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High Tech Interpretation - Is anyone doing it?

We hear a lot about using new and more exciting methods of interpretation to engage the younger audiences. Things like podcasts, interactive exhibits, light and sound etc.

Is anyone using this kind of new technology to get their message across? Does it work or do people just push the buttons and then speed on to the next thing? What works well and what doesn't work so well? Let me know.

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Permalink Reply by Rosemary on April 28, 2009 at 11:32am
Museums should make more use of podcasts as an marketing tool. Virtual tours of the museum space or even people talking about the exhbitions could be uploaded onto the museum website. I really enjoyed the article in Musing (Summer 2009) on podcasting. It provided a good beginners guide.
Permalink Reply by Jenna Lynch on April 28, 2009 at 5:14pm
I have been wondering how effective/ineffective the use of podcasts are at heritage sites that can not be entered by the public. Is it engaing enough to listen to a podcast and look at the exterior of a building?... or after the novelty of the audio tour wears off, as Claire stated, will the visitor just speed on to the next thing and not even finish the podcast? Has anyone out there had experience in creating podcasts in such an environment? And if so, how did you structure the podcast? (thematic etc....)

The City of Perth created a series of 'i-walk' podcasts, , to highlight the heritage sites in the city. I am yet to take them for a spin. Has anyone done the tours?
Permalink Reply by Jenna Lynch on April 28, 2009 at 5:15pm
Permalink Reply by Jane King on April 29, 2009 at 12:05pm
The Podcasting article in Musing last year was excellent. There is more info on pod-casting at http://www.museumdetective.com

Rosemary said:
Museums should make more use of podcasts as an marketing tool. Virtual tours of the museum space or even people talking about the exhbitions could be uploaded onto the museum website. I really enjoyed the article in Musing (Summer 2009) on podcasting. It provided a good beginners guide.
Permalink Reply by Claire Savage on May 8, 2009 at 3:56pm
I've just received information about a new report developed by the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre. It's called An Investigation into the incorporation of leading edge mobile technologies in the recreation and adventure tourism industries. http://www.crctourism.com.au/BookShop/BookDetail.aspx?d=657 Not exactly museums but still something worth a look at.

It's also worth visiting the CRC web site as their publications are free if you download them (they cost you if you want to get them to send a hard copy). The research is done by Australia's leading academics and there are some very good reports in interpretation done by Sam Ham and Betty Weiler.
Permalink Reply by Cathy Lewis on May 15, 2009 at 10:35pm
Hi there, I'm completely new to the site - and sending my message from the UK! I've just spent the last two days at the Museums & Heritage Show in London where there was some amazing technology on display. This included a touchscreen panel which could spin 360 degrees. One of the places it is being used is the Tudor Museum in Southampton - a fab building but with no content. As the screen spins it shows how each area of the room would have looked in Tudor times. But this technology is mega-expensive. Another wow-factor was a 3D map, onto which you can project moving images. The sample was a map of York, which showed all the people and cars beavering around (one glitch was that some of the cars were driving over rooftops, but hey, it's a start!). The other most popular (and more affordable) innovation was a wind-up audio box made for outdoor use, and with a solar panel built in. It could hold about eight different sound tracks and needed no extra power. Are any of you using similar technology - and if so, how successful is it in telling your story?

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