Balboa Park Online Collaborative

Through "Museum at Your Fingertips," the Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC) will test the BeamPro telepresence robot, a new learning tool that aims to bring the museum experience to underserved children whose schools are unable to afford transportation. The device will move, see, and speak through the direction of classroom participants. BPOC will pilot the project in five classrooms and the San Diego Air & Space Museum and evaluate the device's successes and limitations throughout the process. The project will also be tested for children with special needs and its progress will be documented through social media. Results will be disseminated to the museum field and through partnerships with local and national press outlets.