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For those of you who missed the RAP session on handhelds  at Liberty 
Science Center, these were exactly the kinds of things we discussed. 
There were also interesting discussions around the technology itself 
- are cellphones better than iPods?  Is format audience-specific (how 
many kids have palm pilots vs cellphones...)? etc.
Beryl

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>This morning on my way to work I listened to a Podcast from Colonial
>Williamsburg. It was an interview with someone at CW who gives tours to
>children. I thought the idea was fantastic, if the implementation a bit
>amaturish. I preferred the 4th of July edition which was simply their Thomas
>Jefferson portrayor reading the Declaration of independence. Rivetting!
>
>What I like the best about Podcast technology is that I get updates to my
>iPod automatically from those that I subscribe to. Once a week I
>automatically get the latest Science Friday from Ira Flayto (sp?) and except
>for the intial act of subsribing, I never have to lift a finger again to get
>it. And its FREE!
>
>This technology opens up whole new areas of ways to repurpose AV material
>created for other programs and ways to reach people a world away with
>original programming.
>
>An ID tour of a National History museum? Interesting. But why stop there?
>Why not a scientist giving a tour of the new Answers in Genesis Museum set
>to open soon near Cincinnati to explain why we know that Dinosaurs did not
>coexist with people? Or maybe a tour by scientists and historians of famous
>cathedrals and art museums to explain why many of the images in the
>religiously based art are scientifically and historically suspect?
>
>The possibilty of tours and interpretation targetted to niche audiences is
>endless.
>
>Matt White
>Director, hands On Science Center
>National Museum of American History
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>People are recording their own ("unofficial") audio tours of museums, 
>and publishing them on the internet as podcasts, for anyone to 
>download.
>
>For instance:
>Go to MoMA with an alternative audio tour on your MP3 player:
>http://homepage.mac.com/dave7/ArtMobs/FileSharing52.html
>
>Wow!  What a concept!
>The possibilities are endless.
>
>I think an intelligent design tour of a natural history museum would be 
>very interesting.
>
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>jasonJayStevens
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>On Jul 26, 2005, at 10:02 AM, martin weiss wrote:
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>>  Wayne;
>>
>>  For a number of years since the opening of Prehistoric Journey at 
>>  Denver Museum of Nature and Science-and continuing to today, a 
>>  creationist has led tours of the exhibition lecturing his tours about 
>>  DMNS' incorrect interpretation of the fossil record (and evolution) 
>>  and  the correctness of his creationist perspective. Denver, a public 
>>  institution, has been powerless to stop him and have negotiated an 
>>  agreement about his behavior while in the museum with his tour.
>>
>>  I suspect there are other ways that individuals and organizations use 
>>  us, and our exhibitions to promote their agendas, as egregious as they 
>>  maybe, which we are powerless to stop. They have a right to their 
>>  interpretation; they just cannot claim that we say what we don't.
>  >
>>  Martin
>>
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