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(Re-)visiting the Anne Frank House Museum

Posted on May 18, 2010 by

This morning, I popped over the Anne Frank House museum, which I haven't visited for a long time.  In the intervening years, the curators have built a whole new multimedia wing of the museum and just recently acquired from another Dutch archive the actual physical diaries of Anne Frank.  So I was looking forward to…

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Conscience Unconference Session on Games and Human Rights Education

Posted on December 7, 2009 by

On Saturday, December 5, I had the pleasure of joining about 30-40 other participants at the "Conscience Unconference" in Washington DC, sponsored by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Center for History and New Media.  Having experienced a few unconferences before, I knew coming in that the quality of the experience would lie largely…

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Conscience Unconference explores intersection of social media and human rights

Posted on November 30, 2009 by

This Saturday, December 5, I will be participating in the "Conscience Unconference" at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC.  This looks to be a very interesting gathering of museum professionals, activists, educators and academics to discuss "problems, practicalities, and opportunities of using social media to further the missions of 'institutions of conscience' —…

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Guided tours of Kristallnacht exhibit in Second Life April 21-23

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

In observance of the annual Days of Remembrance, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is offering guided tours of the Second Life exhibit "Witnessing History: Kristallnacht, the November 1938 Pogroms." If you haven't been, it's a great example of how virtual worlds can combine various forms of media into a powerful, immersive, emotional experience for the…

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A tour of the US Holocaust Museum’s Kristalnacht exhibit in Second Life (video)

Posted on December 11, 2008 by

Drew Stein, CEO of Involve Inc, and David Klevan of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gave me a tour of their new collaborative project: "Witnessing History: Kristallnacht, the November 1938 Pogroms" in Second Life.  It's an impressive exhibit that shows the power of virtual worlds to combine various forms of media into a powerful, immersive,…

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Freestyle to “Booty Swing” by Parov Stelar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3pMWtX0DdE

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