My last post on the WebWise 2009 conference in Washington, DC, will focus on the session devoted to “identity and collaboration,” exploring when collaboration can harm institutions by disrupting their identity or brand, and if partnering with a for-profit corporation is a good option in these tight economic times.
James Neal (Vice President for Information Services [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Teenagers’
WebWise 2009: Part 4 (Identity and Collaboration)
Posted in Collections, Education, Internet, Interpretation, tagged Collaboration, Diana Rhoten, Exhibits, Flickr, James Neal, Nancy Proctor, Podcasts, Teenagers, WebWise, Wikipedia on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Y-Plan Offers Model Program for Engaging Teenagers
Posted in Education, tagged California, Deborah McKoy, Historic Preservation, Teenagers, University of California Berkeley, Urban planning, Y-Plan on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Engaging teens is tough, but really tough if you’re trying to engage them in architecture, city planning, and historic preservation. What’s in it for them? What does it matter? But it seems that Y-PLAN (Youth—Plan, Learn, Act, Now), a city planning program run by the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for [...]
Strategies for Reaching Teenagers
Posted in Education, Internet, tagged AASLH, Missouri History Museum, National Park Service, Strong Museum of Play, Teenagers, Theater, Web, YouTube on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Teenagers typically represent the smallest audience for historic sites and usually they visit under seeming duress (a school field trip or a family vacation). But there are ways to attract and engage teens through thoughtful programming. At the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for State and Local History, the three educators [...]
Teaching and Research in the New Media: Theory
Posted in Collections, Education, Internet, Interpretation, Resources, tagged Archives, History, Internet, Maps, student, teacher, Teenagers, Web, Web 2.0 on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The American Historical Association held a Pre-Meeting Workshop today at its annual meeting in Washington, DC on the “Intersection between Teaching and Research in the New Media”. I was able to attend for most of the day and wanted to share with you some of the highlights from several thought-provoking sessions. This is [...]
