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Funny title, interesting article. A good round up of (relatively) recent shifts in educational practice that have strong implications for learning in the museum. It's by Anna Cutler from the Tate, who gave one of the interviews in the 'Tate Encounters', posted by Sheona below.

I think what's good about this is the way she has taken on board the recent scholarship into teaching and learning and conceptualizes public and education programs in galleries through this without thinking that it is the same thing - she looks at what is unique and where the strengths lie.

I just posted this and now realise it's old news for you all, still the article is probably worth another highlight.

Been travelling in the States. First to Washington to present the George Brown Goode Memorial Lecture at the Smithsonian (talk titled How Web 2.0 is Changing the Nature of Museum Work), then to the American Association of Museums Conference in Los Angeles (presentation titled The Museum's new website: transforming educational audiences). Here's my notes/impressions of the state of our sector.

lots of good ideas being circulated in these conferences

I'll be very curious to see where the discussion leads us after Skin!