Baseball Hall of Fame: School Program Follow Up

Just following up on today's presentation from Anna Wade. Below are some resources she shared with us:


Basball HOF curriculum modules
Baseball HOF revamped economic curriculum
Museum Education presentation

Lesson Plan Examples

Please take a look at these before class on Thursday.

• http://education.baseballhalloffame.org/experience/thematic_units/pop_culture.html
• http://www.tenement.org/documents/lessonplans/web5_lessonplan_ConfinoElementary.pdf
• http://www.upstatehistory.org/services/DHP/DBQ.html

Resources for Upcoming March 23rd Class

Take a look at the website links listed.

Museum Movement Techniques:
http://www.museummovementtechniques.com/index.htm

Creative Techniques for museum teacher/facilitator led:
http://www.vtshome.org/
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/adult_resources/creative_writing/index.html
http://rockhall.com/education/inside-the-classroom/toddler_rock/

Virtual Museum:
http://latino.si.edu/education/LVM_Main.htm

Multiple Intelligence Test

As we discussed in class, here is a link to the Multiple Intelligence Test: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm

Hanford Mills Museum: Education in Action

We hope you all enjoyed our visit to Hanford Mills Museum, and plan to take your families back in the future. We will be sure to follow up on some passes for you all. Liz and her staff gave us a great overview of their Museum, and their shared responsibilities and approach to museum education. It was also helpful to see many of the objects associated with the Yager Museum's domestic life exhibit placed into the context of the Hanford House. If you have any additional thoughts or feedback, feel free to share it here. Also, don't forget to join Hanford Mills Facebook page! They would love to have your support.

Web 2.0: Class Examples

Here are some of your classmates web 2.0 tools for your assigment:

Web 2.0 Assignment
I used Twitter and Google calendar.

1.) Twitter
User name: sharkgrl89
I liked it because:
I didn’t have to keep checking my favorite websites, content comes up automatically so I know when a new article/picture, etc. is posted. I found that to be very convenient and it allowed me to filter out what I wanted to see and I what I didn’t want to see which saves me time.

I also like it because I don’t have to follow just people/friends/celebrities, I’m also following a number of museums and I think that’s what sets Twitter apart from Facebook because of the huge amount of institutions, news groups, etc. that belong to the site.

2.) Google calendar
(The calendar is under my Hartwick e-mail: galluzzoa@hartwick.edu, I don’t know if that is enough information for you to view it?)
I liked it because:
I get updates sent to my email telling me where I need to be/what I need to be doing. I’m used to writing on a piece of paper and taping it onto my wall and let’s just say this is a much better alternative. I like how I can click on the day or look at the month, it really shows me what my week is going to look like and what I need to plan for. This is something I could see myself continuing to use because it’s been so useful for me.

Web 2.0 Assigment
Firstly, I joined YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/dracotheferret I only have one video up as of now, but it’s a really fun site.

Secondly, I joined Mai’Nada Comic Sketch. It’s a community for comic artists to draw on site and share their work with others, plus it records your drawing step by step, making it a neat tool to teach others how to draw. http://www.mainada.net/artist/dracotheferret

Public Program Brainstorming

After looking over the exhibit at the Yager Museum and a visit with Gwen Miner at The Farmers' Museum, here is our working list of ideas for our April 24th Public Program:

• Spinning
• Animals
• Flax
• Candle/soap making
• Sewing
• "Dress up"
• Music (music department)
• Theatre kids
• Old time photos
• Coffee grinding
• Games
• Ironing
• Calling cards
• Place setting/table setting
• Scavenger hunt or something similiar

What are our next steps?

1) Budget info

2) Selecting our ideas

3) Developing our game plan

Ice Harvesting Anyone?

It was a beautiful day to visit Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith. After an overview of the museum's ice harvest program, we had a nice stroll around the museum grounds. I think we all enjoyed the visit. I think we all recognize that sites like Hanford Mills truly bring history to life. You can also see the essential role that museum education plays in their mission and programs. Is there a better way to create a learning experience (or lifelong memory) than to have kids harvesting their own ice blocks with the tools of the trade? It makes you wish for a return to the days before electricity. Or maybe not.

More importantly, our visit today gets us thinking about ideas for our own projects and the Yager Museum. A couple ideas that we discussed on the way back to Hartwick are listed. Any other thoughts?

• Pre and post school curriculum visit information incorporated into the Yager Museum website (Hanford Mills has recently added this feature, and it is great!)
• Pre and post info and education for our April 19th public program (our facebook profile is one way, and our blog is another)
• Teacher workshops on how to use museum resources and integrate into the classroom (The Yager Museum could hold an open house for the faculty and showcase museum resources and suggestions for use)

Readings for Tuesday, March 18th:
1) Talboys Chapter 6 “User Groups” pp. 51-65
2) Falk and Dierking Chapter 5 “The Physical Context: Exhibits and Labels” pp. 67-81
3) Paris Chapter 14 “Object-Based Learning and Family Groups” pp. 245-259
4) Paris Chapter 16 “Pathways Among Objects and Museum Visitors” pp. 285-299