Collected Item: “Post on Covid-19 and Interactives”
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Post on Covid-19 and Interactives
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Reflection
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
From Emma Rocha, Curatorial Assistant at the New Bedford Whaling Museum: "I’m currently taking Introduction to Museum Studies at Harvard Extension School as the first of two classes I need to take before I can apply to their museum studies graduate program. I chose this program because it is almost entirely online and I can take one class a semester which enables me to keep working full time – I wouldn’t be able to pay for the classes otherwise. I am very lucky that I chose an online program because it has not been disrupted by Covid-19. One of my closest friends recently got accepted into law school (I’m so proud of her!) and she is still waiting to find out if she will be starting fall semester on campus or online, which is quite stressful for her. The class I am taking has a few participation elements, which are attending and participating in the optional online sections via Zoom (optional because they know some students are in different time zones) and posting on the classes social media platform, called YellowDig. I posted this on YellowDig because it fits in with the variety of posts we can make: comments or questions on readings, articles about happenings in the museum field, and thoughts on museums we work at or have visited. I really enjoy reading what my classmates are thinking about, because they have so many varied perspectives on museums and it is all fascinating!"
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#GREATERBOSTON, #covidmuseum, #class, #post, #NewBedfordWhalingMuseum, #massachusetts, #interactives, #accessibility, #visitorexperience, #museumeducation
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Emma Rocha
Give this story a date.
2020-07-17