The 2015 Digital Media and Learning Conference I feared was going to be the last. With the announcement by the MacArthur Foundation in August 2015 that they were ending funding of the field of digital learning, including the DML conference, it seemed like the writing was on the wall. DML Los Angeles felt to me …
I can't love enough this picture of several of the Global Kids program directors and staff from the Online Leadership Program all together for the first time. This is from the Digital Media and Learning conference at UC Irvine that took place October 5-7. Pictured left to right: Sara Vogel, Ariam Mogos, Juan Rubio, Rik Panganiban, …
On Friday, the youth programs team was invited to participate in a fun outing with the public programs team from the Cal Academy. About 20 of us from both sections met up in Tiburon, California for a sunset cruise around the San Francisco Bay. It was a spectacular trip reminding me of the incredible natural …
For the past week and a half, I have been in lovely Herrang, Sweden for a dance camp. It's a really fun event in a beautiful locale, with a small lake, a tiny beach, and verdant countryside all around us. Yesterday, I did a little nature walk and encountered lots of lovely flora and fauna. …
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of going on one of the first boat trips to the Farallon Islands with the Oceanic Society this season. It was an incredible, all-day voyage, just 27-miles from San Francisco, but felt like a world away. Here's a video of some of the coolest marine life that we encountered. …
It took us awhile to get out our fourth episode, but we are happy to share with you "Object Oriented" #4: the Museums and the Web edition! Barry, Eve and I happened to be in the same place at the same time for the Museums and the Web conference in LA a few weeks ago. …
The year two-thousand and fifteen was a HUGE one for the Digital Learning program at the California Academy of Sciences. We’ve had a lot of changes, pivots, sad goodbyes, and successes over the past twelve months that are important to acknowledge. Farewell, Christine / Welcome, Jeff! Over the summer, we bid a fond farewell to …
Interesting news in the digital learning field. It looks like there will be a 2016 Digital Media and Learning conference, despite MacArthur Foundation ending their support for the DML area this year. *Save the Date!* The 2016 DML Conference will be held Oct. 5-7, 2016 at @UCIrvine. More info coming soon. #2016DML pic.twitter.com/Ffg8sH0jOo — DML2016 (@dmlconference) …
Last night, I participated in a spectacular night tidepooling activity at Pillar Point, along with a couple of dozen other lucky folks. Pillar Point is a reef just 40 minutes south of San Francisco, most well known as the home of the famous Maverick’s Surf Contest. The California Academy of Sciences has been documenting the …
For the next few days, I am in lovely Montreal, Canada for the annual conference of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC). ASTC is basically the annual geek-fest for science museum professionals. This is my fourth ASTC, and for once I am attending simply as a participant. In past years, I’ve presented, …