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Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute
of Popular Science [a.k.a. Buhl Science Center] was
one of the first museums to set-up a "Computer
Learning Lab," with 24 LAN computers, in June of 1983.
At that time Apple IIe computers were used.

This Computer Lab was used for both classes and
general use by the public when the museum was open.
Most types of computer classes work in this type of
setting. Buhl's Computer Lab had classes for many
different types of computer instruction.

The "CLL" operated through the closing of the Buhl
Planetarium as a public museum in August of 1991.
After that date, the Computer Lab continued to be
used, strictly for computer classes sponsored by The
Carnegie Science Center.

Originally, the new Science Center building, which is
a mile away, was not built with a Computer Lab. The
original Buhl Planetarium building continued to be
used for Science Center science and computer classes
until the Buhl Planetarium building was shuttered and
abandoned in February of 1994.

Today, computer labs can be found at many different
types of facilities. In Pittsburgh, computer labs
exist not only at The Carnegie Science Center, but
also at two branches [one being the Main Branch] of
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

gaw

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:24:58 -0500 
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> Hi.
> 
>  I was wondering if I could get input on something
> from the group. We are
> currently setting up a general purpose computer lab
> at my museum and due to
> budgetary issues, it has to be done a lot faster
> than I would like. It will
> consist of about 12 "student's" stations and be used
> for both structured
> classes and open come and go ("how do I do...") 
> type events.  These are set
> to range from grade school to adult age groups. The
> classes will be fairly
> short.
> 
> My question is; does anyone else have something
> similar running? I would
> like to get input on software and/or types of
> classes that work in this kind
> of setting. As a start, the computers will have
> Windows XP Pro and Microsoft
> Office. They will have basic image editing and
> probably video editing
> software. Nothing professional quality, but enough
> for the kids to "make
> your own movie" and take the disk home. What else
> would you recommend? Open
> source would be best but is not a requirement.
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
>  
> 
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Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.planetarium.cc > 
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago: 
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: 
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > 
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.incline.cc >

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