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Science Centre team spent an hour getting into chidren's Face (book) - da Vinci would be proud

It is what is coming to your Facebook account soon. A couple of weeks ago I took in the very first museum Facebook broadcast to be held in Canada.

The Facebook Live event was at Toronto's Ontario Science Centre (Canada) in their exhibition hall where they have a traveling exhibition about the inventions of Leonardo daVinci. The Science Museum brought in a panel of experts from as far away as Italy to talk on camera to educators and young Facebook followers about the genius of the Italian inventor who died five centuries ago.

The hour-long broadcast shown in real time on Facebook had a very large cast of characters (most shown in picture above) and probably had a very large budget (CBC announcer Wendy Mesley doesn't come cheap).

The “Inspiring Inventiveness: Beyond da Vinci” panel included Kobo founder Michael Serbinis (centre - eyes closed), da Vinci expert Massimiliano Lisa (second from left with eyes closed), Today’s Parent executive editor Sandra Martin (3rd from left - eyes open!!!) and the Science Centre’s chief science officer, Hooley McLaughlin (far left eyes closed). Broadcast live inside Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop: The Exhibition, was moderated by CBC host Wendy Mesley (fourth from left with eyes open - standing under shelf of skulls).

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Uploaded on February 5, 2012
Taken on February 5, 2012