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Museum in a box - Freshwater

What's in the Box - Conargo Public School

Just a short drive on a long straight road north of Deniliquin I arrived at Conargo Public School.

By: Karen Player, Category: Lifelong Learning, Date: 10 Jun 2010

Museum in a Box - Life on the Seashore

What's in the Box - Bunnaloo Public School

Bunnaloo Public school was the next stop on my regional NSW trip.  Travelling through the Riverina Bunnaloo is about 60knm west of Deniliquin.

By: Karen Player, Category: Lifelong Learning, Date: 10 Jun 2010

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Twitter as an audience research tool?

We’re using it for business, we’ve found it useful in the classroom, we’ve followed Twitter streams at conferences. Can we use Twitter as an audience research tool?

By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 10 Jun 2010

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Museums and Wikipedia

Is there a place for museums and Wikipedia? Yes, according to the British Museum.

By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 10 Jun 2010

Museum in a Box - Life on the Seashore

What's in the Box - Buronga Public School

Day 5 of my regional NSW trip has brought me to Buronga Public School on the mighty Murray River across the river from Mildura.

By: Karen Player, Category: Lifelong Learning, Date: 08 Jun 2010

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The role of narrative in museum exhibitions

Just been reading a review of several museums in an article by Amanda Lohrey called The Absent Heart in The Monthly, June 2010. Got me inspired to re-visit the work I did on narrative in my doctoral thesis, and here's some thoughts.

By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 08 Jun 2010

Museum in a box - spiders

What's in the Box - Clare Public School

First stop on my regional school visit after travelling 1100km in 3 days was Clare Public School, one of the most remote Public Schools in NSW 

By: Karen Player, Category: Lifelong Learning, Date: 07 Jun 2010

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Colder, wetter weather and BugWise

The onset of wetter, colder weather has made for a great opportunity to look at how climate influences our invertebrate biodiversity!

By: Phoebe Meagher, Category: Lifelong Learning, Date: 04 Jun 2010

Toxin glands of a Southern Peacock Sole

This week in Fish: Toxin glands and a meal to die for

This week we look at the toxin glands of a Southern Peacock Sole.  We find out what it is like to be stung by a Demon Stinger and try to digest the image of a fish that bit off more than it could chew.  In all, over 60 pages were moved over to the new site.

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 04 Jun 2010

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Inspiring the Technological Imagination: the Future of Museums and Libraries in a Digital Age

Here's a great resource about musuems and libraries in the digital world.

By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 31 May 2010