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Actually, there were a number of sessions at Richmond that weren't the
talk/Q&A format. Outreach Live, Louisville's inquiry sessions, St.Louis'
"Tech in the City", LHS' speed partnering, the educators showcase, the
demonstration sessions (Live Demo Hour, Best in Show)....
Of course, these sessions don't tend to translate well to the audiotapes. I
suspect that one reason more sessions don't involve stuff (as opposed to
talking) is that it can be a pain to haul it through an airport.
Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
Science Center of Connecticut
"On blind faith they place reliance,
what we need more of is science"
-MC Hawking
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The best one I attended was the PIE workshop...we actually built
things in groups and practiced what we preach...learning by doing.
Our Exhibit Services Director had a ball at the rapid prototyping
session.
It is a major stumbling block of ASTC that 95+% of the sessions are
ppt/talk/question format. Anyone here have any creative ideas for
session *formats?*
1) Build stuff
2) Small group conversations
3) 60 ideas in 60 minutes type sessions
It seems a shame that we are so eager to have science teaching move
away from chalk and talk, yet we are kind of stymied in how to do
this when we share information among ourselves.
Eric Siegel
Executive VP
Programs and Planning
NY Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Queens, NY 11368
www.nyscience.org
On Dec 12, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Jonah Cohen wrote:
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> Which session tapes to splurge on from the Richmond conference?
> Well, if you
> hate vague buzzwords/nebulous jargon, and want to hear people get
> down to
> brass tacks talking about some really great, creative programs, I
> give props
> to The Best Damn Things We've Ever Done.
>
> If you're not allergic to hearing people argue while trying to
> devise ways
> to create partnerships, the TV session had its interesting points.
>
> If you want a good basic history of the evolution/creationism
> brouha, the
> evolution session might be worth a listen.
>
> But definitely don't bother with "Best in Show", because audio
> recordings
> will not do justice to the giant nose, the glass shards and the
> explosions.
> (Franklin Institute folks + pyromania... seriously, what's up with
> that?)
>
> And I say pyromania in a good way!
> Jonah Cohen
> Outreach & Public Programs Manager
> Science Center of Connecticut
>
> "Fire up the klezmer music and prepare to become a man, you're in
> for a
> truth-mitzvah!"
> -Stephen Colbert
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