Education & Interpretation

Futurist Friday: Exploring the Future of Education

By Elizabeth Merritt

I’ve been blogging a lot about the future of education, and the coming of a new educational era. If we are on the cusp of transformational change, it’s very important for museum futurists to be actively scanning for hints of what this new …
The Transformer: Interview With Ken Kay

By Elizabeth Merritt

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2011 edition of the Museum magazine. Ken Kay has spent more than 25 years bringing together the education, business, and policy communities to improve U.S. competitiveness. As president …
The Next Era of Education will be…what?

By Elizabeth Merritt

This is a very important question for museums, don’t you agree? If museums are, fundamentally, educational in nature, if this role is the basis of our tax-exempt status and our major contribution to society, it’s crucial for museums to …
Unschoolers on Museums

By Elizabeth Merritt

Today’s guest post is from Ilana and Maya McGrath, passion-driven learners who live with their mother Sara, a National Unschooling Examiner, in Seattle. (You can read more of Sara’s observations on education here.) The McGraths responded …
Unschooling—a Fringe Future of Education

By Elizabeth Merritt

Earlier this month I blogged about the future of education—a theme CFM will be exploring for some time. As part of this exploration, I will share scanning hits—news, hints, pictures and premonitions that point to where in educational …
Forecasting the Next Educational Era

By Elizabeth Merritt

As I wrote last week one of CFM’s foci in 2011 and 2012 (and probably beyond) will be the future of education. You’ve told us in workshops, correspondence and in feedback to this blog that the trends shaping American education will have a …
Magic Bus: Museum Programs for School Audiences: The Basics

By Kim Fortney

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2011 edition of Museum magazine. There are many kinds of museums and most offer programs for schools. For some museums, these programs are a quaint addition to exhibitions or …
A Quick Look at the Future of Education

By Elizabeth Merritt

The start of a new school year is a good time to think about the future of education. The New Learning Institute has a 21st Century Learning section “featur[ing] 12 videos by educators explaining what works and what does not in our …
A (not so secret) Conspiracy for Good

By Elizabeth Merritt

My tweet and Fbook post earlier this week about an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) based in London generated some interest, so here are more details. Conspiracy For Good is an “entertainment pilot” set up by creator of “Heroes” …
The Future of Reality

By Elizabeth Merritt

I highly recommend this talk, When Games Invade Real Life, by Jesse Schell . It’s worth taking half an hour to plonk yourself down with a soda and let him blow your mind. Museum-ers will find this lecture particularly heartening because, …