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Kit, You really should talk with Wayne Labar at Liberty, they ran an
ASTC rap session on this subject last spring.
Beryl
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>On a tangent, we have been wanting to use some form of iPod-like
>technology to supply video and audio to accompany exhibits in place
>of the headset/audio-only systems now in use in some settings. Does
>anyone have suggestions on technology that's available? One thought
>was the iPod, but that has plenty of disadvantages.
>
>Kit Klein
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>This thread has prompted a number of responses from me. Basically I
>think it is a mistake to think of Podcasts and related technology as
>discrete stand alone media that will soon go the way of the 8-Track.
>Instead think of it as the first (actually the 3rd or 4th) step in
>the evolution of personalized media delivery. Look at what many
>Universities are doing with iPods already in terms of educational
>media delivery (I thought I had a URL ready to go for a news article
>link, but can't find it. Google it for yourself.) Sure in five years
>the term iPod could become obsolete or gericized out of
>meaningfulness, but the technology will evolve into something more
>elaborate and more useful that museums and science centers ignore at
>their peril. And yes, Apple is the largest delivery mode now, but
>they aren't the only ones and I can't see them holding this dominance
>for more than ten years anymore than Sony held onto their dominance
>with the Walkman.
>
>As far as specific points:
>
>1. I agree that not everything we do need be interactive for the
>reasons Eric mentions. Many science centers know this. Many science
>centers and museums sponsor lectures, TV shows and books. Not
>everyone wants inquiry based learning all the time. Does anyone? But
>that doesn't mean they can't be interactive SOME DAY. Think of the
>many interactive educational activities you have on your web site. I
>don't think it will be too long before you can down embed them into a
>Podcast and download into an iPod or similar device,maybe even one
>with a screen large enough for a whole classroom to see.
>
>2. Not everything labeled "podcast" is only for iPods and therefore
>meets the earbud, lone enjoyment paradigm Eric describes. I have
>heard of no studies that track how people enjoy Pocasts and similar
>media, but anecdotally I know many people who enjoy iPod videos on
>their computers and TVs. As soon as last night's episode of "Lost" is
>posted I will download it and watch it and I don't even have a video
>iPod. I'll also likely watch it with my girlfriend on a computer. I
>also know of people, like my colleagues at work, who will gather
>around a computer and enjoy iPod based media a as a group. iTunes,
>the dominate computer software in this field, already has rudimentary
>features that encourage sharing of media (legally). Although iPods
>are enjoyed by-and-large in a solitary manner, this technology does
>have potential for more social dimensions. Again, think of a
>classroom with a TV sized "iPod" that "subscribes" to a "podcast" of
>a science demonstration. No video distributor, no commercials, no
>buying media that needs storage. All we would have to do is post it
>on a website. And there is no reason it can't be interactive or
>inquiry based in some fashion.
>
>Oops! I gotta get to work.
>
>Great topic!
>
>Matt
>
>On Mar 23, 2006, at 8:26 AM, WAYNE LABAR wrote:
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>> Concerning this subject
>>
>> Here at Liberty Science Center are already working on launching the
>> content that we supply guests on thie cell phones as a pod cast. That
>> being being due to the issues with Apple's monopoly on getting content
>> on an IPOD we are not concentrating our efforts there.
>>
>> That being said I think that we should not underestimate the value
>> that
>> audiences may find in having content outside our insitution. Making
>> podcasts less like a lecture an more like a science resource is a
>> possiblity. The power of the IPOD is not that it is at the science
>> center (certainly we should experiement with that use) but that it is
>> used outside the science center. In fact content can be shared.
>>
>> I think that these devices allow us to possibly impact the largest
>> group
>> of visitors we all have - nonvisitors. Looking at the news everyday we
>> really need to reach them.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> Wayne J LaBar
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>> Liberty Science Center - Exhibits
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