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AAM 2007 Media and Technology Committee Sponsored Program Schedule

The Media and Technology Committee sponsored many program sessions at AAM 2007 focusing on a wide range of issues, techniques and discoveries pertinent to anyone involved or interested in museum media and technology.

And the 2007 MUSE Awards and champagne reception celebrated the best of museum media.

Downloadable handouts are listed with each session.

(* M&T Primary Sponsored Sessions)

Sunday May 13, 2007
Board Meeting 10:00 AM-1:00 PM * AAM Media and Technology (MAT) Board Meeting Single Session 2:15 PM-3:30 PM All Who Wander Are Not Lost (But Your Visitors Might Be) Are the Best Things Online Free? The Prospect Researcher's Toolbox * How Do Teachers and Students Use Museum Websites? Wetterlund presentation \| Buffington presentation Single Session 3:45 PM-5:00 PM Inspiring Visitor Action Making Creativity Matter in Museums Museums Matter to People With Hearing Loss * Real-Time Museum Learning, Outreach and Collaboration — Live Online Session presentation Turning Assessments Into Dollars Why Visitor Services Matters: 10 Tips for a Successful Visitor Services Program Business Reception 5:00 PM-7:00 PM * AAM Media and Technology 18th Annual MUSE Awards & Champagne Reception The 2007 MUSE Awards Reception is the official announcement and premier viewing of the 2007 MUSE Awards Competition winners. High Definition presentation
Monday May 14, 2007
Single Session 9:00 AM-10:15 AM Assessing Excellence in Exhibitions: Four Approaches * Keeping Museums Relevant and Responsive: Empowering Museum Staff to Manage Dynamic Content Session handout Revisiting Emergency Plans: Lessons Learned from the Gulf Coast Double Session 9:00 AM-11:45 AM Caution! Raw Memories in Use: Building September 11th Museums Single Session 10:30 AM-11:45 AM Cracking the Codes: Cultural Property and Museum Codes of Ethics Don't Panic! Disaster Planning for the Small Museum Engaging Diverse Learners: Culture, Age, and Learning Style Schaller presentation Keeping It Real? The Role of Technology in Object-Based Learning * Preparing the Next Generation of Museum Professionals — Technology in Museums Misunas presentation * Why Millions of Virtual Visitors Must Matter to Museums Session handout \| Newseum presentation \| Exploratorium presentation \| Cleveland Museum of Art presentation Marketplace of Ideas 3:30 PM-5:30 PM View dozens of MUSE Award-winning projects at the Media & Technology Marketplace of Ideas.
Tuesday May 15, 2007
Business Breakfast 7:30 AM-8:30 AM * AAM Media and Technology Standing Professional Committee Business Meeting ($20.00) Single Session 9:00 AM-10:15 AM Flash or Not to Flash: Relevant Website Communication * Multiple Choice Mobile Audio: Latest Research on Visitor Preferences Kornfeld presentation and handout \| Sims presentation and presentation files \| Jones presentation and handout Museums Remixed Part One: Creating Visitor-Authored Experiences * The Archimedes Palimpsest: From Pen to Pixel Presentation Single Session 10:30 AM-11:45 AM Creating the Green Museum: Making Museums Matter for Community Sustainability * Museums Remixed Part Two: Can We Allow Users to Become Participants? Session handout \| Session blog \| Henson presentation \| Fisher Presentation Single Session 2:00 PM-3:15 PM Evidence and Impact: Museums Engaging Youth Exhibitions That Changed My Life II * From Understanding to Anticipating Interpretation Needs: Developing Responsive Visitor Technologies. General Presentation \| Klimaszewski Presentation \| Dale Presentation Small or Mid-Sized Museums and Nazi-Era Loot: How AAM Can Help * Vendors and Independent Professions Matter to Museums Using New Technologies: Point/Counterpoint Zembower presentation \| Witchey presentation \| Hecht presentation \| Sayer presentation Single Session 3:30 PM-4:45 PM * Digital Cultural Communication: How Social Media Can Create Active Museum Audiences Hearing Pictures, Touching Sounds: Multi-Sensory Approaches in Museum Interpretation
Wednesday May 16, 2007
Single Session 9:00 AM-10:15 AM * Integration of Innovative Technology and Marketing at the National Palace Museum Lin Presentation \| Kuo Presentation \| Lai Presentation \| Quo-ping Presentation * Podcasting: A Do-It-Yourself Case Study Presentation Single Session 2:00 PM-3:15 PM Democratic Networking: Using the Web to Connect Museum Professionals * Digital Learning Games: What They Are and Why to Make Them Fair Use? Current Intellectual-Property Thinking Memory, Meaning, and Story: Making the Museum Experience Matter The Real World of E-mail Marketing: Museum Success Stories Single Session 3:30 PM-4:45 PM Museums Online in the College Classroom
Thursday May 17, 2007
Workshop 8:00 AM-12:00 PM * New Technologies, Old Dilemmas — Ethical Issues in the Use and Abuse of New Technologies in Museums ($40.00) Workshop 12:00 PM-4:00 PM * Art Explorer — An Interactive Program on Impressionism and Postimpressionism: A Hands-On Workshop * Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO) and CDWA (Categories for the Description of Works of Art) Life: Practical Approaches to Creating, Disseminating, and Re-Purposing Museum Collection Information ($40.00)

Past Conference Sessions:
2006, Boston, Massachusetts
2005, Indianapolis, Indiana
2004, New Orleans, Louisiana
2003, Portland, Oregon