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FRANKLIN —
Memories from area one-room schools, even antiquated computers and sophisticated robots form “The Way We Worked in Southeast Kansas - Education” at the Miners Hall Museum, Franklin.
The display is the latest in a series of monthly exhibits leading up to “The Way We Worked,” an exhibition created by the National Archives and part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. The traveling exhibit will be in Franklin from May 11 to June 23, 2013.
The education exhibit is hosted by Depco LLC, and it’s at an especially appropriate time, according to Richard Grimsley. company vice president of development.
“This month coincides with the 30th anniversary of our business,” he said.
He said that the firm started out as a manufacturers’ representative organization, but eventually introduced its own curriculum centered around career and technology education.
“This is our area of expertise,” Grimsley said. “To really reflect education in southeast Kansas, we realized that we needed partners.”
Accordingly, Pittsburg State University, Fort Scott Community College and the Southeast Kansas Education Center at Greenbush are partnering with Depco for the exhibit.
“Greenbush has a one-room school, and they brought some artifacts from it, such as old school desks,” Grimsley said. “Fort Scott Community College did a display on its history, the way they started and the programs they have now.”
The Kansas Technology Center at PSU has providing some artifacts relating to the evolution from industrial arts to technology education, including old wood-working and metal-working tools.
Grimsley said that there is also a Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild exhibit.
“This was an annual automobile design competition, and students could get a $5,000 scholarship for college,” he said. “That would be equivalent to around $75,000 today.”
Then the exhibit moves on to computers.
“The idea there is to show how big they were and how small they are now,” Grimsley said. “Then we go on to robotics, including humanoid robots which will speak to you and can be programmed. There’s also a 3-D printer. Instead of printing on paper, now you can print an object.”
To wrap it up, he said, the exhibit deals with the changing tools of education.
Each exhibitor is asked to provide a program in conjunction with the exhibit, and Depco’s program will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, with a special robotics presentation at 4 p.m. by Rod Murphy and Cameron Colllins.
Family games and story readings are planned throughout the afternoon, including GEARS EdS robotics racing, Totally Trebuchet targeting, NAO Humanoid Robotics interaction and more.
“We’ll have several robots to play with, and if the weather is good they can run the robots around the parking lot,” Grimsley said.
“The Way We Worked in Southeast Kansas - Education” will be open free to the public until it is taken down in the week after Thanksgiving. Miners Hall Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Memories from area one-room schools, even antiquated computers and sophisticated robots form “The Way We Worked in Southeast Kansas - Education” at the Miners Hall Museum, Franklin.
The display is the latest in a series of monthly exhibits leading up to “The Way We Worked,” an exhibition created by the National Archives and part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. The traveling exhibit will be in Franklin from May 11 to June 23, 2013.
The education exhibit is hosted by Depco LLC, and it’s at an especially appropriate time, according to Richard Grimsley. company vice president of development.
“This month coincides with the 30th anniversary of our business,” he said.
He said that the firm started out as a manufacturers’ representative organization, but eventually introduced its own curriculum centered around career and technology education.
“This is our area of expertise,” Grimsley said. “To really reflect education in southeast Kansas, we realized that we needed partners.”
Accordingly, Pittsburg State University, Fort Scott Community College and the Southeast Kansas Education Center at Greenbush are partnering with Depco for the exhibit.
“Greenbush has a one-room school, and they brought some artifacts from it, such as old school desks,” Grimsley said. “Fort Scott Community College did a display on its history, the way they started and the programs they have now.”
The Kansas Technology Center at PSU has providing some artifacts relating to the evolution from industrial arts to technology education, including old wood-working and metal-working tools.
Grimsley said that there is also a Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild exhibit.
“This was an annual automobile design competition, and students could get a $5,000 scholarship for college,” he said. “That would be equivalent to around $75,000 today.”
Then the exhibit moves on to computers.
“The idea there is to show how big they were and how small they are now,” Grimsley said. “Then we go on to robotics, including humanoid robots which will speak to you and can be programmed. There’s also a 3-D printer. Instead of printing on paper, now you can print an object.”
To wrap it up, he said, the exhibit deals with the changing tools of education.
Each exhibitor is asked to provide a program in conjunction with the exhibit, and Depco’s program will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, with a special robotics presentation at 4 p.m. by Rod Murphy and Cameron Colllins.
Family games and story readings are planned throughout the afternoon, including GEARS EdS robotics racing, Totally Trebuchet targeting, NAO Humanoid Robotics interaction and more.
“We’ll have several robots to play with, and if the weather is good they can run the robots around the parking lot,” Grimsley said.
“The Way We Worked in Southeast Kansas - Education” will be open free to the public until it is taken down in the week after Thanksgiving. Miners Hall Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
