Funding provided by:

Snowball Fight!
Please answer the following questions on the half-sheet of paper: 1) Your name 2) Institution 3) Motivation for being at workshop 4) A question for the Parking Lot (a question you hope might be answered at the workshop).

21-Tech (beyond cell phones)

Goal: Lengthen, Deepen, Extend Learning with PMTs

PMT = personal mobile technologies

21-Tech Partners

IMLS 21st Century Museum Professionals Award (2010-2014)

21-Tech Partners
Institution: Location: Total Staff: Floor Staff: 21-Tech Staff: Annual Attendance

Childrens Museum of Houston

New York Hall of Science Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Sciencenter Garibay Group Lawrence Hall of Science

Houston, TX Queens, NY Portland, OR Ithaca, NY

78 FT 170 PT
316 FT 152 FT 112 PT 25 FT staff

51 86 150 (volunteers) 25 (volunteers)

32 16 12 (volunteers) 10 (volunteers)

824,000 450,000 1,000,000 100,000

21-Tech project evaluator 21-Tech technology developer

Association of Science Dissemination partner and Technology Association of Childrens Museums

Dissemination partner

21-Tech Project Background:

IMLS 21st Century Museum Professionals Award (2010-2014) 3+ year timeline

Snapshot of 21-Tech:

Matter Factory
App: Phyzios Studio Component: Viscosity

Wind Tunnel App:

Gallery: Invention Convention
Childrens Museum of Houston

21-Tech
What it is
Utilize existing content with simple adaptations Use existing mobile apps Meet visitor interests (personalize) Advance hands-on experiences Consistently share findings to benefit other museums Immersive training for facilitators

What it is NOT
NOT developing new content for exhibits NOT developing new apps NOT authoritarian in nature NOT a replacement for another modality that works well NOT a replacement for hands-on NOT inaccessible info NOT a classroom-style training program

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thanks to:

Childrens Museum of Houston

Cheryl McCallum, Director of Education Keith Ostfeld, Director of Educational Technology & Exhibit Development Neelam Damani, 21-Tech Project Manager Odis Garrett, Discovery Guide Aldec Saniel, Discovery Guide

Total Staff:

Demographics: 47% Hispanic 23% African American 22% Anglo 8% Asian American 68% of visitors receive free/reduced admission

Annual Attendance:

Target Audience:

Sq. footage of exhibits:

Total Floor Staff:

Total 21Tech staff:

78 Full-time 170 Part-time

824,000
on site

304,000
outreach

0-12 year olds, parents, caregivers and teachers

46,500

51

32

New York Hall of Science

Priya Mohabir, Deputy Director, Science Career Ladder

Truck McDonald, Manager of Explainer Content and Training

Total Staff:

Demographics:

Annual Attendance:

Target Audience:

Sq. footage of exhibits:

Total Floor Staff:

Total 21Tech staff:

316 Full-time

Diverse

450,000

All Children, adults, teachers

85,000

86

16

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Sean Rooney, Senior Science Educator Marilyn Johnson, Science Director

Total Staff:

Demographics:

Annual Attendance:

Target Sq. footage Audience: of exhibits:

Total Floor Staff:

Total 21-Tech staff:

152 Full-Time 112 Part-Time

56% Caucasian 16% Hispanic 13% African American 9% Asian 1% Native American

1,000,000+

Children (0-12), Teens, Adults

219,000

150 12 (Volunteers) (Volunteers)

Sciencenter
Ali Jackson, Director of National Collaborative Projects Michelle Kortenaar, Director of Education

Total Staff:

Demographics:

Annual Attendance:

Target Audience:

Sq. footage of exhibits:

Total Floor Staff:

Total 21Tech staff:

25 Full-time

Small college ~ 100,000 Family, town, rural, young 50%members; children 12% get in for (expanding free to teens)

32,000 +
outdoor Science Park, Sagan Planet Walk

25 (volunteers & interns)

10
(over time)

Lawrence Hall of Science

Frank Kusiak, Science View Project Manager Darrell Porcello, Chief Technology Officer

Agenda:
Icebreaker Intro to 21-Tech 21-Tech in Action Break 21-Tech Impact on Visitors Extending Hands-on Experiences with Apps Planning for 21-Tech: Tablets at Your Museum? 21-Tech Impact on Facilitators Lunch 21-Tech Training Planning for 21-Tech: Training at your Museum Behind the Scenes: Challenges and Solutions - Lightning Round Broad Institutional Impact - Lightning Round Planning for 21-Tech: Creating an Action Plan Panel Q & A

Kidtropolis:
App: Camera Exhibit: Niko Nikos Diner

21-Tech in Action!

Debrief:
Please take a few minutes to debrief in small groups.

App Gallery on Website:

21-Tech Impact on Visitors

Owl Sighting!
App: iBirds Lite Gallery: Ecostation

Evaluation on Website:

Extending Hands-on Experiences with Apps

Four 10-min rotations. Individuals to decide which table to visit.

Planning for 21-Tech: Tablets at Your Museum?

Qs to help focus discussion: If you currently use mobile devices/tablets at your institution, how do you use them? Future plans? What barriers are you encountering with your use of mobile devices/tablets? If you do not currently use mobile devices/tablets, how do you envision using them? Do you have specific exhibits and/or apps in mind?

Facilitator Impact:

How we got here

21-Tech Training Overview

Training Process: Total Wait period of 1-2 months approximate 3 phases: a) Learn the hardware time = 5 to 6 b) Explore apps, shadow, role-play, try out strategies hours c) Time for practice and reflection

Learn the hardware

Teach the Process:

Exhibit

App

LOTS of time to explore, practice and reflect!

Time for Collaboration

When a teacher buys a new marker

Technology is a tool

Focus is always on the exhibit

Kidtropolis HEB Market

Facilitation with an iPad (App: More Buffet)

Facilitation without an iPad

Technology is a tool

Choice!
We hand facilitators the markers, but let them choose.

Training process is different for each museum

Training Blogs on 21-Tech.org

Planning for 21-Tech: Training at Your Museum?

Qs to help focus discussion: How would you integrate 21-Tech training into your existing training plans? How could this level of training enhance your current staff training? What barriers might you encounter?

Behind the Scenes: Challenges and Solutions

Challenge: How can I extend an interaction?

http://youtu.be/M1pfE-LvBf8

Challenge: How can I extend an interaction?

http://youtu.be/M1pfE-LvBf8

Challenge: How can I get facilitators excited about 21-Tech?

Searching for new content

Feedback and Reflection

Sharing strategies for new/existing content

Prototyping/ testing

Focus Groups:
Focus Groups meet weekly to:
Share best practices. Evaluate apps and make decisions about which apps/content to keep. Share new apps, and discuss facilitation strategies. Talk about challenges and propose solutions.

Quotes (extracted from an anonymous survey):

It [21-Tech] helped me to build and practice self-confidence as an educator, and really opened me up to be an outgoing individual. I feel these are skills that have carried over into other aspects of my life as a direct result of the program. Thanks 21-tech! -Discovery Guide 21- Tech also gave me a voice and a chance to make an impact with visitors and co-workers. -Discovery Guide

Challenge: How to keep tables secure yet available? Challenge: How to keep tablets individual yet uniform?

Prevent Apple Picking!

Other tips for safe keeping

Label Keep locked Checkout system Expectations set in training Expectations for untrained staff

Prevent An Apple Harvest!

Other tips for easy use

Calendar in 15-30 minutes a week organizing Turn off automatic downloads Put new app in folder after download Its OK to delete apps But 1st make sure still in store!

Challenge:
How can we provide in-depth content knowledge?

Challenge: How do we create conversations between communities?

Challenge: How can a small institution benefit from collaboration?

Please help us improve future workshops by completing our 21-Tech survey (will be emailed by the end of the workshop)

Broad Institutional Impact

Institutional Impact:

Institutional Impact

www.spacefoundation.org

Institutional Impact

Institutional Impact

Planning for 21-Tech: Creating an Action Plan for 21-Tech

Qs to help focus discussion: What impact could tablets have on your institution? Which departments could directly/indirectly benefit? What would implementation look like? What would be some next steps? Who else at your institution should get involved? Who would implement the program? What barriers do you think you might face? Or, feel free to do any of the following: Further explore 21-Tech apps on your own to see which apps might connect with one of your exhibits/components Talk with presenters and ask questions Walk around Explora for another demonstration of a

21-Tech facilitation.

Panel Q & A:
Address parking lot questions

Whats next:
Sign up on 21-Tech.org Preview of ExCL Please complete our 21-Tech survey

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thanks to:

Presenter Contact Info:

Childrens Museum of Houston
Cheryl McCallum, Director of Education Keith Ostfeld, Director of Educational Technology & Exhibit Development Neelam Damani, 21-Tech Project Manager Odis Garrett, Discovery Guide Aldec Saniel, Discovery Guide

New York Hall of Science

Truck McDonald, Manager of Explainer Content and Training Priya Mohabir, Deputy Director, Science Career Ladder

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Sean P Rooney, Senior Science Educator Marilyn Johnson, Science Director

Sciencenter
Ali Jackson, Director of National Collaborative Projects Michelle Kortenaar, Director of Education

Garibay Group
Cecilia Garibay, Principal Jane Schaefer, Project Director

21-Tech.org

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