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 [log in to unmask]