April 2018 #OHMuseumChat Resources –Connecting to School Curricula

The Ohio Museums Association (@OhioMuseums) held our April ‪#‎OHMuseumChat - Thursday, April 19 on Twitter. Thank you to all the individuals and organizations that participated in this conversation!

For April's topic we discussed Connecting to School Curricula.

Have questions you didn't have a chance to ask during the chat?

• American Alliance of Museums
  • Museums and P-12 Education
    https://www.aam-us.org/programs/museums-and-p-12-education/
  • Articles about Museums and P-12 Education
    https://www.aam-us.org/category/education-interpretation/
  • Resources about Education & Interpretation
    https://www.aam-us.org/programs/resource-library/education-interpretation-resources/
• American Association for State and Local History
  • Inkwell Blog Posts
    “Remaining Relevant in the Face of a Changing Curriculum,” by: John Buchinger. February 12, 2013.
    http://blogs.aaslh.org/remaining-relevant-in-the-face-of-a-changing-curriculum/
    “The Future of Education: The Role of Museums and Historical Organizations,” by: Megan Wood. February 24, 2015.
    http://blogs.aaslh.org/future-of-education-role-of-museums-and-historical-organizations/
  • Broadside Blog Post
    “Unique Curriculum Based Solidly on Local History,” by: Morrison County Historical Society. September 15, 2014.
    http://blogs.aaslh.org/unique-curriculum-based-solidly-on-local-history/
  • Technical Leaflet
    “Designing Education Programs that Connect Students to Collections,” by: Jody Blakenship, Mike Deetsch, Stacia Kuceyeski, and Megan Wood. Spring 2011.
    http://resource.aaslh.org/view/designing-education-programs-that-connect-students-to-collections/
• Association of Science – Technology Centers
  • Dimensions Blog Posts
    “Farther Afield: The Changing School Visit,” by: Christina Jones. September 1, 2004.
    http://www.astc.org/astc-dimensions/farther-afield-the-changing-school-visit/
    “Science Centers as Schools: Extending the Mission,” by: Christina Jones. January 15, 2004.
    http://www.astc.org/astc-dimensions/science-centers-as-schools-extending-the-mission/
    “How can Museums Help Teachers with the Next Generation Science Standards?,” by: Alejandro Asin. November 18, 2014.
    http://www.astc.org/astc-dimensions/can-museums-help-teachers-next-generation-science-standards/
    “Field Trips: What Teachers Told Us,” by: Mary Ann Wojton. September 1, 2013.
    http://www.astc.org/astc-dimensions/field-trips-what-teachers-told-us/
• The Grant Helpers
  • Grants for School Field Trips
    http://www.thegranthelpers.com/blog/grants-for-school-field-trips
• Great Lakes Colleges Association Museums
  • Teach Visual – an initiative of DePauw College, Oberlin College, and The College of Wooster academic museums/galleries. A centralized web repository and portal that shares best practices for object-based learning in a higher education, liberal arts context. TEACH VISUAL was developed by faculty and museum staff, and contains contributions that focus on collaborative teaching and learning across disciplines. It includes teaching resources such as syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, and other pedagogical tools for object-based learning.
    http://teachvisual.glca.org/
• Museum Questions
  • Blog Post. “What if our school programs didn’t align with curriculum standards?,” by: Rebecca Herz. August 15, 2016.
    https://museumquestions.com/2016/08/15/what-if-our-school-programs-didnt-align-with-curriculum-standards/
• Ohio Arts Council
  • Big Yellow School Bus grants – helping schools and other educational groups defray student transportation costs to professional arts and cultural activities.
    http://oac.ohio.gov/Portals/0/grants/Guidelines/BigYellowSchoolBusGuidelines.pdf?ver=2017-11-01-151833-107
• Taylor Francis Online
  • Research paper. “What is distinctive about museum pedagogy and how can museums best support learning in schools? An action research inquiry into the practice of three regional museums,” by: Lorraine Foreman-Peck & Kate Travers. Educational Action Research. March 1, 2013.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09650792.2013.761924?src=recsys&journalCode=reac20
• Toledo Museum of Art
  • TMA Summer Institute
    http://schoolpartnerships.toledomuseum.org/

Thanks again for a fantastic April chat! We hope you can join us for our May #‎OHMuseumChat,  Thursday, May 17 as we discuss "Non-environmental Disasters."

Have a great topic for an upcoming chat? Drop us a line at [email protected] or tweet @OhioMuseums and let us know!