The Networked Society: A Museum Exhibit Designed to Promote Public Understanding and Use of Computer Networks

9400686 Strippel马萨诸塞州波士顿的计算机博物馆计划开发、评估和安装一个1800平方米的永久性博物馆展览，旨在促进公众对计算机网络的理解和使用。 1994-95年冬季开放的网络社会博物馆展览将：1）教育不同的公众观众关于计算机网络的许多应用; 2）教授计算科学和技术的原理; 3）研究涉及计算机网络开发和使用的热门问题; 4）帮助增加接受计算机网络使用教育的美国公民的数量; 5）帮助增加将计算机网络作为终身兴趣、技能和职业的年轻人的数量。 该展览将在三年内影响170万人，并通过教育具有不同计算机知识背景的广大公众来解决技术获取问题。 多样化和增加未来的劳动力在数学，科学和技术是一个主要的NSF教育目标。 拟议中的科学博物馆展览项目将有助于这一目标和其他NSF目标，以解决技术转让和技术访问太amont美国公众的问题。

9400686 Strimpel The Computer Museum in Boston, MA, plans to develop, evaluate, and install a permanent 1800 square meter museum exhibit which is designed to promote public understanding and use of computer networks. Opening in the winter of 1994-95 The Networked Society museum exhibit will : 1) educate a diverse public audience about the many applications of computer networks; 2) teach principles of computing science and technology; 3) examine topical issues involved in computer network development and use; 4) help increase the number of American citizens who are educated in the use of computer networks; 5) help increas the number of young peopls who pursue computer networking as a lifelong interest, skill, and career. The exhibit will impact 1.7 million people in three years and address issues of technology access by educating a broad public audience with diverse computer literacy backgrounds. Diversification and increase of the the future workforce in mathematics, science, and technology is a primary NSF education objective. The proposed science museum exhibit project will assist this and other NSF objectives to address issues of technology transfer and technology access too amont the American Public.