FYI Re on-line museums in response to your question and the issue ot serving communities away from field trips. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Kennedy" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 4:02 PM Subject: New York City Museum Educators' Roundtable Event > Since September 11, many school districts have changed their field > trip-taking policies. More > museum educators are being faced with the challenge of adapting > museum-based programming for > the classroom. How do we meet the needs of our school partners, while > maintaining our program > goals and meeting our institutional missions? > > To address this challenge NYCMER invites you to: > > a practicum for museum educators > Wednesday, October 24, 2001 6:00pm - 7:30pm > at The Museum of the City of New York > Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street > > > Rebecca Krucoff, Curator of Education at the Brooklyn Historical > Society, and former NYC > Museum School teacher, will facilitate this practicum on the issues > facing museum educators > as they adapt their core programs for use in the schools. Topics for > exploration will include: > > * Re-examining your program goals > * Classroom vs. museum teaching strategies > * Reproduction of materials > > > Please bring: > > A description of your museum's school programs, your institution's > educational goals, and pictures > of objects that you use a lot in your teaching > > All museum educators will get a chance to discuss their programs and > their unique concerns > > > > For more information, please contact Rebecca Krucoff at (718) 254-9830 x38 > or > Robert Forloney, the Museum of the City of New York, at (212) 534-1672 x250 > > > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).