NC. The handout links to a recording of the session.
This tool was created by Museum of Science, Boston Design Challenges educators and the Research and Evaluation team, intended to record observations of children’s engagement in the engineering design process during participation in design-based activities in a science museum setting. It consists of a checklist of behaviors corresponding with steps of the engineering design process, previously developed for the program based on state and national standards, educator input, and past evaluator observations. The behavioral checklist matches to parts of the engineering design process, including
At the Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, visitors to the Create.Connect exhibition can use “make and test” activities developed in collaboration with the Science Museum of Minnesota. As one part of the evaluation of this exhibition, the team identified five indicators that suggest learning and that the activities should promote. The team did not expect the presence of these behaviors to guarantee that learning was occurring, but the activities were designed to promote learning through these behaviors and their absence would signal problems. These indicators are an example of one way a
These slides were presented at an interagency meeting to discuss games and informal learning. It describes the Federal Games Guild (FGG) the White House Game Jam.