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Demonstrations

Mona Makes Museum Magic Happen
Steve Feld , John F. Kennedy High School, USA
http://library.advanced.org/13681/data/davin2.shtml

Session: Demo Session 2

This demonstration will show the multiple ways in which the use of museum web resources have contributed to the "Learning About Leonardo" project which began in 1997 at the behest of the ThinkQuest organization. Inspired by the seminal work in the field of Bell Labs researcher Lillian Schwartz, students from the Bronx the JFK High School a zoned inner city Public High School, adjacent to the Marble Hill projects, selected the issue of Mona Lisa's identity as the core governing principle of their initial project design.