FYI Re on-line museums in response to your question and the issue ot serving
communities away from field trips.
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From: "Lynda Kennedy" <[log in to unmask]>
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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
>
>
>
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