Planning

= HCLE Planning Section =

Project View
The History of Computing for Learning and Education Virtual Museum has several main projects. Within each of these categories are several subprojects. They all play into various aspects of chronicling the ways computers changed how and what we learn, and they each provide a different avenue for people to explore.
 * Artifact Preservation/Digitization, Cataloging, and Disposition/Deaccessioning
 * Research
 * Virtual Exhibits
 * Software Emulation - the "Play It Again and Learn" Platform
 * Traveling Exhibit
 * Oral History Project

Stages View
Development of the HCLE Museum can be seen as a sequence of stages:
 * Planning (this page)
 * see Envisioning HCLE
 * Proof of Concept
 * Museum Wrapper
 * Exhibit Prototypes
 * Implemented Museum
 * Exhibit Expansion

Features View

 * Collection (physical and digital)
 * User Interfaces
 * see User Experience
 * Research resources
 * Public "Edutainment"

Another take on Planning can be found here.... It is being created as a set of materials for a conference presentation at the Museums and the Web Conference in April 2014. (Well, that didn't happen! Liza and Tom went to the conference (it was great) but we didn't get to make this presentation.)

Finding Money to Follow
Our funding campaign has begun. We're pursuing grants, accepting donations, and have launched our Vision Club for substantial individual donors

Proof of Concept
The next stage is Funding the Proof of Concept or Prototype of the Museum. As of 2015 a web site incorporating the various elements of a Proof of Concept was developed. This iwill lead into the creation of a formal Design Document that will lead to a refined Proof of Concept and the subsequent Virtual Museum.

Earlier Planning Documents

 * Here are several versions of a more complete set of** **HCLE Summaries and Proposals:**
 * HCLE Executive Summary
 * HCLE Proof of Concept including General Operating Inquiry
 * HCLE Proof of Concept no General Operating Inquiry
 * HCLE Proof of Concept General Operating Inquiry

In the future, Meetups will happen to sort, scan, and save the thousands of documents in the HCLE archive.

Program Plan - a schematic

