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Category Archives: 21st Century Skills Series
Vision for the Walters Art Museum – A 21st Century Skills Challenge
By Gary Vikan Director, the Walters Art Museum My participation on the IMLS 21st Century Skills Task Force was at once intense and transformative. Intense, insofar as nearly two dozen museum and library professionals from around the nation – with … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Skills, 21st Century Skills Series, Afterschool/Out-of-School, Economic/Community Development
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Children’s Museum of Houston – Strategic Planning for 21st Century Museums
By Tammie Kahn Executive Director, Children’s Museum of Houston In the summer of 2009, the board and staff managers at the Children’s Museum of Houston decided to use IMLS’s 21st Century Skills report as a planning framework for our strategic … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Skills Series, Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills
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Maine Memory Network — 21st Century Skills
By Steve Bromage Assistant Director, Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society has supported multiple projects through IMLS National Leadership and Museums for America grants including a statewide “Community History Outreach Program,” campaign to build public access to historical collections … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Skills, 21st Century Skills Series, Afterschool/Out-of-School, Broadband, Civic/Community Engagement, Collections Care/Preservation, Cultural Heritage/Sustainability, Economic/Community Development, Global Awareness, Learning Tools and Interactives (Information/Media literacy), Lifelong learning/ Intergenerational, Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills
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It’s Not About Me, It’s All About You
By Bridget Butler Voices for Lake Project Manager, ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center With bytes and bites of information continually bombarding us through media outlets like television and radio or the seemingly innocuous places like … Continue reading