Museum Technology

On our visit to Bath we went to the Roman Baths Museum. A fascinating insight into how clever the Romans were 2000 years ago and a sad reminder of how little we've actually moved on from the Romans. Apart from ICT!!!  The building tools we use today, coins, combs, jewellery, utensils etc are all very similar to the those used in Roman Times but i didn't see any eveidence of ICT so at least in 2000 years we have managed to progress in that area. The Museum was amazing, my son even said it was the best he'd been to and i put that down largely to the super duper audiology equipment they had for us to use when we went round. A great use of ICT to involve and keep the children ( and adults) interested and engaged. At different points around the museum there were boards with numbers on that you needed to type into the equipment. It then told you the story about the part of the museum you were in. It was like having your own tour guide but only better as you could go at your own pace and you could turn the volume up or down to suit your liking. It was so easy to use. My little boy loved it and could use it independantly. He was in his element and was so engrossed in the information given. Without this technology we'ed have probably been round the museum in an hour tops with very little increase in what we already knew. As it was we all learnt so much and i would highly recommend a visit to anyone. Below, my son demonstrating how easy it was to use. The children had their own numbers and stories to listen to.