May 26 Site visit #1

Today, Kristi & I did our first site visit together to Palazzo Pitti. Some observations include:

• presence of audio tour


• Palatine Gallery - sketches of painting could be digitized to tell the story of how the painting was done


• in many of the rooms, cardboard guides provided information about the artifacts in each room


• one missed opportunity for ed tech: interpret the beautiful painted ceilings, perhaps a video or 3-D rep


• Royal Apartment - some ideas for ed tech integration include: 1) re-creation of how the rooms were used using video; 2) a touch screen terminal of room layout to identify pieces of furnitures; 3) use of audio sound effects to create ambience in the room, e.g. ballroom dancing music , church sacred music, etc.