ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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The American Museum of Natural History, Space Telescope Science
Institute, and Denver Museum of Nature and Science invite you to
particpate in "Seeing the Universe: Visualizing Space for Informal
Science Education Audiences," a focus group workshop scheduled for 2–4
February 2004 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York
City.
The focus group will bring together visualization providers, users,
commercial vendors and NASA scientists and mission personnel in order
to identify the next steps and coordinate our efforts. We will examine
the lessons learned from previous efforts and identify the assets,
capabilities, needs, and limitations of each community involved in
bringing high quality visualizations to informal science education
audiences. Special attention will be paid to developing tool kits that
empower informal education institutions to tailor content to their
particular audiences, technologies, and programs. Additional focus will
be placed on the unique needs of and opportunities provided by
domed/immersive theatres. The focus group will foster inter-community
communication and coordination, leading to collaboration on future
projects.
Please visit our information page to apply:
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/workshop/
Among others in attendance will be Alex Barnett (Chabot Space and
Science Center), Dave Brody (Imaginova / Space.com), Donna Cox (NCSA),
Joel Halverson (Science Museum of Minnesota), Robert Hurt (Spitzer
Science Center / Caltech), Randy Landsberg (Center for Cosmological
Physics, University of Chicago), Tom Levenson (MIT / NOVA), Martin
Ratcliffe (Exploration Place), Steve Savage (Sky-Skan), Kevin Scott
(Evans & Sutherland), Jim Sweitzer (Science Communications
Consultants), Martin Weiss (New York Hall of Science), and Ka Chun Yu
(Denver Museum of Nature & Science).
There is no registration fee, but we have only limited travel support
available for selected participants.
Deadline for application: 17 January 2005
Specific objectives of the focus group are to:
+ identify and summarize the resources, capabilities, needs, and
limitations of each community involved in bringing visualizations to
informal science education audiences, with special focus on users'
needs and producers' capabilities;
+ examine case studies of previous visualization activities and extract
the lessons learned;
+ elicit feedback for NASA about its current and future role in the
pipeline and recommend strategies for improvement;
+ assess the drivers behind the creation of specific visualizations
(missions, educational products and programs, planetarium shows, etc.)
and develop a straw-man priority-ranked list of desired visualizations;
+ examine the opportunities and challenges unique to fully immersive
(i.e., domed) environments;
+ identify strategies for facilitating coordination among partners
(including NASA), providing for training and professional development
within and between communities, and addressing roadblocks or other
issues of concern;
+ communicate the results of the focus group efforts to NASA and, as
appropriate, to the community at large;
+ establish collaborations in the community.
If you have an opportunity, please go to our web page to apply for
attendance. We hope to see you in New York!
Ryan Wyatt, Science Visualizer
Rose Center for Earth & Space
American Museum of Natural History
79th Street & Central Park West
New York, New York 10024
212.313.7903 vox
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