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using the latest in collaboration technologies to develop museum content.
Museum Partners
University Partners
De Anza College (http://www.deanza.edu/)
Computers and the Internet in Society (CIS 2) (http://faculty.deanza.edu/taylorvalerie/cis2syllabus.html)
Steering volunteer talent towards the The Tech Virtual (http://thetechvirtual.org/volunteer) (http://thetechvirtual.org/community/)
Humboldt State University (http://www.humboldt.edu/)
Bringing student talent and interest to exhibit design and software development. (http://clalive.com/)
San Francisco State University (http://online.sfsu.edu/~jkv4edu/VWS/627/index.html)
Advanced Projects in Visual Communication Design - Virtual Worlds Design (DAI 627)
Partnering in class experiments and generating exhibit content from student projects
Santa Clara University (http://www.lsbglobalfellows.org/)
Leavey Global Fellowship Program
Helping to locate possible Tech Awards nominees and Program for the Future challenge topics
Universite de Poitiers, Paris Course: "Heritage, New Technologies, and Tourism" (English translation)
Bringing virtual collaboration to curators to and other museum professionals.
Program for the Future Partners
Groups and businesses which align with and contributed to Program for the Future http://programforthefuture.org/Conference 2008 and Global Challenge 2009.
Stanford MediaX http://mediax.stanford.edu/
Adobe http://www.adobe.com/
New Media Consortium http://www.nmc.org/
Visual Insight http://visualinsight.net/
eGain http://egain.com
SDForum http://sdforum.org/
Cyon Research http://cyonresearch.com/
Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation http://moore.org
Hyperwords http://hyperwords.net/
NextNow Collaboratory http://nextnowcollab.wordpress.com/about-nnc/
Santa Clara University http://www.lsbglobalfellows.org/
Leavey Global Fellowship Program
Museum professionals visiting Tech Virtual for orientations
Exhibit Design Managers, Heureka
Website: http://www.heureka.fi/portal/englanti/
Deputy Director, Papalote
Website: http://www.papalote.org.mx/papalotemuseo/
Senior Project Manager for Exhibitions, Canadian Museum of Civilization
Website: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/home/cmc-home
Conferences and Workshops
Museums and the Web: April 17, 2010 Workshop "Prototype an Interactive Exhibit in 90 Minutes"
California Association of Museums: March 4, 2010 Panel "Social Media and Your Museum: Engaging an On-Line Community"
California Association of Museums: March 3, 2010 Cool Things Gallery presentation/demo "Tech Virtual Collaboration Station"
Western Museums Association: October 27, 2009 Panel "Free Shared + Online: The Ultimate Tools for Museum Content" (coverage)(slides)
23rd International Rock Art Symposium: October 27, 2009 at Valcamonica, Italy Presentation (details)
SRI Virtual Worlds@Work: October 9, 2009 Special Session on Museums (slides)
Second Life Community Convention: August 14, 2009 Panel "Virtual Museums as K through Adult Learning Platforms"
Second Life Community Convention: August 14, 2009 Workshop "Prototyping the Future of Museums and Educational Content"
Collaboration and Learning in Virtual Worlds Program (SRI Business Consulting) (host location) June 25, 2009
Online Interactive Training and Conference for Museum Professionals: May 5 - July 2, 2009 Training series (schedule)
Advanced Projects in Visual Communication Design: March 12, 2009 San Francisco State University Orientation session (details)
Tech Soup Global / Non-Profit Commons: October 24, 2008.
Introduction to Tech Virtual (text)
Museum professionals attending Tech Virtual Trainings and Conference May 5 - July 2, 2009
Coordinator, Education Special Projects, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Website: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/education/afterschool.html
Multiple staff members, Citilab
Website: http://www.citilab.eu
Director of Platforms and Experience Development (Science Center of Iowa (formerly)
Museum Consultant, Water Designs
Associate Exhibition Producer, Columbus Center for Science and Industry
Website: http://www.cosi.org
Senior Graphic Designer, Self-employed
Website: http://cargocollective.com/tinabesa
Owner, RenegadePR
Website: http://www.renegade-pr.com
CEO, Blount Ventures
Website: http://blountventures.com
Acoustic Consultant, Arup Acoustics
Website: http://www.arup.com/acoustics
Commemorations Officer, Parks Canada
Coordinator, Continuing Education, St. Petersburg College
Website: http://www.spcollege.edu
Teacher, K-12
Website: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/
Curator, Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County
Website: http://www.cdpl.lib.in.us/carnegie
Senior Advisor, Ontario Science Centre
Website: http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca
Communication Director, Citilab
Website: http://en.citilab.eu
Web and Marketing Specialist, Johns Hopkins University
Website: http://advanced.jhu.edu
Exhibit Design, Science Centre Singapore
Website: http://www.science.edu.sg
Web team, Science Centre Singapore
Website: http://www.science.edu.sg
Museografo, Museo Interactivo De Ceincias
Website: http://www.museociudadquito.gov.ec/
Community Ambassador, CloudMade/OpenStreetMap
Website: http://cloudmade.com
Exhibit Developer, Pacific Science Center
Website: http://www.pacsci.org/
Exhibit Animator, Stina Cooke Freelance
Website: http://stinacooke.webs.com
Teacher Resouce Center Manager, The Field Museum
Website: http://fieldmuseum.org
Lead Designer, Rocoza Designs Ltd
Website: http://www.rocozadesigns.org
Learning & Community Development Officer, Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate
Website: http://www.oakvillemuseum.ca
Virtual Worlds Communication, Nonprofit Commons
Chief of Research, Museo Interactivo de Ciencia
Website: http://www.fundacionmuseos.gov.ec
Cultural Informatics-Cultural Enginnering, Centre d'Etude et de Recherche en Informatique du Cnam
Website: http://cedric.cnam.fr
Art education doctoral candidate, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Website: http://www.art.illinois.edu/content/graduate/programs/art-education-phd
Design, Delphi Productions
Website: http://delphiproductions.com
Academic Researcher, Jewish Museum Berlin
Website: http://www.jmberlin.de
Student, University of Washington
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/uwmus
Research Associate, Bentley University Design and Usability Center
Website: http://www.bentley.edu/duc
Science Associate, Educational Equity Center at Academy for Educational Development
Website: http://www.edequity.org
Science Project Associate, Educational Equity Center at Academy for Educational Development
Website: http://www.edequity.org
Web Editor, Chr. Hansen
Website: http://www.chr-hansen.com
Director of Education & Exhibits, Da Vinci Science Center
Website: http://www.davinci-center.org
Corporate Historian, Intel Corporation
Website: http://www.intel.com
MFA Graduate Student, Iowa State University
Website: http://www.iastate.edu/
Project Manager, Citilab
Website: http://www.citilab.eu
Director, cd/i2 (consulting firm)
SCS Fellow, Science Centre Singapore
Website: http://science.edu.sg
Consultant, LOOP Center, Inc.
Website: http://www.loopcenter.org
Program Coordinator, History Education Network
Website: http://www.historyeducation.ca
School Programs Manager, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Website: http://www.dmns.org
CEO, History In Progress
Professor, Université de Poitiers
Website: http://icom.museum
President, Hollingsworth Assoc.
Website: http://www.tbhollingsworth.com
Principal, Gyroscope
Website: http://www.gyroscopeinc.com
Assitant Road Manager, The Leonardo
Website: http://theleonardo.org
Teacher Support Program Developer, Science World
Website: http://www.sciencworld.ca
Principal, JKP & Associates
Website: http://jkpassociates.com
Educator, Ontario Science Centre
Website: http://ontariosciencecentre.com
Director, Virtual Native Lands
Website: http://virtualnativelands.org
CEO, E-mymuseum.com
Website: http://www.e-mymuseum.com
Illuminator, The Leonardo
Website: http://theleonardo.org
Marketing Consultant, Kidsbridge Museum
Website: http://www.kidsbridgemuseum.org
Curator of Education, Mesa Historical Museum
Website: http://www.mesahistoricalmuseum.org
Head of Science Communication, Institut Catala de Paleontologia
Website: http://www.icp.cat
Director, Ag Science Center
Website: http://agsciencecenter.org
Global Fellow, Global Women's Leadership Network
Website: http://www.scu.edu/business/gwln/
Exec. Dir., LOOP Center, Inc.
Website: http://www.loopcenter.org
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Royal Tyrrell Museum
Website: http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com
Community Ambassador, OpenStreetMap
Website: http://openstreetmap.org
CTO, Walters Art Museum
Website: http://the walters.org
Director of Learning, HR MacMillan Space Centre
Website: http://spacecentre.ca
Museum designer, culturetech
Website: http://www.culturetech.biz
Researcher, Yaku, Museum of Water
Website: http://www.yakumuseoagua.gov.ec
Project Assistant, National Museum of American History
Website: http://www.americanhistory.si.edu
Strategic Collaboration Evangelist, Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
Website: http://captology.stanford.edu
Étudiante, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Website: http://www.ulaval.ca
Community manager, Citilab
Website: http://citilab.eu
Exhibit Engineering, Science Centre Singapore
Website: http://www.science.edu.sg
Early Childhood Education, Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem
Website: http://www.mada.org.il
Exhibit Mgr, Science Spectrum
Website: http://www.sciencespectrum.org
Director/student, OUK/Goldwell
Principal, Quintanilla Schmidt Consulting
Web Communications Specialist, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Website: http://www.ushmm.org
Curator, Museo Civico di Crema e del Cremasco
Website: http://comune.crema.cr.it
Exhibit Developer, Musuem of Science, Boston
Website: http://www.mos.org
Director of School Programs, Utah Museum of Natural History
Website: http://www.umnh.utah.edu
Art educator, Statens Museum for Kunst
Website: http://www.smk.dk
Creative/Instructor, Definitive Stories/ California College of the Arts
Website: http://www.cca.edu
Head of Innovation, Citilab
Website: http://citilab.eu
Communication, Citilab
Website: http://www.citilab.eu
Executive Producer, Special Venue Media
Museum Services Coordinator, Sciencenter
Website: http://www.sciencenter.org
Project Director, Delphi Productions
Website: http://www.delphiproductions.com
VP Participant Experience, Science Center of Iowa
Website: http://www.sciowa.org
Director of Professional Development, Da Vinci Science Center
Website: http://www.davinci-center.org
Science Coordinator, Educational Equity Center at Academy for Educational Development
Website: http://www.edequity.org
Director, Public Frame
Website: http://www.publicframe.com
Student, Edison State College
Web interface designer/museum exhibition consultan, freelancer
Website: http://www.denplus.nl
Exhibition Coordinator, Science Centre Delft / Tu Delft
Website: http://www.tudelft.nl
Consultant, Informal Learning Experiences
Website: http://informallearning.com
Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Art University of Minnesota
Website: http://www.art.umn.edu/
Student, Stanford University
Website: http://www.stanford.edu
Researcher, University of Bergen
Website: http://www.uib.no
Architect, Citilab
Website: http://www.citilab.eu
Duration: 58 days
Number of sessons: 20
Hours of training total: 22
Person hours attended: > 114
Persons registered: 109
Persons attended: 45
Event pageviews: 1447
Other communities using The Tech Virtual platform:
De Anza College - Computers and the Internet in Society (CIS 2): http://thetechvirtual.org/community/
ICOM International Museums Day: http://thetechvirtual.org/museums/icom/
San Francisco State University DAI 627: http://thetechvirtual.org/projects/sfsu-dai-627-spring-2009/
Santa Clara University Global Fellows http://thetechvirtual.org/global-fellows/Universite de Poitiers, Paris Course: "Heritage, New Technologies, and Tourism" (English translation)
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