ISEN-ASTC-L Archives

Informal Science Education Network

ISEN-ASTC-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
David Smith <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 11 May 2007 09:29:22 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (79 lines)
ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
*****************************************************************************

What a great idea - thanks for creating it.  To the greatest extent
possible, it would be appropriate and useful for descriptions to include
attribution to the original source of the demo, whether in publication or in
its performance.

Dave Smith
Da Vinci Science Center, Allentown, PA

On 5/10/07, Woody Sobey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related
> institutions.
>
> *****************************************************************************
>
> I've been working on a project for a while now and decided to release it
> in beta form since many people are talking about similar ideas.  I
> created a wiki, similar to Wikipedia, which focuses on Science
> Demonstrations.  This will allow anyone to add or view the collection of
> demos.  My hope is that we can create an online repository for all the
> demos we use in museums.  Each demo will be categorized by what topic it
> relates to.  This way if someone is looking for a demo related to
> flight, they could go to the flight category and browse through all
> related demos and find one that works for their show.  As I mentioned,
> it's still in beta testing so I'm not sure we've got all the bugs worked
> out.  Currently there are only a few demos on the site but more will be
> added soon.  Please add your favorite demo (and images of it) to the
> site for everyone to use.  If you have any questions or suggestions for
> how to improve it, please email me off list.  The wiki can be found at:
>
> http://scidaho.org/wikidemo/index.php?title=Main_Page
>
> All input is welcome and I hope this will be useful to other museums and
> teachers.
>
> Cheers,
> T. Woody Sobey
> Outreach Coordinator
> Discovery Center of Idaho
> [log in to unmask]
> 208.343.9895 x245
>
> ***********************************************************************
> More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the
> Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at
> http://www.astc.org.
>
> The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft.
> To learn more, visit
> http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html.
>
> To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the
> message  SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to
> [log in to unmask]
>



-- 
David L. Smith
Allentown, PA
[log in to unmask]

***********************************************************************
More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the
Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org.

The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html.

To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the
message  SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to
[log in to unmask]

ATOM RSS1 RSS2