By Robert on 20 September, 2012
As Canberra emerges from a long winter, the museum robot is being prepared for its journey from Brisbane to the nation’s capital. Several teams are working on different aspects of the robot project… CSIRO recently tested the wifi coverage for the robot’s video transmission, and determined that we need to install a couple more base stations [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Program | Tagged mobile telepresence, robots, technology
By Robert on 9 August, 2012
Robert Bunzli joined the Museum recently to manage our robot project. In this post he says hello and shares the latest ‘roboty news’, including the competition to design the robot’s skin. Read more >
Posted in Program | Tagged competition, mobile telepresence, robots, technology
By Cath on 30 May, 2012
Presenting… Tricia Meier, teacher of a Year 5/6 class at Curtin Primary School, talking about her and her class’ experience of playing Sembl at the Museum. Read more >
Posted in Program, The Museum Game | Tagged Arts, children, competition, critical thinking, engagement, English, exhibitions, games, history, inclusion, interactive, resonance, teaching, technology
By Cath on 15 May, 2012
Yesterday the group of kids who played Sembl on paper last September returned to the Museum to play the prototype game *on iPad*. Cath reports on their response. Read more >
Posted in Objects, The Museum Game | Tagged children, collaboration, engagement, exhibitions, games, interactive, iPad, social learning, technology
![Museum’s iPad game Create[s] World](http://nma.gov.au/blogs/education/files/2011/12/NMA-aerial-150x150.jpg)
By Cath on 2 December, 2011
Cath shares an overview of the Museum’s forthcoming real-time multiplayer iPad game, and an update on work-in-progress. First presented in person to the Apple University Consortium conference Create World 2011, it is available here as a PDF. Read more >
Posted in Professional learning, The Museum Game | Tagged critical thinking, difference, engagement, games, technology
By Cath on 12 July, 2011
Ange and I recently toured Tasmania on a reconnaissance mission as part of our project to develop rich and rewarding video conference programs. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources, Inspiration, Program | Tagged ideas, technology, video conference
By Cath on 12 May, 2011
Linda, Cath and Ange are all set to hook up with teachers, students and other museum professionals on International Museums Day and keen to demonstrate part of a new VC program on inventions and innovations. Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Inspiration, Professional learning, Program | Tagged social innovation, technology, video conference
By Ange on 28 February, 2011
How do you make history dynamic and engaging when the students are 400 kilometres away from you? Last week we had a video conference with 16 extremely switched on Yr 12 Extension History students from NSW who wanted to link up and explore with us ‘the role of national museums in constructing and representing history’. [...] Read more >
Posted in Program | Tagged critical thinking, history, inclusion, museology, technology, video conference
By Cath on 25 August, 2010
As mentioned in an earlier post about Yiwarra Kuju, this is the amazing multitouch table. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged art, culture, history, Indigenous, interactive, multitouch, technology, Western Australia
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