MCN Annual Conference 16-19 Nov 2011, Atlanta
Posted by Nancy Proctor on | September 11, 2011 | No Replies
Early Registration ends 24 September for MCN2011 in Atlanta! http://www.mcn.edu/mcn-2011-online-registration
An awesome program on “Hacking the Museum” this year (if I do say so myself 
. The Museum Computer Network Conference includes for the first time dedicated program strands on technology for Conservation and Accessibility, as well as opportunities try Hacking and Mash-ups, Arduino, Kinect, ARGs, Augmented Reality, eBooks, going beyond the Blog, reinventing the Museum Website, new kinds of collaborations with Libraries, Archives, and Audiences, and, of course, lots and lots of Mobile fun! http://www.mcn.edu/mcn-2011-atlanta
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Museum-Mobile online conference
Posted by Nancy Proctor on | September 11, 2011 | No Replies
October 24-26, 2011 Museum-Mobile online conference http://www.museums-mobile.org This online conference includes a virtual expo and lots of practical hands-on training in mobile development and management from some of my favorite mobile thinkers! Check out the program at http://www.museums-mobile.org/program-mm3/
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AAM’s Technology, Interpretation and Education 2011
Posted by Nancy Proctor on | September 11, 2011 | No Replies
September 20-22, 2011, 11-5pm EST: Technology, Interpretation and Education 2011 – AAM’s Multi-day Online Conference and Virtual Expo Hall: http://www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/learn/tech.cfm You can get a 15% discount on the Mobile Apps for Museums book through registering for the conference. You can also check out the book’s new blogsite (in development) where we’ll be adding new chapters [...]
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Exhibitly Needs Your Help!
Posted by tpurdue on | August 26, 2011 | No Replies
Exhibitly is building an exciting new mobile platform for cultural institutions but we need your help! We have posted a short survey that will assist us in determining which features facilities think are must-haves and which ones we should scrap immediately. We would appreciate your time in completing this. To begin the survey please click [...]
Tags: app > content > design > experience > fresh > iPhone > iPhone app > mobile > museum > museums > User-generated content
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Virtuality, Technology & Feminism in the Museum
Posted by Nancy Proctor on | August 22, 2011 | No Replies
Symposium 23-24 Sept 2011 at the Smithsonian Thanks to the Leverhulme Trust-funded international research network on Feminism and Curating, the Smithsonian is hosting a research symposium 23-24 September 2011 to probe some of the deep ethical questions about technology and museum practice: What’s new about “new media”? It is truly transformative, or just another modernist [...]
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iTouch Battery life and general robustness
Posted by wsguerin on | July 12, 2011 | 1 Reply
All- As we’re getting close to launch at the ESB, I’m curious if anyone has data, or can point to real world data, on typical battery life and robustness issues with the iTouches? I’ll certainly share what we learn this fall. We’re using a custom case for security and protection and are considering going through [...]
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Research on tablets for learning
Posted by Shelley Mannion on | May 25, 2011 | 9 Replies
Here at the British Museum’s Samsung Digital Discovery Centre, we are about to acquire a set of Samsung Galaxy Tabs for a large scale education project. The project will involve museum visits by 700 secondary school students (age 12-13) in June/July 2011. The students will complete a two-part activity: Completing an AR/web-based game activity on the [...]
Tags: AR > augmented reality > device > education > gallery > game > gaming > handheld > learning > mobile > research > students > tablet
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Which technology to use for your app?
Posted by Jan Bossier on | May 25, 2011 | No Replies
Many people have talked about native apps vs web apps. Some point out the differences, others show how you can combine the two with a wrapper to create hybrid apps. Hoppr, our iPhone application, is such a hybrid application which uses Phonegap. We have come to the point however where we wonder if it’s still [...]
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Leafsnap from the Smithsonian’s NMNH
Posted by Nancy Proctor on | May 2, 2011 | 1 Reply
Recruiting the world to help increase and diffuse knowledge of tree diversity and distribution Reposted from http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com/Leafsnap2 Sometimes it takes a while for the technology to catch up with a great idea. Leafsnap, the app from the National Museum of Natural History, the University of Columbia and the University of Maryland, was conceived over 8 [...]
Tags: biodiversity > botany > Columbia University > ecology > field guide > Leafsnap > NMNH > Smithsonian > University of Maryland
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Hoppr, multimedia museum tours
Posted by Jan Bossier on | April 11, 2011 | No Replies
http://www.theartspot.be/blog/2011/04/08/hoppr-is-available-in-the-app-store/
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