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Podcasts are intrinsically non-social receptive media, meant  
for....ipods, think earbuds.  There is nothing to prevent a museum  
from doing podcasts of current science, which might be useful for  
some and would forward the mission of the science center, but it will  
not be used on the exhibition floor or at the museum.   That said, I  
think we should accommodate all the ways in which people learn,  
including reading, listening, and watching. Not everything we do has  
to be interactive and inquiry based.  I am kind of fascinated by how  
popular and important libraries are in America, they are seen as a  
(maybe *the only* ) critical part of the free choice learning   
infrastructure of the US.  I have been thinking what and how we can  
learn from them?  Elaine Gurian made the point in a recent article in  
Museum News, I think it was, that museums should be free to the  
public.  How have libraries managed to do that and still thrive?

I have found a charming podcast about a "cityslicker's" climb to base  
camp three on everest www.everestpodcast.com

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On Mar 22, 2006, at 11:43 PM, Sue Ann Heatherly wrote:

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> But I think the question was how do we incorporate an essentially  
> lecture
> oriented, but hip medium into science center world.  which is a great
> question, but nothing is hitting me... how do we make pod casts
> interactive?  folks certainly don't need us to access these, unless we
> weave them into a greater experience.
>
> Sue Ann
> NRAO-Green Bank
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>> Martin: They may be great for teacher professional development. We  
>> are
>> contemplating pod casts for that purpose. What do you think? Peter
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>> Peter B. Dow
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