Notes from Rob Davies, a member of Museum of English Rural Life staff who helped out Friday-Sunday
Initial
responses
Families
were very keen from the beginning, the use of an ipad is considered an exciting
and surprising activity in a museum. A parent said “the last thing they
expected to see or use here was an ipad based activity.” Children liked having
their own board and Detective ID, from the moment they could scan their ID they
were very much involved. The novelty of using an ipad was maintained right
throughout the game.
The game
Children
enjoyed the “hunt” around the museum, finding the clues and discovering new
objects such as the milk float was a great positive. Some families answered the
questions and did the whole game properly; about two thirds were happy to find
the objects. Two visitors used their own iphones for the clues, however at the
last clue they were stumped on how to find a lab technician. The hunt around
the museum also saw families split up, at times children were on their own
without an adult who couldn’t keep up with them. This is something that the
staff can’t do anything about, apart from stress at the beginning about keeping
as a unit.
During the
busier moments, children were crowding round and bustling to have a go on the
ipad creating congestion. On future projects, the use of two ipads would be
good, this could still be manned by one person if the ipads are working
correctly.
The clues
Families
found the clues a bit vague, they needed to be explained by the member of staff.
A suggestion for the future is to have a workshop with families to create the
clues.
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