Barry Joseph of AMNH, Eve Gaus of the Field Museum and I have published episode two of Object-oriented, the podcast on digital learning at collections-based museums. In this episode we focus on a topic near and dear to my heart: games-based learning. While lots of other blogs, podcasts, and articles have thoroughly examined and deconstructed …
I didn't even realize there was a World Emoji Day. Apparently its on July 17? Anyway, this tweet from the @Calacademy account was particularly adorable. In honor of #WorldEmojiDay, visit us & we'll show you for-realz versions of ??????????????????? pic.twitter.com/KZtwj9O6ta — CA AcademyOfSciences (@calacademy) July 17, 2015
The field of digital learning professionals in science and natural history museums is a miniscule one. So when a new blog appears focusing on digital learning at a museum, it makes me very happy. My colleagues at the Field Museum of Chicago have just launched a new blog called Digital Field Notes focused on their …
“Mission Fishin” is a digital game created by a team of teens at the California Academy of Sciences last year to educate the public about how our scientists collect specimens in the field. The game focuses on how one of our scientists, Dr. David Catania, collects freshwater fish specimens. I know, sounds riveting, right? Well …
I’m still so impressed with the new “Color of Life” exhibit at my museum, the California Academy of Sciences. “Color of Life” focuses on the many amazing ways that color communicates, conceals, and warns in the natural world. We have such talented exhibit and experience designers on staff, and it’s cool to see them unleash …
We often have need of headshots to use for conferences and events that we are participating in from our department. I realized last week that I don't have any nice portraits of me done in our museum, so I asked my colleague Jeff to run around the Cal Academy and shoot me in various locales. …