On behalf of the National Park Service, we invite you to tell us your ideas for sharing National Park experiences. Submit your media and tech solutions by posting it here on www.TechThinkTank.org .

TechThinkTank is a blog created to offer media providers, tech companies, and individuals a voice in the evaluation of vendors within the emerging media fieldby the National Park Service as part of Renaissance of Interpretation. This is a public service offering by Creative Entity as part of Incredible Places Made For the Media™ Suite of Interpretation Tools. We invite you to be a part of this engagement to tell us your best idea for the National Park Service and how you see yourself being involved. Join us today to help generations tomorrow!  

Purpose

TechThinkTank is dedicated to uncovering the strongest, most viable, and effective technology tools for use in National Park Service Interpretation. Appropriate media and technology applications, content and providers are invited to be a part of Incredible Places Made For the Media suite of interpretation tools.

Photo Courtesy of John Isaac

Learning Effectiveness of Interactive Media

Interactive multimedia offers a retention rate of 35% which leads to obvious benefits for uses in exhibits and for handicapped people. The application and possibilities are boundless and is in the interest of educating people about National Park Service and similar organizations in need of these applications.  

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Developed by multimedia artist Amy Seidman, NPS Strategic Partner. Sponsored in part by www.NPS.gov www.Incredible-Places.com www.Creative-Entity.com

 

You're Invited

For anyone who has ever had an idea for the National Parks or want to present to the National Parks - post to our blog www.TechThinkTank.org . We are collecting submissions for emerging media providers in service to the National Park Service.

We are looking for short articles that tell us how they see their products helping the National Park Service and to give an example of this use. We are looking to feature media and technology providers who offer a unique solution to the interpretive needs, as well as accessibility, safety, and building community. Please join us in coming up with tomorrow's education solutions for park interpretation. Post your ideas here: www.TechThinkTank.org .  

Outreach For TechThinkTank

We want to reach all of our community and ask you to forward this to others who might be interested.. Please help uncover unique and cutting solutions so we can guide the National Park Service in their engagement of emerging media. Post your articles here: www.TechThinkTank.org  

Renaissance of Interpretation

Currently the National Park Service has formed internal committees to evaluate existing technology, media, and how they may be used in the parks in the future. As part of this endeavor, Incredible Places has provided this platform to invite technology specialists, media producers, and interpretation enthusiast to tell us about your solutions and share ideas. We want to know what new cool stuff is out there, what you believe would benefit the National Parks, and your ideas for how we can educate people about our natural resources. The National Park Service current agenda is called the Renaissance of Interpretation and consists of five pillars. Two of them are using emerging technologies and working with partnerships. We invite you to submit your ideas, technology solutions, services, applications, media, and anything related you feel would make a great contribution to the National Park System interpretative process through exhibits, films, self guided tours, and all the educational material you see when you visit a park. This also includes solutions for handicapped and elderly who are not able move around like the general public.