Hello!

My name is Elise Sherman.  I teach part time at the Royal Ontario Museum
(ROM)  in Toronto.  I am also a Master of Education student at the Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto in the department
of Curriculum Studies with a special focus on Learning in Non-School
Settings.  My primary interest in enrolling in this program was to study
Educational Archaeology (as I am also an Archaeologist that has taught
Archaeology in hands on programs from ages 8 (grade 4) and up), but I am
interested in Museum Education as well.

I am currently taking a course entitled Computers in the Curriculum.  A part
of the requirements of the course is to conduct a study of computer usage in
your particular field of interest.  I have chosen to look at computer usage
in Museums for educational purposes in general, and  how the ROM uses them
in particular.

I would greatly appreciate it if any museum educators subscribing to this
list could let me know how they are using computers in their museums.  I
know that many museums use the Internet as an Outreach tool (I am in the
process of designing an activity for our Web Site).  I am primarily
interested in how computers are being used other than for the Internet,
although I would be interested in various philosophies regarding the
Internet and Museum Education (i.e., for advertising, or to educate the
public) as well.  I am also interested in snail mail contacts and addresses
where I might write for more information on the subject as well.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Elise Sherman
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