ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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The Tech Virtual Hosts Online Training for Museum Professionals during May
and June
The Tech Virtual (http://thetechvirtual.org/) <http://thetechvirtual.org/>,
The Tech Museum of Innovation's
(http://www.thetech.org/)<http://www.thetech.org/> "open
source" exhibit
development program will host a series of free trainings specifically for
science and technology center
museum professionals during May and June, 2009.
Registration is required and open now at
http://techvirtualtraining.<goog_1242072797029>
eventbrite.com
The purpose of the trainings is to extend The Tech Virtual's collaborative
exhibit design platform to additional museums as a new resource saving
method of exhibit development.
These online sessions are intended for curators, exhibit designers, exhibit
engineers, managers or other employees at museums of all sizes. The
trainings will cover a number of topics and enable curators, designers, or
content directors to leverage the benefits of the platform. Trainings will
be conducted in English. Registration is required. Attendees must be
employees or volunteers of a named museum institution or otherwise contact
[log in to unmask] to request exception. Registration is limited to 20
participants per session. Registration is required at
http://techvirtualtraining.eventbrite.com
Registrants will receive an email prior to the event with the event
location URL.
We hope you will be able to join in - and contribute (you can participate
via voice with just a web browser and a microphone, or use text chat during
the session). There will also be a screen-share and whiteboard ability.
With sessions on:
Use of The Tech Virtual and Second Life platforms for exhibit prototyping
Design and prototyping
"Open Source" methodology
Design Challenge Learning
Envisioning the museums of the future - Interview with chair of
futures committee
Program for the Future program for museums
Physical place - virtual space: the online future of museums
The full agenda is available at http://techvirtualtraining.eventbrite.com
We think this will be an invaluable set of meetings, informal and
participatory, in charting new directions and methods for museums, and more
specifically, science and technology centers.
Through The Tech Virtual program, curators can work with exhibit designers
from a wide range of expertise and ability to prototype exhibit concepts and
actual design, using shared online workspaces. The core of the program is
http://www.thetechvirtual.org, with prototyping sessions hosted in the
virtual world of Second Life.
Requirements for webinar:
Registration is required at http://techvirtualtraining.eventbrite.com
Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/2003/2000, Mac, Linux
Browser: Firefox 1.5/2/3, IE 6/7, Sarari 2/3
Adobe Flash 9 or higher (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/)
Optional requirements:
If you would like to participate in the meetings using a desktop share
(optional)
Dimdim plugin (Windows and Mac OSX only)
(http://www.dimdim.com/support/dimdim_tools.html)
If you would like to participate in online exhibit design (optional)
3D exhibit design
(http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php) (
http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php)
Registration URL: http://techvirtualtraining.eventbrite.com
For more information:
Bob Ketner
Virtual Community Manager, The Tech Virtual
The Tech Museum of Innovation
San Jose, CA, USA
http://thetechvirtual.org
1 408-667-5949 cell
1 408-795-6267 desk
[log in to unmask]
http://www.twitter.com/techvirtual
http://thetechvirtual.org/portal_memberdata/Agent
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