Hello gem-list,

Happy September! Thought this new blog posting might be of interest to
some in the UK. Do join in on an interesting discussion.
http://hamused.blogspot.com/ 
Cheers,
Chris

M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Consultant and Educator
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8P2X6
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy Blackbourn [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:34 PM
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Subject: [onmuse-l] It Begins with a Blog! Interpreters and Educators
Wanted!

Attention all museum and living history site interpreters and educators!

One of the presentations at this year's Colloquium on Learning VIII 
(visit the OMA website at www.museumsontario.com for the full program 
or to find out how to register) is Minding Your Ps & Qs: Professional 
Approaches to Visitor Challenges by Brianne Crites and Colleen 
Nelson. As part of their proposal, Brianne and Colleen wanted to post 
a blog (online bulletin board discussion) with other interpreters and
educators
to submit questions, dilemmas and previous experiences on a web board 
or blog. Topics for postings will include "Get Lost! When visitors 
won't leave", "Multicultural challenges in education programming" and 
"Questionable Questions: How to answer any question". These postings 
will then be included in the final paper and utilized in the 
roundtable discussion. Facilitating dialogue on these sensitive and 
important issues is the main objective of this paper, as well as 
giving museum colleagues the opportunity to share, learn and laugh, 
while tackling touch issues regarding visitor education and
satisfaction.

Through the generosity of Christine Castle and HAM-ED(Hamilton and 
Area Museum Educators Group) the conversation begins! Brianne and 
Colleen encourage you to visit discussion number one, read, laugh and 
share your stories on the HAM-ED blog  http://hamused.blogspot.com/ :

Intrigued? We hope so!

Willing to try something new? Do It!

Want to join in the conversation? Yes! Yes! Yes!

Thanks to HAM-ED we have access to this beautiful and easy to use 
blog space (ignore my cranky piece about log-in names and 
passwords...I was having a bad day!) until the Colloquium on 
Wednesday, October 18th.

Thanks to Colleen and Brianne! We have more than enough to talk about.

We will also post this link to the HAM-Ed blog and this collegial 
discussion on the OMA homepage for the next six weeks...let's Blog On!!!



Cathy Blackbourn
Professional Development Program Manager
Ontario Museum Association

519-571-1576  tel
519-571-9890  fax

Don't forget to visit the Ontario Museum Association website to find 
out what's new in advocacy and other museum issues, download tip 
sheets and other useful information shared by your colleagues,  check 
current job postings and learning opportunities. The OMA annual 
conference will be held October 19 & 20, 2006 in Owen Sound. Check 
our website www.museumsontario.com for conference and pre-conference
details.


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