From Now On The Educational Technology Journal

Vol 9|No 2|October|1999

The list and the activity below was created by Jamie McKenzie and Laura Lewis for a 3 day hands-on workshop designed to show schools and museums how to construct online exhibits. Outline of workshop at http://fno.org/exhibit.htm For further information contact Laura Lewis at lclewis@arachnerd.com www.arachnerd.com     Visit and critique at least two sites from the list below (Exhibits and Exploratoriums). This group includes a variety of interactive exhibits, many of which are science oriented. Athenaeum for Children - Museum of Finnish Art with collection organized for children by concept. Dance of Chance:Exhibit Hall - The Dance of Chance exhibit is a collaboration between the Center for Polymer Studies at Boston University and the Boston Museum of Science. The exhibit is based on current research pursued by CPS scientists, their collaborators, and modern scientists around the world. The focus of the exhibit is the emergence of patterns in Nature from physical and biological processes which on the microscopic level appear to be dominated by chance.   Exploratorium - Learning Studio Exploratorium - Learning Studio On-Line Exhibits FAMSF-Education-Publications-Ghost of the de Young Science Learning Network: Home SLN: Explore Our Resources This group requires the use of Apple QuickTime VR Apple QuickTime VR Home Apple QuickTime VR Samples Desert Quicktime VR Illinois State Museum--Uses of QTVR for Museums Leonardo da Vinci Online exhibits from the Museum of Science in Boston. Museums in the Classroom - QTVR Medius Interactive presents VR SEATTLE NOVA Online/Pyramids/Explore the Pyramids   This group requires the use of Real Space Viewer 2.0 from Live Picture. Cambodia Welcome - virtual tour of Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia from the National Gallery of Art. This group requires the use of Intervista's WorldView VRML software or its equivalent. VRML Site of the Week Archive Planet 9 Studios Planet 9 Studios Mark Connell's MEGA LIST of VRML sites Mars Pathfinder NASA's Virtual Reality Models and Animations of the Pathfinder Mission Learning Sites interactive 3D archaeological educational and research tools--home page. Learning Sites solutions for museums This group requires the use of Virtus 3-D software Interactive Exhibits - Singapore Electronic Notebook Activity 2 Jot down three or four things you have learned from visiting these different Web sites. What design elements have you liked? Which Web sites did the best job of presenting information, why? In what ways have these visits influenced your thinking about the project your school might launch? Back to October Contents Credits: The photographs were shot by Jamie McKenzie. Icons from Jay Boersma. Copyright Policy: Materials published in From Now On may be duplicated in hard copy format if unchanged in format and content for educational, nonprofit school district and university use only and may also be sent from person to person by e-mail. This copyright statement must be included. All other uses, transmissions and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. Showing these pages remotely through frames is not permitted. FNO is applying for formal copyright registration for articles. From Now On Index Page