[MCN-L] A History of the World
A History of the World, British Museum and BBC partnership At 9.45 the first programme in the series 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' goes out on BBC Radio 4. Already live is the 'A History of the World 'website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld From here you can listen again to the programmes (up to 2012 and likely beyond - no 7 days for AHOW), download the podcast, etc and find more about the objects featured. As well as the 100 objects from the British Museum, there are objects from over 350 museums around the UK on the site, to be joined by possibly '000s from public contribution. One feature of the site was not ready for launch, but you will shortly be able to comment on each object - whether a museum or public contribution. There are a number of ways to see objects from specific museums. For the British Museum 100, click on the Contributor button on the left of the Home/Explore page, select British Museum. Scroll through time and see the objects in the time tunnel. There are a few ways that you can filter to find objects from other Museums, via 'BBC Area' in the control panel on the left of Explore, or In Your Area http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/inyourarea/ or using a map showing all of the UK museum partners http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/about/map/ Some other things: There's a blog which will have posts right through the year, written by Paul Sargeant of the BBC and David Prudames of the BM, with contributions from many others who have helped make the programmes and the website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ahistoryoftheworld/ There's a badge and a widget (with 'Today's Object' feed) to embed in your site/blog if you wish. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/get-involved/badges-widgets/ It's been an incredible editorial, technical and organisational tour-de-force to get this site to live - credit is due to teams in the BBC and museums across the UK. I am looking forward to seeing the site develop in interesting ways over the coming year. Matthew, Head of Web, British Museum, mcock at britishmuseum.org Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences| The British Museum | britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org | twitter.com/britishmuseum http://www.twitter.com/britishmuseum | t: 020 7323 8169 | m: 07971 433841 Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler Until 24 January 2010 BOOK NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org Follow the British Museum on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/britishmuseum www.twitter.com/britishmuseum
[MCN-L] Podcasting advice
Hi Lauren, As far as creating audio and video podcasts with simple (very) and cheap technology, have a look at the Create Teach section of Smarthistory: http://www.smarthistory.org/create-your-own-content1.html There are a bunch of pages there on this topic - how education departments in small museums can create these materials, and distribute them. Hope it's helpful. Beth Harris -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:34 -0500 From: Lauren Zalut Zalut at wagnerfreeinstitute.org Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Message-ID: 278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A at ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi, I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any advice regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history museum with a very limited budget and we are looking to make podcasts of past museum lectures available to the public on our website. I have been told by senior staff that we do not have enough space on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what kind of technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we established it was the possibility that the podcast could be downloaded from there. Is that really a viable option? We do have a completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have it up and running by the summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' experiences with podcasting in museums. Thank you in advance. Sincerely yours, Lauren Zalut Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator Wagner Free Institute of Science 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121 phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! Follow us on www.twitter.com! -- ___ mcn-l mailing list mcn-l at mcn.edu http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13 * Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net http://mediacomb.net/blog twitter.com/rocombo -- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:22:44 -0500 From: Rich Cherry rche...@balboaparkonline.org Subject: [MCN-L] Going mobile: Planning for audience, content and technology in the Museum Feb 16, 17 in Sunny Balboa Park San Diego! To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Message-ID: 0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C0282022E62 at MAILR005.mail.lan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear colleagues, The past decade has seen a great increase in mobile options for museum interpretation: cell phone tours, podcasts, audio tours, text-message tours and audio, video and text Smartphone applications. Learn how to implement and leverage these technologies from mobile media experts Nancy Proctor and Titus Bicknell in a special 2-day seminar presented by the Balboa Park Online Collaborativehttp://www.bpoc.org/ and Balboa Park Learning Institute: Going mobile: Planning for audience, content and technology in the Museum featuring Nancy Proctor, Head of New Media, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Titus Bicknell, Director, Information Technology, Experius LLC Tuesday, February 16 and Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum (2131 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101-1683) What This two-day seminar is for museum professionals who want to explore the value of mobile devices and portable computing for their institutions, patrons and learners with renowned leaders in the new media field. Attendees will learn how to evaluate technology platforms and options, create interpretive content and deploy systems for supporting them. Day 1 will emphasize content and strategy and Day 2 will focus on technology and strategy. Please visit http://www.bpoc.org/mobile for a detailed agenda and speaker biographies. Who This seminar is cross-disciplinary and appropriate for executive, content (education, marketing, etc.) and technical staff. We encourage people to attend in cross-functional teams. (Special group rates apply.) How much Special price! $45 for one day, $75 for both! Other cost and payment notes: * Tuition fees are waived for members of the Balboa Park Online Collaborative; registration is still required. * Please contact bpcp at bpcp.org for information on student discounts, group rates, or, hotel information. * Please pay on-site with cash or checks made payable to the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership; we are not able to
[MCN-L] Podcasting advice
Lauren, You are welcome to try our free RSS podcast maker called FeedMe at: http://bit.ly/rss-feedme It offers password protected accounts, unlimited bandwidth, episodes and RSS feeds. Everyone that works on FeedMe is a volunteer so it is always free. We also worked with Creative Commons so you can embed CC licensing or Copyright in the media files http://creativecommons.org/tag/museumpods About 2000 organizations have signed up to use FeedMe ranging from radio stations, museums, educational institutions, and businesses -- but we designed it specifically for museums. We are starting to work with museums to develop more user friendly ways for people to access podcasts using QR code. Here is a short video on how it works: http://bit.ly/museum-qr FeedMe works well with this technology and might be something you should consider implementing in your podcast initiative. Please feel free to contact me directly...I will hook you up. Kurt Stuchell stuchell at museumpods.com http://museumpods.com - Original Message - From: Harris, Beth beth_har...@moma.org To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 7:10 AM Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting advice Hi Lauren, As far as creating audio and video podcasts with simple (very) and cheap technology, have a look at the Create Teach section of Smarthistory: http://www.smarthistory.org/create-your-own-content1.html There are a bunch of pages there on this topic - how education departments in small museums can create these materials, and distribute them. Hope it's helpful. Beth Harris -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:34 -0500 From: Lauren Zalut Zalut at wagnerfreeinstitute.org Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Message-ID: 278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A at ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi, I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any advice regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history museum with a very limited budget and we are looking to make podcasts of past museum lectures available to the public on our website. I have been told by senior staff that we do not have enough space on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what kind of technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we established it was the possibility that the podcast could be downloaded from there. Is that really a viable option? We do have a completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have it up and running by the summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' experiences with podcasting in museums. Thank you in advance. Sincerely yours, Lauren Zalut Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator Wagner Free Institute of Science 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121 phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! Follow us on www.twitter.com! -- ___ mcn-l mailing list mcn-l at mcn.edu http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13 * Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net http://mediacomb.net/blog twitter.com/rocombo -- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:22:44 -0500 From: Rich Cherry rcherry at balboaparkonline.org Subject: [MCN-L] Going mobile: Planning for audience, content and technology in the Museum Feb 16, 17 in Sunny Balboa Park San Diego! To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Message-ID: 0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C0282022E62 at MAILR005.mail.lan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear colleagues, The past decade has seen a great increase in mobile options for museum interpretation: cell phone tours, podcasts, audio tours, text-message tours and audio, video and text Smartphone applications. Learn how to implement and leverage these technologies from mobile media experts Nancy Proctor and Titus Bicknell in a special 2-day seminar presented by the Balboa Park Online Collaborativehttp://www.bpoc.org/ and Balboa Park Learning Institute: Going mobile: Planning for audience, content and technology in the Museum featuring Nancy Proctor, Head of New Media, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Titus Bicknell, Director, Information Technology, Experius LLC Tuesday, February 16 and Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum (2131 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101-1683) What This
