You should address this inquiry to the children's museum list CHILDMUS
(pronounced CHILD MUSE).  The address is the following:
 
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On Mon, 18 Apr 1994, Ken Williams wrote:
 
> Stephen Ferguson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
> >What I'm curious to learn is if there are any in the museum
> >field (especially the children's museum field) who are using
> >such technology to stimuate such an interest.
>
> We are currently using Broderbund's Grandma and Me in our interactive Tech
> Zone exhibit. The exhibit consists of three basic areas, one on robotics,
> one on computers, and one on virtual reality.  The computer area uses a
> variety of off the shelf programs running on macintosh and pc computers to
> give our visitors a taste of what applications are available on personal
> computers today.  These applications are then placed in settings that
> contrast the computer programs with their pre-computer counterparts.  One
> of the things that we have noticed is that Grandma and Me is the most
> popular of these exhibits.  Parents find it just as intersting and fun as
> the children do.  Parent and child sit and read the entire story, a 15 to
> 20 minute experience, which is quite unusual in a science center setting
> where the average time on task is 30 seconds per exhibit.  As for whether
> or not the children are actually learning how to read from this program I
> am not certain, however they are connecting with their parents in a quite
> positive fashion and learning that reading can be fun and exciting.  Stop
> by and see it during AAM if you are going to be around.
>
> -ken
>
> Ken Williams                                             [log in to unmask]
> Exhibit Coordinator                               [log in to unmask]
> Pacific Science Center
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