[Nhcoll-l] Education Collections online course begins October 21

[Helen Alten]

MS014: Education Collections
Instructor: Karin Hostetter
Dates: Oct 21 to Sep 25, 2013
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
What do you do with collection objects that no longer belong in the 
scientific collection but are too good to throw out or with the 
donations that just don’t quite “fit”? Use them in education 
collections. Their value as educational objects for the public is 
immeasurable.

Logistics:
Participants in Education Collections will read literature and 
participate in two one-hour chats to discuss Education Collections. Each 
student should read course materials and prepare questions or comments 
to share with the other students in the chat. This is a mini-course and 
takes no more than 10 hours of a student's time. This is an opportunity 
to brain-storm with colleagues about what works and what doesn't work.

To learn more about the course go to 
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms014.html If you 
have trouble please contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Karin Hostetter has over thirty years experience with museum education. 
With a career that includes natural history museums, cultural history 
museums (including first person interpretation), nature centers, and 
zoos, Ms. Hostetter is experienced in interpretive writing, program and 
curriculum development, and staff and volunteer training. As a museum 
educator, she was Curator of Education for the Heard Natural Science 
Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary (McKinney, TX). Among her award-winning 
education curricula are several programs she developed for the education 
departments during her five years at the Heard Museum and her twelve 
years on staff at the Denver Zoo. As an interpretive writer, Ms. 
Hostetter has written text for exhibits, wayside exhibits, visitor 
brochures, and professional magazines. Her skill is in making technical 
information understandable and meaningful to visitors.

-- 
Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
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