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On Aug 24, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Eli Kuslansky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> I thought a lot about these makers space, what constitutes them, how to run
> them, types and number of hardware and machines, facilitation. and how to
> incorporate technology. In fact, at this coming ASTC conference I am doing
> a Pecha Kucha presentation on whether or not they are a fad or a
> revolution. Being a long standing paid member of the community (30 years),
> I believe we are at a transformative moment in the history of science
> centers. Just like the tipping point when the Exploratorium came online. I
> also appreciate the challenge of maintaining and supporting facilitated
> experience like makers labs, and that there an existing audience at most if
> not all science centers of children, students and families; and that there
> is a lot of investment in the current legacy model of engagement.
> 
> However, what if makers labs is not about learning? What if that is a side
> benefit? What if science centers have another purpose in society? More of a
> community resource and less of a teaching organization? What if programs
> like makers labs have no learning goals and that the metrics of success
> does not including how many people come through your doors?
> 
> I think once we start looking at alternative models of engagement,
> expanding what we are the moment consider "hard to reach" audiences, that
> could open possibilities of the new models of science centers to evolve.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Charles Carlson <
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>> Wow! That's quite a production.  The audience primarily seemed to be young
>> children and their parents, nonetheless impressive.
>> C
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