All posts by Monica Marino

Monica Marino

Monica Marino is the former Audience Engagement Lead and current School Programs Manager. She is a museum educator with over ten years of experience teaching people of all ages in museums, and training future museum professionals. Over the last ten years Monica has worked in Education here at the Brooklyn Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She loves being in discussion with others in front of works of art, and is grateful for the many conversations that have taught her so much about art, and the world.

The Pedagogy of a Text Message: First Response

In my last post, I discussed our “opening response” and slight tweaks to make that a better experience.  Our “first response” (the first message the…

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The Pedagogy of a Text Message: Opening Prompt

What is the pedagogy of a text message conversation?  Can you actually have a pedagogy of texting? If so, what does it look like? How…

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A Day in Training

I know that everyone on the team agrees—spending time learning about the collection is a privilege, an honor, and a lot of fun. Training started…

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Amassing Encyclopedic Knowledge

ASK is a tool that allows any museum visitor using the Museum’s app to have the opportunity to be in direct and immediate contact with…

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Meet the Audience Engagement Team

I am happy to announce that we’ve identified and hired six individuals who are knowledgeable, experienced at connecting people with art, and excited to take…

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Who are we looking for in an Audience Engagement Team?

I’ve just joined the Bloomberg Connects project as the Audience Engagement Lead. I will be heading the team that will be answering inquiries from visitors…

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