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Ok, I'll bite (Joe R - you owe me one), knowing I'll likely incur the  
wrath of some other colleagues.....In a science center setting, on  
the exhibit floor, I don't look to 'teach' anything.....1.  Given the  
usual short time interval most people spend at an exhibit, doesn't  
allow for teaching.  2.  Schools are the place, good and bad, where  
teaching science occurs.  Science centers and other informal  
institutions are better equipped to foster informal learning.  Huge  
difference. 3.  The mathematics of music and sound is just way too  
big a topic to consider containing in a single exhibit element  
(That's not to say that the curious or more well informed visitor  
can't find all kinds of stuff in such an exhibit to think about).

I loathe the use of the words teach and entertain in the same  
sentence....sorry..... Play, engagement, props for learning, etc.,  
are the kind of  words and phrases some of us in the field are more  
comfortable with....execept of course when we are trying to sell  
something, and then we all have to use the "T" and "E" words...

Glenn, I'm not saying you are wrong - that's one of the things I love  
about this field - we all come from it in varying ways; just giving  
you something else to think about.....If you want to learn more, I  
highly commend the astc web site's resource page.  There are really  
good article's to be found there, as well as links to other  
repositories of articles, essays, etc....

As an art teacher of mine used to be fond of saying, "Don't try and  
tell the history of art in one piece."
	


On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Glenn J. Hill wrote:

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> I was interested in how laser harp exhibits are used in various  
> museums to teach about laser and music ?
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> I am a new member of ASTC , Glenn Hill, of LaserHarps.com,  
> designing and building custom laser harps for Children's Hospitals  
> and Museums. I will be showing one of my harps at the ASTC  
> conference, along with my British partner OptiMusic.
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> My general question has to do with how these harps are being  
> utilized to teach science, as well as to provide entertainment ?
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> I was wondering if anyone has built their own , in-house, and also  
> if anyone has one installed in such a way to teach laser science?   
> And do you also use one to teach about the mathematics of music and  
> sound frequency/intervals?  Or about how midi and music computer  
> software function?
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> Thanks !  Glenn
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