Saturday, February 19, 2011

The Toronto Star

Here is an article about an online black history museum.  Read the article and check out the museum on line.  Post your thoughts and observations.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/941510--black-history-at-a-keystroke

60 comments:

  1. well the article is very informative on the online museum. It does make things easier is you don't have the time to go to a actual museum. Also for some reason it isn't working for my computer the online museum.

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  2. i think its an nice idea because it easier just to get info from an online museum , it saves time and the online museum looks nice too, the info is good too and there pictures and videos too

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  3. thats pretty cool how now technowlodgy can take you to vertual yet real places for free in the comfort of your own home. that church in that first room looked like the one Ml king was in Montgomery where he was giving that "free at last" speech, that was the first thing that poped into my mind. there were a lot of great historical artifacts there, all though i do know more american black history than Canadian, which is kind of odd when you think about it. if they did it on american black history i think i would know more

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  4. i went to church today and we were talking about that museum,and it is a great idea because it tells people the black history and culture,and many people even alot blacks dont really know this so it would be a big help for them.

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  5. That is really cool because some people are really busy so they can't go to the musuem but now they just have to sit at home and can look at it from the comfort of thier homes.It also very nice because people should know about the heritage of black history month.

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  6. I think that its a good thing because not many museums talk about Black history, and i think that doing this helps people get a bigger look on Black history.

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  7. i agree with pamela because she is right not many museums talk about black history,we only get to learn it once a year,but witht he museum we get to understand more than what the teach us in school.

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  8. This is a great thing to create. This saves time. But i feel this isnt the best thing. Cause i think you dont get the best of it.Cause maybe they missed out on somethings cause there humans and no human is perfect. If every museum and store starts doing that people will start getting lazy and miss out on many stuff.

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  9. Its just like the qoute "computers make things easier but the things they make easier to do dont need to be done". This doesnt need to be done. Everyone is talking about stoping global warming but we cant if every one uses electrcity to go on there computers to go to a museum sight cause they are to lazy to actually go.

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  10. I think this is really cool ,but i also agree with Taurndeep that the quote because it really relates at this particular time.

    I agree with pamela as well they are making a big impact on black people, because people don't really focus on black people more to the white people but now they are really making black people social so more people can have discussions of the race black.

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  11. its nice that someone came up with this idea because it makes it easier for people who spend most of their time on the computer to just go on the page and find information about black history

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  12. i agree with Terun, that you will not get the actual feeling of being with the paintings and other stuff. but like everyone else said it saves time and money then actually going to the museum

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  13. Yeah i agree with pamela as well not to many museums talk about black history so this is a good way to recognize black leaders and black history.But i still dont completly agree with the idea of having a museum online Cause you wont see the that you could when your actually at the museum.

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  14. I think seeing the actual museum in real is far way better than seeing it on the computer because in real you see the perfect size the perfect color etc, but yet on the computer you are wasting energy, you wont be able to see the perfect color, and you don't see the real actual size.

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  15. yeah cause in actual you could feel things and u know your seeing it for real.butt when your just seeing the pictures it not the same

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  16. Yeah, seeing the museum in real is way better than seeing it on your PC and your also wasting a lot of electricity

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  17. But it is a goood new technolgy it pretty neat.but it only makes our lives easier but we dont need such tech.

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  18. Yeah, new technology is very cool and very fascinating to play with but we don't need it, we could be saving that for something we do need in the near-by future.

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  19. Yeah we could use the money to do something good for the world such as poverty and global warming

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  20. And like saving gas and oil because it is running out and it takes over millions years to make it. So we should save all the things we don't need but we use as goods to help the world.

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  21. i agree with janat an online museum that gives people a chance to see the museum and get to find out all the great facts.It is also an eaiser way to get facts for black history month then having to search it on google but sometimes google can give you more info

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  22. @Stephanie, i agree with you but at the same time i dis-agree because people could do the same thing buy learning new facts about the online museum but even in person in real life you can to, without wasting an energy you don't need to waste it on.

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  23. I think having an online museum is an amazing idea , because not only does it allow people to go through the museum with a click of a button , but it also allows you to go to different places you wouldn't see in the museum, for example ; in room 1 you could go visit the church but it if you were actually in the museum, you would just see a picture of the church. The online museum also helps people learn more about black history and how they impacted our world because you could go through the museum while your waiting or going somewhere , most people wouldn't have time to go to an actual museum so having the online museum is a great way to learn about black history.

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  24. @Niida, i agree with you but at the same time this isn't necessary because you can go to the museum your self and learn this without just a click of a button, remember the quote of the day cheney gave us, this relates to this museum thing, it don't have to be done, but it has and we don't really need it. But overall i like the way you explained and i agree with you but this doesn't have to be done, and they are wasting electricity

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  25. @Stephanie , I disagree with the last part of your response .. I think the online museum has all the information about black history , it has information .. but i guess not as an actual museum would because those would be bigger where as the online museum has a few rooms. Also , i think google might have a lot more information then the online museum because i think the online museum would state the important information about black history.

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  26. @nida and talwinder yes thats what in tryign to say on google you can gets lots of facts but on the online museum they probally dont have all the facts just the most important ones.

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  27. @Talwinder , i think you misread it .. i meant to say that the online museum is a good idea because you could visit it with a click of a button. And yes i agree , they are wasting electricity with the online museum but it is also a great way to visit the museum if they don't have time to go to an actual museum.

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  28. @Stephanie, i dis-agree google has various types of websites they can offer yo to find information about the museum but the online museum definitely has more facts hen google because its there official website.

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  29. @Niida, yeah i mis-read it but i was trying to say that they are wasting electricity and this doesn't have to be done, but it is neat.

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  30. @Pamela , i agree with you .. not most people pay attention to black history , but this museum is a great way for people to access information about black history and how it impacted our world.

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  31. @Talwinder , i agree with your statement .. having an online museum is really cool but it isn't necessary to have one if you can actually go to a museum on your own time.

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  32. @Talwinder , it isn't necessarily the "official" website, there are many websites talking about black history .. the online information is a way to access the information as if you were in a museum, when you can find the same or many more facts on google because not only will it show the online museum link .. it would also show many more links where you could find more information.

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  33. @Niida, I'm talking about the museum they can have an official website with the straight up true facts because it is their museum and they should know almost everything about it, they can find information on google as well but the museum website is more precise.

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  34. @ talwinder I agree with you because that museum gives you all the right stuff but other websites they are not always so accurate sometimes they just add extra stuff but this is diffrent because it a site that you can trust.

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  35. @Usman, yeah that is what i am trying to say, some of the website write false facts and people use that information on there project etc, and then they get a bad grade because the piece of information was wrong.

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  36. @ talwinder ya that is not fair because alot of kids have projects on black history month and they shouldn't fail because of some web site that should be ileagle because it does not just effect kids it is also not fair to the people that survied salvary I mean they had to go therw alot to get their freedom and now people tell lies just for thier own good.

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  37. @Usman, yeah it effects the kids because when they read the false information then they study it and when it comes to the test they're going to fail because they have the wrong background knowledge and false studying notes, and for the project they use the internet for help and if the information if wrong then there project is going to be wrong to.

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  38. @trandeep i agree its just like that quote and your right we dont need an online museum because we can just go to a real one.but it does keep up with the technology.online museams are a good idea but i think goign to one and seeign the history is better.

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  39. @ steph i agree and disagree with you. goingto the museum is good but what about the people who are just to busy or don't have enough time or can't aford going to the museum so the internet is always an option and every time you have a project you can't go to the museum and the internet helps save time and money going there and seeing it is good but the internet is always an option and the internet is better than nothing.

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  40. @Usman i agree with what you are saying, some people can't afford going to the museum so the computer is useful and they can go on it, and if people can afford it they can go see the museum in real, and don't have to waste energy on going the computer and causing more global warming

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  41. Nida i kind of diagree with you cause in the acually thing you could have the feeling of being in the museum and when your at the computer you dont get all that. But you can go on any time you like.

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  42. i agree with usman some people cant afford to go to the museum but if everyone will go to the onlin museum that will waste lots of energy. So if everyone who could go should go cause it is an always a good experience.

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  43. @tarundeep the computer does not waste as much energy that you think it does and doesn't the car waste more energy then a computer cause gas is the kind of thing that you can't reuse but electricty is made up of alot of natrul like dams and we can reuse it but gas the more we use the higher the price because the less there is the more valuble the more valuble more expensive.

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  44. @niida all web sites can gice you information about everything that was in that museum.

    the museum, has a theme which was black history, and they put all the artufacts together to suit the theme and for spectators to see

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  45. @terun the does waste energy, peoples energy. all those people who put all those artifacts together in the museum, i see as a waste of energy, since you can just go see it on the computer, which bearly takes energy

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  46. @terun, then again it isnt the same to see the artifacts in real life than on the computer

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  47. I agree with Adam when he said the museum has a theme and they chose black history month for spectators to see there artifacts.

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  49. Yes were using the facebook group to make sure that facebook users that r on our blog remember to do blog homework and just go on regularly

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  50. @ adam i agree with you because it isn't the same to see go up and see somthing rather then a computer it is more fun and it is easyier to learn because it is easyier to learn somthing hands on rather then going on the computer and reading about it.

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  51. usman every little bit count. If you keep on saying its just a little what deos it matter well it does matter. everything big comes from something little. So if you say it wastes less energy but when everyone goes on the computer it wastes alot of energy. Well in the case of gas you dont go to the museum everyday do you but you do go on the computer everyday.

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  52. @ tarundeep i'm not saying that going on the computer doesn't waste energy i'm saying that it is not as much but as we lose energy we also gain it back but a car we use everyday to but we can't bring that kind of energy back and soon we will run out of that kind energy so i think it is best to use less of that energy.

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  53. Usman if u say the facebook groups a waste then the blog itselfs a waste

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  54. @Talwinder
    Seeing the museum online saves time, and there still is authenticity. You see the museum as it is in real life, unless they modified the objects, which is unprobable for such a prestigious museum, I would definetly try it.

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  55. The environment and waste of energy argument is a clever recall and connectIon to a previous lesson.

    As well the idea that this is not needed in connection to a previous quote of the day is great.

    It's always amazing to see students recall previous learning tasks to enhance their responses to the immediate ones. It's very telling of your learning.

    Does using the computer use energy , yes. But building a museum and keeping it hot and cold depending on the weather is also a waste of energy and perhaps even more of a waste.

    In terms of do we need it, well some would argue and I would tend to agree that our history guides us and prepares of for our future. So any format that helps educate and show our history I feel is a valuable one.

    Although I agree that physically going to a museum is a far more impacting experience then viewing online.

    I will post stats on the blog later today

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  56. Using the web method of browsing the museum is in fact, more time-friendly and insightful, reason being that you can just see everything from the comfort of your own home, who wants to travel all the way to saskatchewan to see a museum?, iridescent of content? It is more insightful because usually at the museums there are either tour guides or captions for displays in the museum, but on the website, they have information about the displays and where you can find more information about said displays, either blurbs to videos to websites. That appeals to me. It's also beneficial for the museum, there will be more interest taken in Black History and more publicity for the museums.

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  57. Can anyone discover other useful online museums? If you do please share and post them!

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  58. @Cripple Egyptian Pharaoh, i agree with what you are saying but if you see the museum on the computer you wouldn't get the exact measurement like the exact size of the actual piece they are showing you.

    I agree with you Mr.Cheney, it definitely take a lot of energy to make the museum, to put the heater/ac on constructing things, etc. Using the computer also take energy, but not as much as they do to making the museum, and also the transportation to getting to the museum is taking a car which take gas and gas and oil are the main things that is getting wasted, so i think that now the online museum is pretty neat and cool.

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