Questions Raised by Department of Museum Education

Cyberpedagogy Presentation: A Framework for Documenting Education Programs
Questions Raised by Department of Museum Education

December 9, 2010

Staff present:
Hillary Cook (HC)
Annie Heckman (AH), contracted instructor
Karin Jacobsen (KJ)
Carolina Kauffman (CK)
Robin Schnur (RS)
Matt Woods (MW), contracted instructor


HC:
How did you frame this project to the teens?
Is this a feasible method for the whole program?  Capturing all student work?

RS:
Did it create a strange dynamic to focus on one group?

MW:
Maybe the kids should decide which group represents them?
Are there examples of how a social network could be used?

CK:
Did you compare to other teen programs?
Where did the reflections come from?
Should you have done interviews with the whole class in conversation?

MW:
or audio interviews?

KJ:
What are the uses to which this documentation could be put?  Are you putting it to any use?
If you can’t do it all, what type might best serve programatic goals?
Do you have research on what potential funders are looking for?
This is all anecdotal-- what can we do quantitatively?

CK:
Digitize?  Google docs?

MW:
How has this research project informed your personal practice/processes?



RS:
To what extent does the Teen Lab documentation experience support the goals of the cyberpedagogy course?

AH
What suggestions to you have for addressing the specific [developmental] needs of teens as an audience?

HC:
Teens need to feel ownership over the process.  How can we frame the experience so that they know it will benefit them?
What documentation product could be given to teens so that they would be excited to have?
Further suggestions to teens for what the uses could be for documentation?