<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com</title><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:49:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Change of Blog Site</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/change_of_blog_site.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/change_of_blog_site.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=change%5Fof%5Fblog%5Fsite</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Updates are no longer being made to this blog.For the latest information, please visit our new blog, at &nbsp;http://childrensmuseumblog.blogspot.com]]></description></item><item><title>Everyone&apos;s 15 minutes of fame online</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/everyones_15_minutes_of_fame_online.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/everyones_15_minutes_of_fame_online.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=everyones%5F15%5Fminutes%5Fof%5Ffame%5Fonline</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s fun to find yourself online.  Many people will “Google” themselves to see whether they have any listings.  There’s a vicarious thrill to seeing your name in print and online.  Now, with YouTube, you can als]]></description></item><item><title>Cold Can&apos;t Stop Creativity!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/cold_cant_stop_creativity.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/cold_cant_stop_creativity.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cold%5Fcant%5Fstop%5Fcreativity</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cold Can&#39;t Stop Creativity!  The creativity and artistic expression of children is never more obvious than in a visit to the Museum.&nbsp; On one of our recent snow-and-ice-filled days it wasn&#39;t the Museum&#39;s highly trained designers comin]]></description></item><item><title>Exhibit Remediation, Part 2</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/exhibit_remediation_part_2.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/exhibit_remediation_part_2.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=exhibit%5Fremediation%5Fpart%5F2</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As we mentioned in a prior blog, the main idea of the original developer of the Color Booth exhibit was that young children learn through their senses, are most interested in themselves, and are actively engaged in looking at and understanding color]]></description></item><item><title>Exhibit Remediation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/exhibit_remediation.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/exhibit_remediation.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=exhibit%5Fremediation</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At DuPage Children’s Museum, we continue to observe how exhibits are used even after the prototyping stage.  Many museums use an evaluation system, with front-end (gathering information about what visitors know prior to developing an exhibit), format]]></description></item><item><title>Mission Moment:  Open-ended Play</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment__openended_play.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment__openended_play.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mission%5Fmoment%5F%5Fopenended%5Fplay</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today&rsquo;s Mission Moment comes from a play facilitator who witnessed children working with our open-ended exhibits in a way that made sense to them, which is what open-ended and multiple-outcome experiences are all about!

&ldquo;In Math Connec]]></description></item><item><title>Mission Moment: Encouraging Collaborative Play</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment_encouraging_collaborative_play.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment_encouraging_collaborative_play.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mission%5Fmoment%5Fencouraging%5Fcollaborative%5Fplay</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today’s Mission Moment shows how children’s museums can encourage collaborative play by modeling the use of exhibits.  This play facilitator managed to get children to try something new by showing an interest in and focusing on an ex]]></description></item><item><title>Kangaroos, Dingoes and Exhibitions, Oh My!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kangaroos_dingoes_and_exhibitions_oh_my.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kangaroos_dingoes_and_exhibitions_oh_my.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kangaroos%5Fdingoes%5Fand%5Fexhibitions%5Foh%5Fmy</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With our continuing evaluation for the Wild Wings: Animals in Artland exhibition, we found that (not surprisingly) school-aged children tended to talk about what they were studying in school. In one case, it was Australian animals. So rather than hea]]></description></item><item><title>Mission Moment:  Performance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment__performance.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment__performance.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mission%5Fmoment%5F%5Fperformance</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of our exhibits is called Good Show!&nbsp; It is a celebration of children&rsquo;s artwork, in all stages and all forms.&nbsp; We have explanatory text for the adults about seeing various developmental stages and how it isn&rsquo;t a juried or ju]]></description></item><item><title>Evaluation for Animals in Artland</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/evaluation_for_animals_in_artland.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/evaluation_for_animals_in_artland.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 18:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=evaluation%5Ffor%5Fanimals%5Fin%5Fartland</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our most recent evaluation and research was done for an upcoming interactive art exhibition called Wild Wings:  Animals in Artland.  In September 2006, the gallery will be filled with interactive flapping sculptures and paintings on loan fr]]></description></item><item><title>A Spring Mission Moment</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/a_spring_mission_moment.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/a_spring_mission_moment.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fspring%5Fmission%5Fmoment</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ahhh, spring!&nbsp; Spring Break is once again over in this part of the country, and a lot of happy visitors came through our museum.&nbsp; During vacations and school days off, we tend to have many visitors who are new to our site, and it is wonderf]]></description></item><item><title>KDN Evaluation: Web Site Functionality and Overall Summary</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kdn_evaluation_web_site_functionality_and_overall_summary.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kdn_evaluation_web_site_functionality_and_overall_summary.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kdn%5Fevaluation%5Fweb%5Fsite%5Ffunctionality%5Fand%5Foverall%5Fsummary</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The next part of the evaluation of KDN focused on the design and functionality of the Web site:&nbsp;general program information and Teacher&rsquo;s Guide, the drawing program for exchanging information with the Engineers, the student journal, and th]]></description></item><item><title>Mission Moment:  Expanding Challenges</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment__expanding_challenges.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment__expanding_challenges.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mission%5Fmoment%5F%5Fexpanding%5Fchallenges</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DuPage Children&rsquo;s Museum Is filled with open-ended exhibits with many manipulative pieces.&nbsp; This opens a world of possibilities as children incorporate components of nearby exhibits in their play.&nbsp; This Mission Moment from a play faci]]></description></item><item><title>The KDN Engineer Experience</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/the_kdn_engineer_experience.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/the_kdn_engineer_experience.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fkdn%5Fengineer%5Fexperience</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The next part of the evaluation of KDN centered on the experience of the Engineer. Just to refresh your memory, on the KDN website engineers introduce an engineering challenge related to their work experience. (For example, an electrical engineer cha]]></description></item><item><title>The Student Experience, Continued</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/the_student_experience_continued.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/the_student_experience_continued.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fstudent%5Fexperience%5Fcontinued</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is the second blog segment of &ldquo;The Student Experience,&rdquo; and as the first segment was, is excerpted directly from the final report, pages 15-17, written by Lorrie Beaumont, project evaluator.&nbsp;We chose to quote directly because th]]></description></item><item><title>The KDN Student Experience</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/the_kdn_student_experience.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/the_kdn_student_experience.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fkdn%5Fstudent%5Fexperience</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Student Experience was closely monitored by the program staff, evaluator, and teachers.&nbsp;This blog segment &ldquo;The Student Experience&rdquo; is excerpted directly from the final report, pages 15-17, written by Lorrie Beaumont, project eval]]></description></item><item><title>Mission Moment: Collaborative play</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment_collaborative_play.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment_collaborative_play.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mission%5Fmoment%5Fcollaborative%5Fplay</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This Mission Moment from a play facilitator shows how children’s museums can serve children of all ages, and how children’s museums can bring children together in collaborative play.
 

 
 


 

“Some ha]]></description></item><item><title>Experiences of KDN Participants and Lessons Learned</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/experiences_of_kdn_participants_and_lessons_learned.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/experiences_of_kdn_participants_and_lessons_learned.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=experiences%5Fof%5Fkdn%5Fparticipants%5Fand%5Flessons%5Flearned</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;re on to the experiences of the KDN participants and lessons learned through evaluation.&nbsp; Five schools participated in the KDN testing.&nbsp; Each had varying levels of technological readiness with regard to Internet connectivity, firew]]></description></item><item><title>Mission Moment: Water</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment_water.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment_water.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mission%5Fmoment%5Fwater</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In this Mission Moment from a play facilitator, we see children of different ages interacting through play. We also see that with time to experiment, young children can make unexpected cognitive leaps: “A young boy, approximately 2 ½ yea]]></description></item><item><title>KDN Evaluation Methodology</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kdn_evaluation_methodology.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kdn_evaluation_methodology.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kdn%5Fevaluation%5Fmethodology</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;ve been outlining our topical framework for Kids Design Network in the past few blogs, so now we&rsquo;re on to the methodology.&nbsp; We conducted this as a participatory evaluation with a collaborative approach, which means that not all me]]></description></item><item><title>Whew!  Winter Break is over!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/whew__winter_break_is_over.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/whew__winter_break_is_over.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=whew%5F%5Fwinter%5Fbreak%5Fis%5Fover</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Whew!&nbsp;&nbsp; Winter break is over!&nbsp; As a children's museum, we are swamped with happy families over the school holidays, and don't have time to post to the blog.&nbsp; We'll get back to the information about the Kids Design Network evaluati]]></description></item><item><title>KDN Topical Framework, part 3</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kdn_topical_framework_part_3.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kdn_topical_framework_part_3.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kdn%5Ftopical%5Fframework%5Fpart%5F3</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The topical framework for Kids Design Engineering was the beginning outline for our evaluation plan.  The next two sections (we outlined the Interaction with the Engineer and the Website in the last blog) of the topical framework that were devel]]></description></item><item><title>Mission Moment:  Simple materials and Time</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment__simple_materials_and_time.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/mission_moment__simple_materials_and_time.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mission%5Fmoment%5F%5Fsimple%5Fmaterials%5Fand%5Ftime</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[School winter breaks start around here this Friday, Dec. 16.  We’ll see a change in the visitorship during the next 3 weeks, with many more school-aged children and their families here during the morning.  We have open art studio acti]]></description></item><item><title>KDN Topical Framework, continued</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kdn_topical_framework_continued.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/kdn_topical_framework_continued.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kdn%5Ftopical%5Fframework%5Fcontinued</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The topical framework for Kids Design Engineering was the beginning outline for our evaluation plan. The next two sections (we outlined the Teacher and Student Experiences in the last blog) of the topical framework that were developed by the evaluato]]></description></item><item><title>Topical framework for KDN</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/topical_framework_for_kde.htm</guid><link>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/topical_framework_for_kde.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=topical%5Fframework%5Ffor%5Fkde</comments><dc:creator>DCMBlog</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The topical framework for Kids Design Engineering was the beginning outline for our evaluation plan.  As a naturalistic inquiry, we were trying to find out, through observations of real-life application, how the program was functioning.  Th]]></description></item></channel></rss>