Using+Museum+Box++to+Construct+Knowledge

=Using Museum Box to Construct Knowledge= Museum Box is a tool for creating a virtual box of multimedia resources which allows students to build an argument, description of an event and more. This workshop will introduce you to ways to use this tool to engage students in the construction of knowledge. During this workshop, teachers will learn to leverage the power of technology by using this tool to design a curriculum-aligned activities that will bring the learning to life!
 * WK 668
 * February 15, 2011
 * 4:00-7:00
 * Location: Central Office, 1st Floor Conference Room
 * 0.2 U97 credit hours

Links - Finding your way around the Museum Box website.
**Log in as an administrator**: @http://museumbox.e2bn.org/creator/admin/login
 * Publish boxes to make them live. Links will work, documents will download, Powerpoints will play **only after they are approved and published.**
 * Create student accounts from this screen.
 * View student work and approve/reject projects submitted.


 * Create a Museum Box**: http://museumbox.e2bn.org/creator
 * Use this login to create a Museum Box, students and teachers.
 * The log in prompt is not visible on the main screen. It appears when you **use** the features pictured below, such as submit, load, messages, etc. This is how teachers log in to create a Museum Box too.[[image:studentLogIn.JPG]]


 * View Published Museum Boxes**: @http://museumbox.e2bn.org/gallery/
 * When a Museum Box is complete, it has to be submitted for approval. See image above.
 * ** Important: ** Once a Museum Box is submitted, a student can't get it back. The only way to edit it from that point on is to sit down with the teacher who is logged in to the Admin site, and edit it. Make sure students know they should only submit when finished.
 * Teachers are administrators who can **approve a Museum Box. Once you do so,** they are publish here. Click on a box, then copy and paste the web address to create a link on your blog or website.
 * This is also you will find samples.

Things to Note:

 * When you choose to create a museum box, the screen that appears is the shelf. Everything pictured on the shelf is a separate Museum Box. This is **not** where you create a Museum Box.
 * To create a Museum Box, click on one of the empty spaces in the shelf. A new screen will appear. It looks like a flattened cube. Drag the items for your Museum Box to the empty spaces on the cube.
 * When you return to the shelf, one image from the cube will appear. Click on it to view a **preview** of the cube. In previes mode, links will not work, documents will not download. It has to be live before these things work.

Working with Video:

 * You have to upload video. This means you can create it yourself, or you can use an online program to download the video to your computer. There are many converters out there. A popular tool is Zamzar, but a task like this involves several steps.
 * Follow the directions on the website.
 * When converting a file, choose mp4 is always a safe bet.
 * When your conversion is finished you will receive an email with a link.
 * Read the email and click on the link to download.
 * Then you will go to the website, click download again.
 * Save the file in a place you will remember. Then go back to Museum Box to upload the video.

Other cool websites that use cubes:

 * YouCube - Create a cube of related YouTube videos.
 * GeoCube - Geography cubed.

**Quirky Things to Note:**
> Student log in prompt is not visible on the main screen. It appears when students use the features pictured below, such as submit, load, messages, etc. This is how teachers log in to create a Museum Box too. > To use your own multi-media, you need to
 * **Log In**
 * **Multi-media**
 * upload
 * add to drawer