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Sorry friend but a visit to the site was too real for me to even think
about going back. I had trouble keeping in mind that it was a "game".
I know I am not the person to par-take of this project but I was just
curious.
mc
Mary Catherine Campbell
Home School Connections Coordinator
Educational Services Coordinator
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From: Informal Science Education Network
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Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:02 AM
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Subject: Join Superstruct
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Hi,
I'm forwarding this announcement from AAM for any other interested
museum
professionals.
AAM's Center for the Future of Museums (CFM) urges museum professionals
to
prepare the field for the next decade by joining Superstruct, a
multiplayer
online game from the Institute for <http://www.iftf.org/> the Future
(IFTF). Using its forecasting expertise, IFTF, a nonprofit research
center
based in Palo Alto, Calif., has created a storyline highlighting five
plausible but alarming "superthreats" that could confront the world in
2019.
Building on these scenarios, CRM will provide a plot specific to
museums.
Participants can use forums, blogs, videos, wikis and other online
applications to plan how museums would overcome future challenges.
Visit the Superstruct <http://www.superstructgame.org/> website for
more
information on joining the game, which launches Oct. 6. The more museum
professionals involved in the game during its six-week run, the deeper
and
more accurate the content generated will be. AAM will work with IFTF to
summarize and report on solutions and use them as the basis of further
planning and discussion with the field.
Superstruct is the first Massively Multiplayer Forecasting Game (MMFG),
a
system designed to help solve real-world problems by harnessing the
collective wisdom of participants and creating a collaborative,
open-source
simulation of a possible future. For more information about the game's
museum-specific elements, visit the AAM <http://www.aam-us.org/cff.cfm>
website or e-mail the Center for the Future of Museums at
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Margaret
Margaret Glass, Ph.D.
ASTC/NISE Net Communications Coordinator
Association of Science-Technology Centers
1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
202/783-7200 x129 Fax 202/783-7207
mglass at astc.org
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