All events will take place at the Discovery Museum. Entry is included with General Admission unless otherwise noted.

Have you always dreamed of being in your own rock band or producing music? GarageBand, a unique program from Apple, is your ticket to success. With this easy, fun-filled computer program you can compose your own music with software synthesizers that imitate different instruments. You can mix and control the musical instruments to make a multitude of sounds in lots of cool ways. This program is great for the beginner to the professional. Everyone is a star with GarageBand!

Dana Pomfret is a singer-songwriter and recording artist from NYC, now living in CT.

Dana's mixed-media programs currently include instruction in songwriting, GarageBand recording technology, fine art, Adobe Photoshop, iMovie, digital photography and creative writing. Dana travels with her own laptops, headphones, digital and video cameras: setting up recording/design studios onsite.
A Core Teaching Artist for the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism, Dana's programs have been cited for excellence by the state of CT and The National Endowment for the Arts.

Digital Cameras 101
Digital Cameras 102
Basic Editing

Come and meet this dynamic duo Shawn and Lesa King. Founders of Cameracon.com, Shawn and Lesa King are  able to pass on their digital photography prowess to neophytes in a no-nonsense, clear, yet entertaining manner.  Lesa is the founder of GraphicReporter.com, a stock photographer and chief evangelist for iStockphoto.com. 

Shawn is the host of www.yourmaclifeshow.com, the longest running, most popular Macintosh-focused broadcast around. Both assist New York Times columnist, David Pogue and contribute to various publications such as Macworld, Layers, and PhotoshopUser magazines. 

"Master Your Digital Camera"
Shawn and Lesa King
1 & 2 & 3 p.m., Sunday, March 2

What did people do before there were digital cameras? In this workshop, kids can learn all about the basic principles of photography and even build their own camera using a can or box. Not only will kids get to make their camera, they will then be turned loose to shoot the most interesting subjects they can find. Now this camera will not run out of batteries!
Thomas Mezzanotte is a Teaching Artist with the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. He has explored and taught the potentials of the photographic medium for over thirty years.

Want to create a robotic cat and make it purr? You can do this when you build your own robot in this three-day workshop. Because of a tiny computer that is inside your robot, you can make it spin, light up, and play music. You can also plug in lights, motors, sensors, and other devices into your Pico Robot and then program it to react, interact, and communicate. This is great fun.

Drop by The Discovery Museum’s auditorium for our own Digital Film Festival.

There will be a bunch of really cool short videos to view created by local filmmakers. You will also get a great laugh when you see episodes of “It’s All Geek To Me” starring David Pogue, the humorist and consumer technology critic for the New York Times and CNBC. So come to our Video Showcase and see that you don’t have to work for MGM to make a great film!

Grab your friends and come to The Discovery Museum for our very own LAN party.

For kids aged 10 - 14, drop by for pizza and gather up the energy to participate in the latest multiplayer computer games for hours! You don’t even have to bring your own computer as they will all be supplied, networked, and ready to go. So limber up those fingers and focus your eyes to conquer all of your opponents!

For Educators - Inspirations in the creative use of SMART Boards and related classroom technology.

Andrea Gaetano, Mathematics Chairperson at Woodland Regional High School and a specialist in classroom technology, will be delivering a 2 hour workshop for beginning and intermediate SMART Board users. After detailed instructions about operation and functionality of the SMART Board, participants will get a flavor of the applicability and the potential impact it could have in their classrooms. Each participant will receive handouts of all of the workshop material to keep as a reference guide.

Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to test out high-tech classroom toys at our Classroom Technology Fair and collect ideas in our SMART Board Resource Sharing Room.

To REGISTER for this free workshop please send an email to education@discoverymuseum.org with your name, your school district and a contact email or phone number.

Contact your Superintendent to see if CEUs may be issued for this workshop.

This is very exciting for all ages and grades.
Take a look at this entertaining video.

see the schedule for a complete listing of all the events and activities for Digital Discovery 2008.