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My follow up Q's to Ann Mintz:
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>

> 1) I assume you did change it to allow visitors to navigate between the
> different levels of information?
> 2) If so, did the different levels turn out to be of value to the
> visitors?
> 3) Was there any down side to the levels? Do you think it would have been
> better to simply optimize the presentation for a broad audience?
>
> 4) Would you say you put an equal amount of resources into the 4 strands?
> And do you remember what type of usage each strand got? Yes, we made it
> easy to move between the layers. The takeaway was that people WW Ted the
> technology to expand their options,not limit them.
>
> Ann's response:
> We believed that the experiential and informational needs of the different
> audiences  varied so much that it made more sense to structure the system
> the way we did. The info for
> Little kids, for instance, was designed in a series of single screens that
> directed parents to the experiences in each exhibition that were most
> appropriate for them. The institute had a significant adult audience who
> visited without kids and the " what's new" was great for them. Would not
> have worked for the parent of a 4 year old.
>
> We didn't track staff investment in the different strata-- the same three
> people (writer, designer, programmer) did everything.
>
> I do t remember which got used the most. I do remember that 40% of adults
> chose the kid material at least some of the time.
>

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