This workshop will help museum educators define their
institution's current connections to K-12 teachers and students, and use
those connections to develop a strategy for online museum resources that
serve the needs of their own institutions and the K-12 teaching audience.
Through individual and group process participants will work with a number
of activities and case studies from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
At the conclusion of the workshop participants will have developed a draft
of formal education plans for online tools and resources which can be
applied in their own museums.
Participants will study and evaluate a variety of strategies
for using and/or creating online tools and resources to strengthen their
relationships with the K-12 education community.
Museum education professionals with an interest in creating
and sustaining online tools and resources for K-12 teachers and students.
Introduction and workshop overview Program and
K-12 audience analysis of each participant's museum.
Learning Objective: Participants
will analyze their museum's existing programs and resources for the K-12
audience.
Case study: Teacher
materials online, from objects in the collection to curriculum
resources and everything in between.
Learning Objective: Participants
will use a case study to develop strategies for repurposing existing materials
and creating new online resources for teachers and students.
Case Study:
Teacher training to developing audiences for online resources.
Learning Objective:
Participants will assess a variety of opportunities for developing audiences
through teacher training.
Learning Objective: Participants
will begin to draft a plan for online K-12 teacher and student materials
and training, and receive feedback from their colleagues.
Supporting materials such as listservs and user's guides to
sustain relationships with teachers.
Learning Objective: Participants
will evaluate a variety of methods for sustaining relationships with their
K-12 teaching and learning community.
Learning Objective: Participants
will continue to draft a plan for online K-12 teacher and student materials
and training, and receive feedback from their colleagues.
Learning Objective: Participants
will examine the use of teacher advisory boards and plan for the use of
teacher advisors in their own museums.
Learning Objective: Participants
will create a final draft of a plan for online K-12 teacher and materials
and training, and receive feedback from their colleagues.