Peter Arbaugh
“The ancestral style of museum reflects a positivist view of the world as entirely ordered and rule governed… the constructivist view emphasizes the active and imaginative dimensions of learning and discovery… The contrast of these two views is between “top-down” and “bottom-up”. (Russel, 1994) I like the way these two views are contrasted and explained… Read more
For the third project in UX Design, I created additional features for a web app called “Fantasy Geopolitics.” Fantasy Geopolitics allows students to play a simple version of fantasy sports using countries and how often they appear in the New York Times. While this gamifies the experience of following the news for students, winning requires… Read more
In previous posts, I discussed the projects I am working on and the data collection which goes with them. While the projects might be high tech, observation and collection of data is performed with pen and paper. Once this data is collected, I get back to the computer for the data analysis. The first step… Read more
When I applied for the Digital Media Design for Learning program at NYU, I was teaching young children and was part of a system of education which I did not think was very effective, so I often assumed that once I entered the program I would work on interventions aimed at preschool and kindergarten age… Read more
As an intern at the American Museum of Natural History, my projects are all focused on using technology to engage visitors. We use telepresence robots to bring experts to the museum and to send visitors to other museums that may be thousands of miles away. We also have augmented a story and coloring sheet for… Read more
Introduction This was originally produced as an assignment for a course on UX design. On February 22, 2015, the New York Times published an online, interactive infographic detailing how the market for middle class jobs, jobs which provide an income of between $40,000 and $80,000 in 2014 dollars, has changed since 1980. I will… Read more
Today as I make a loop of the fourth floor at the American Museum of Natural History, visitors’ reactions are different than normal. Many people are quite surprised to see me and some actually jump in surprise. Many are very enthusiastic and the words I hear most often sounds something like “That is so cool”. … Read more