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Get Hands-on with Virtual Reality at the AAM Annual Meeting!
Today’s conference sneak peek is from Barry Joseph, Associate Director for Digital Learning at the American Museum of Natural History. Barry previews some of the stories about digital prototyping he will share on Monday, May 8, at 8:45 am. … -
Walk a Mile in my Shoes: Closing the Empathy Deficit
“There’s a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit—the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes; to see the world through those who are different from us —the … -
Let’s Chat About the Future in St. Louis
I love the sessions at the annual meeting but just as valuable, for me, is the chance to meet new people, reconnect with colleagues, and have so many interesting conversations that my head is swimming by the end of the day. This is an … -
Failure Failing Toward Success: The Ascendance Of Agile Design
“If you’re creating things, you’re doing things that have a high potential for failure, especially if you’re doing things that haven’t been done before. And you learn from those things…failure is another word for experience.”George Lucas … -
Reshaping The World: Migration, Refugees, And Forced Displacement
“Refugees and displacement are likely to become a defining issue of the 21st century.”Alexander Betts, director, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford Mass migration, driven by conflict, oppression, political upheaval, climate … -
Artificial Intelligence: The Rise Of The Intelligent Machine
“Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.” – Alan Kay, computer scientist Computer systems are … -
Let Justice Roll Down: The Next Horizon of Civil Rights
“It’s easy to imagine that a system like mass incarceration can’t be dismantled. The same was said about slavery, the same was said about Jim Crow. —Attorney and author Michelle Alexander President Barack Obama gave considerable attention … -
Futurist Friday: Cognitive Couture
This new installation at The Henry Ford is a marvelous mashup of some of my favorite technologies: artificial intelligence, wearable technology, and emotional cartography. In this case, IBM Watson technology examines tweets tagged … -
Museums and Well Being
Our next annual meeting guest post previews a session I’m particularly excited about. Rainey Tisdale has assembled a panel of researchers and museum practitioners studying how museums can contribute to our individual and collective well … -
Serving Incarcerated Youth
Next up in our #AAM2017 guest posts, Megan Bednarz previews the case study she will present on Sunday, May 7, from 1:45 – 2:15 pm. If you haven’t registered for the conference yet—this series of sneak peeks might just convince you to join …
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