tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post8348572297150841451..comments2024-03-07T06:04:27.839-08:00Comments on Museum 2.0: What Cross-Platform Gaming is Doing for Books... and Can Do for MuseumsNina Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-44341265479756012642008-10-07T08:22:00.000-07:002008-10-07T08:22:00.000-07:00Paul,Point taken--and as a reader, I admit that th...Paul,<BR/>Point taken--and as a reader, I admit that this has CRAP written all over it.<BR/><BR/>But the reason I'm interested has to do with the concept of using different media for different kinds of engagement. Museum visits are punctuation marks in long paragraphs of experience. How do we fill in the words in-between--with online or otherwise?Nina Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-75341082828893716902008-10-06T13:52:00.000-07:002008-10-06T13:52:00.000-07:00Hi Nina,I think your enthusiasm for the potential ...Hi Nina,<BR/><BR/>I think your enthusiasm for the potential of online engagement tools is getting the better of you in this particular instance.<BR/><BR/>As part of a family with 4 kids that REALLY makes use of our great local library, I'd say that this latest approach by Scholastic seems like "old wine in new (cyber) bottles."<BR/><BR/>There is a long history of book series that offer clues for prizes -- in the main, however, such books are usually execrable -- the only reason to pick them up is the same reason people get excited by buying lottery tickets. (Their shelf life is about the same as used lottery tickets after the prizes have been given out as well.)<BR/><BR/>I love the idea of building continuing layers of engagement with readers or museum visitors, I'm just afraid that "The 39 Clues" smacks of the same type of base-level hucksterism found in professional wrestling, WebKinz, or some museum traveling exhibitions. Namely, a flashy surface-level type of engagement that rewards/encourages acquisitive consumerism.<BR/><BR/>Enthusiasts of "finished" series like "Harry Potter" or "Narnia" or more recently "Dripping Fang" or "Artemis Fowle" still look for, find, and create ways to meaningfully reengage with these "classics" without becoming entangled in as heavy-handed a commercial filter as that being employed by 39 Clues.<BR/><BR/>Just like the publishing industry, the museum biz should find a way to keep reintroducing visitors to their "classics" (permanent collections, commissioned exhibits, etc.) as well as promoting their new "best sellers."POW! (Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05111591384018210698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-53522646411497004052008-10-06T12:53:00.000-07:002008-10-06T12:53:00.000-07:00Yes! My dream is a museum that creates online acc...Yes! My dream is a museum that creates online accounts for members in which you "level up" each time you visit the physical museum. You can play a bit online at home, and you are functionally accumulating more reasons to return to the museum itself. Then, you are excited to get back home from the museum and see which parts of the online experience have been unlocked by your onsite visit...Nina Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-61907472805554158532008-10-06T12:45:00.000-07:002008-10-06T12:45:00.000-07:00What a stimulating post. At Questacon we actually ...What a stimulating post. At Questacon we actually do think in terms of contacting students several times during their schooling - both at our Centre in Canberra and in their school, via our various travelling national outreach programs. But there's no narrative: we don't thread those visits together. <BR/><BR/>It would be so cool to have an online "account" where each of those students could deposit their experiences. Over time they'd see an accumulation of exhibitions and shows, be involved in competitions and workshops. We could top up their account with more content, say videos or science news: the museum equivalent of compound interest.Craneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00828373236421180299noreply@blogger.com