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Ciao! Buongiorno! This week I write to you from Florence, Italy, where I'm busy hunting for traces of Michelangelo for our coming Kickstarter Campaign video. I'm gathering some lovely donation rewards as well ;).
This post is dedicated to Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Compelled by his challenge – outlined here – to find and “do something” with a set of Paul Revere’s spurs, I became inspired to craft a mini- Time Traveler Tour for the Met.
What follows is a snapshot of my brain in the midst of the digital storytelling process. I hope you enjoy this Case Study Spurred by Paul Revere.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask them in the comments.
Sree’s Challenge: Locate Paul Revere’s spurs.
His Clue: The spurs can be found in the Met’s Arms and Armor exhibit.
The Hint: As I set off, I found myself chewing over a vibe I'd received from one of my Met hosts that the Arms and Armor exhibit was perhaps an odd place for a set of antique spurs. This sounded like a “pain point” to me: like the museum had these great objects, but didn’t know quite where to put them.
Last Sunday, while my friends in France gathered in the millions to support freedom of expression, I gathered my little family and we ventured into central London in support of the arts. We went to meet Master Rembrandt van Rijn at London’s National Gallery.
It was a phenomenal exhibit. The curators organized and mounted a fine show. They provided numerous user experiences, catering to most adult learning styles.
But they missed an opportunity to take the experience that one step further: to make it a shade richer and more accessible to a younger audience.
We’ve hung up a new calendar. We've ushered in a shiny New Year.
This should be an exciting time. But in the past, I've tended to focus on what I did not accomplish in the previous 12 months, on the items I did not tick off the to-do list. This had me stepping into each January working from an emotional deficit.
Well, I made up my mind to change things up this year.
To keep a positive outlook going into 2015, I set aside a healthy chunk of time this holiday season to focus on my personal and professional successes of 2014. And I asked members of Team TTT&T to join me.
Are you struggling with how to monetize your educational app endeavor? Are you wondering if it's even possible?
Then you won't want to miss the final installment of our debut video interview series -- TEACHERS IN THE VANGUARD -- with Jayne Clare and Anne Rachel, Co-Founders of Teachers With Apps.
This two gutsy gals took a risk and made it work. Find out how.
In Part I of the series, we learn how these two Teachers in the Vanguard moved quickly from pioneer app developers to creators of an app resource and discovery site that benefits a community of educators, parents and other care-givers now 50,000 strong.
In Part 2, we discover the criteria and considerations Anne and Jayne use when evaluating the apps they choose to recommend on the TWA site.
In Part 3, the two offer us insights, direct from the front lines, on the ever-evolving app industry, and the respect they share for developers of educational products.
And in Part 4, we find out how Jayne and Anne have come to honor both worthy products and the people and organizations behind them: those developers who seem never fail at keeping children and learning at the forefront of their efforts.
Then, in Part 5, Jayne introduces us to Jayne Clare Consulting (JCC) and sets us up for Anne's latest news, to be revealed in our final episode to follow.
Do you have a question for Anne or Jayne? Click "comments" to the right to leave your message.
