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  I don't mean to belittle the successes that my fellow museum educators have achieved in advocating for the public dimension over the years. But, as one colleague put it when I discussed this blog with her - "[museum educators] have changed the identity of museums, but perhaps have not gained power."  Without this power, in my view, advocates of the public dimension have had and will continue to have great difficulty in fundamentally transforming their institutions. And most of our museums, exhibitions  and programs will continue to look and operate pretty much the same as they always have.

The Timeline is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museum's collection. It is an invaluable reference and research tool for students, educators, scholars, and anyone interested in the study of art history and related subjects. First launched in 2000, the Timeline extends from prehistory to the present day. The Museum's curators, conservators, and educators research and write the Timeline, that continues to expand in scope and depth and reflect the most up-to-date scholarship.

Success with digital media for museums, education and cultural organisations isn't about scrambling to sign up to the latest fads, those teasmades of technology, and more about attitudes of organisations and the individuals within them. What are the handles we can grab hold of to begin or better develop our journeys into digital media use in the world of exhibition, performances or engagement of new audiences? It tries to make a few points, some more successfully than others, no doubt. Key amongst them:- how to institutions do better what is now so easy for everyman to do?- is there anything to be learned from the world of startups where coming up with a compelling problem that needs solved? What are the problems museums manage to solve? Do they need to think in that way at all?- what potential is there for cultural organisations to open themselves up to new audiences by tackling the same content and ideas in alternative ways and on different platforms?

The ubiquity of mobile devices and the advent of augmented reality provide an opportunity to explore the use of interactive design in what is traditionally a difficult educational space: the art museum. The NGA Experience app (shown here on an iPhone but theoretically platform-agnostic) uses augmented reality to populate the art museum with a digital layer of content that is virtually infinite, yet completely optional for visitors. Such an application of AR in the museum ultimately provides a greater level of control and engagement to the museum visitor and enhances his or her opportunity for a meaningful experience without altering the physical space of the gallery.

The Frontlines aims to combine the 40,000 organizations that support veterans into one network of veterans, active duty, military families and citizens together to overcome the obstacles vets typically face. The Frontlines is a network for armed forces, veterans and citizens to provide 400,000 filtered resources, education and the ability to share their stories. The site is used also used for mentorship to aid in gainful employment, supporting wounded veterans and success during the transition from the military.

The Andy Warhol Museum released the AR Mobile App 'Layar'. "The Layar turns your mobile device into an augmented-reality viewer. By adding The Andy Warhol Museum Layar, you'll be able to view locations pivotal in Andy Warhol's life and work overlayed on real-time images from your device's camera. View locations in Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY and dive into related information and photos prepared by The Warhol's education curators." [the warhol]

This new book brings together papers given at a recent major conference jointly organised by the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University (the world's first academic unit to focus solely on social aspects of mobile communication) and Liberty Science Center (the New Jersey-New York City region's largest education resource).

Live Binders is your online 3-ring binder: gathering information to share: Art-education binder: NGA kids Tate kid curious Mr. Picasa learn abou colour Matisse

podcast tutorial: - Produktion mit "garage" -upload at: crea8orcast.com (upload und subscribe)

Together, we're compiling all you need to go from zero to social media super star. Find resources for nonprofit practitioners just starting out with social media integration. Here you'll find case studies, worksheets, and links to guide the development of your first social media plan. Start here to plan your strategy, navigate culture, build capacity, keep your team learning, and put those tactics into practice.

To coincide with the opening of the Dickens and London exhibition, the Museum of London has launched a new iPhone and iPad app which takes users on a journey through the darker side of Charles Dickens' London.

Following on from the success of award-winning app Streetmuseum™, the Museum of London has joined forces with AETN UK's flagship channel HISTORY™ to develop a new app which gives users the opportunity to see Roman London as it was 2,000 years ago

Materialsammlung zur Konferenz "The Transformative Museum", Roskilde University, Denmark

Aufgabe der Pilotstudie „Jugendliteratur und soziale Netzwerke" war, die Kommunikation von Jugendlichen über Jugendliteratur im Social Web anzuregen und eine aktive Projektbeteiligung anzuregen. Damit soll das Potential sozialer Netzwerke für eine kulturelle Bildungsarbeit aufgezeigt und ausgewertet werden. Im Moment sind wir noch in der Auswertung der Studienergebnisse. An dieser Stelle geben wir gern einen Einblick über die Zusammenarbeit Lehrern, Schülern und Jugendlichen, unabhängig von schulischen Strukturen.

In dieser Linkliste sind alle genannten Beispiele medialer Vermittlungs- und Bildungsangebote, die im Artikel Zeitgemäße Museumspädagogik - Formen medialer Kunst- und Kulturvermittlung genannt wurden, aufgezählt. Der hier referenzierte Beitrag erscheint demnächst im Fachblatt des BÖKWE (Berufsverband österreichischer Kunst- und WerkerzieherInnen).

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vimu - das virtuelle Museum zeigt lebendige Geschichte der deutsch-dänischen Grenzregion von Hamburg bis Odense von 1830 bis heute. Wurde an der Museum and the Web Conference 2008 vorgestellt: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/abstracts/prg_335001678.html

ECHO's most recent web project is Learning from the People, a sub-site on WGBH's site Teachers' Domain. It draws on both Native and 'standard' (Euro-American) sources to examine two themes: traditional storytelling in the Native world, and Arctic climate change.  Museum and the Web 2008 : http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/abstracts/prg_335001722.html

Blogparade: Frage: wie kann ich den Chef von social media überzeugen #npoblogparade

Seductive Subversion opens today and the show takes a look at the impact of women artists on the traditionally male-dominated field of Pop art.  The exhibition team wanted to keep things simple in the gallery-a spare look, so the pop art would really pop out at you.  At the same time, the team had a plethora of research about each of the 25 artists featured in the show and wanted a way to share that with the public.   So, the goals of this endeavor became two-fold.  First, how do we share the research and, second, how do we do it in a way that won't overwhelm the visitor experience?  Wikipedia + iPads became the answer