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Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX)

@heyplix

PLIX connects public libraries and MIT research through creative STEAM learning.
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Explore local maps for language and belonging with the 2024 Eclipse path! We'll create blackout spatial poetry combining expressive poetic language and local data research skills to encourage a renewed understanding of place. Poetry skills not required! buff.ly/3TOEPnd

Explore local maps for language and belonging with the 2024 Eclipse path! We'll create blackout spatial poetry combining expressive poetic language and local data research skills to encourage a renewed understanding of place. Poetry skills not required! buff.ly/3TOEPnd
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Getting into the practice of reflecting helps you grow into a better facilitator, and into the kind of person you aspire to be! This year, ditch the resolutions and reflect with these simple prompts. We included a printable version to share! buff.ly/47srELR

Getting into the practice of reflecting helps you grow into a better facilitator, and into the kind of person you aspire to be! This year, ditch the resolutions and reflect with these simple prompts. We included a printable version to share! buff.ly/47srELR
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Take a break this Valentine’s and try out our most popular PLIX Paper Circuits activity. We’re sending you some snail mail so you can create and send love letters that ✨glow 💖. Registration is limited to 40 participants (library professionals in the US). buff.ly/48qYbDm

Take a break this Valentine’s and try out our most popular PLIX Paper Circuits activity. We’re sending you some snail mail so you can create and send love letters that ✨glow 💖. Registration is limited to 40 participants (library professionals in the US). buff.ly/48qYbDm
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Do your tweens and teens like fuse beads? Give it a glow up with Paper Circuits! Doria Ramos and her volunteer at Santa Ana Public Library tested out how to combine the two. Great for a 60- or 90-minute library program. buff.ly/3RUX4EX

Do your tweens and teens like fuse beads? Give it a glow up with Paper Circuits! Doria Ramos and her volunteer at Santa Ana Public Library tested out how to combine the two. Great for a 60- or 90-minute library program. buff.ly/3RUX4EX
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🐳 Whale you be mine? February is a great time of year to bring out some of the resources you have available and make light-up Valentine’s cards. If you’re new to this, check out our ⚡Paper Circuits activity resources 👉 buff.ly/42C2qcZ #creativelearning #STEAM

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Meet PLIX Mentor Melissa Sprenne (makerspace facilitator at Richland Library Ballantine, in Irmo, SC) and her enjoyment of making things glow! Check out this interview where she shares how she plans and runs library programs with PLIX Paper Circuits 👉 buff.ly/3UDlc1B

Meet PLIX Mentor Melissa Sprenne (makerspace facilitator at Richland Library Ballantine, in Irmo, SC) and her enjoyment of making things glow! Check out this interview where she shares how she plans and runs library programs with PLIX Paper Circuits 👉 buff.ly/3UDlc1B
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Launched last October by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group, join us this March to hear about how other libraries have tried out OctoStudio, and try it out together, as we support your confidence to share this easy+fun introduction to creative coding 👉 buff.ly/3wmicwt

Launched last October by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group, join us this March to hear about how other libraries have tried out OctoStudio, and try it out together, as we support your confidence to share this easy+fun introduction to creative coding  👉 buff.ly/3wmicwt
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🥁Having fun with OctoStudio in Lexington Public Library, Kentucky - PLIX Ambassador Emily Hutchinson at Lexington Public Library reflects of their OctoStudio experience 👉 buff.ly/3SS18Y9 #creativelearning #coding #STEAM

🥁Having fun with OctoStudio in Lexington Public Library, Kentucky - PLIX Ambassador Emily Hutchinson at Lexington Public Library reflects of their OctoStudio experience 👉 buff.ly/3SS18Y9 #creativelearning #coding #STEAM
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Join us March 20th, 1-2pm ET to try out OctoStudio together, hear how other library professionals have used it in their libraries, as we support your confidence to share this easy and fun introduction to creative coding. Register here 👉 buff.ly/3wmicwt

Join us March 20th, 1-2pm ET to try out OctoStudio together, hear how other library professionals have used it in their libraries, as we support your confidence to share this easy and fun introduction to creative coding. Register here 👉 buff.ly/3wmicwt
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PLIX Mentor and Accessibility Services supervisor Renaté Elliot shares how she adapted Beautiful Symmetry, marketed for her audience, and prepared materials. How might creative STEAM learning projects be adapted for people with various disabilities? buff.ly/3wDc0QX

PLIX Mentor and Accessibility Services supervisor Renaté Elliot shares how she adapted Beautiful Symmetry, marketed for her audience, and prepared materials. How might creative STEAM learning projects be adapted for people with various disabilities? buff.ly/3wDc0QX
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Paige Kiser of The Library Station in Springfield, MO, designed her Beautiful Symmetry STEAM Explorers workshop with great empathy for different types of learners. Check out her reflections and adapt her beautiful slides for your own library program 👉 buff.ly/4a51nFa

Paige Kiser of The Library Station in Springfield, MO, designed her Beautiful Symmetry STEAM Explorers workshop with great empathy for different types of learners. Check out her reflections and adapt her beautiful slides for your own library program 👉 buff.ly/4a51nFa
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Celebrate your native flora and fauna on planet Earth this month by playing with the power of air! Join us Thursday April 18th, 1-2pm ET, to imagine and create interactive inflatable creations, and play with pneumatics using simple craft materials. buff.ly/3UfEHgg

Celebrate your native flora and fauna on planet Earth this month by playing with the power of air! Join us Thursday April 18th, 1-2pm ET, to imagine and create interactive inflatable creations, and play with pneumatics using simple craft materials. buff.ly/3UfEHgg
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Missed our March OctoStudio workshop? Check out April's newsletter for highlights from your library peers who have used OctoStudio, to boost your confidence in running an OctoStudio workshop at your library. #OctoStudio #PLIX #STEAM buff.ly/4cXxIzK

Missed our March OctoStudio workshop?  Check out April's newsletter for highlights from your library peers who have used OctoStudio, to boost your confidence in running an OctoStudio workshop at your library. #OctoStudio #PLIX #STEAM buff.ly/4cXxIzK
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Looking for inspiration on more hands-on STEAM to your existing summer programming? Come join us May 15th, 1-2pm EDT for a PLIX Inspiration Cafe, to chat about your library summer and be inspired by the work of your library peers. Sign up here 👉 buff.ly/4boUmzF

Looking for inspiration on more hands-on STEAM to your existing summer programming? Come join us May 15th, 1-2pm EDT for a PLIX Inspiration Cafe, to chat about your library summer and be inspired by the work of your library peers. Sign up here 👉 buff.ly/4boUmzF
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Hi, DataGems! We’re looking for a play test group to try out the ideas. Apply for our June Play Cafe for a play test kit, and explore data science thinking with beads, string, and bullet journaling. Deadline is May 23rd. Limited to 12. Apply here 👉 buff.ly/4dr6zFL

Hi, DataGems! We’re looking for a play test group to try out the ideas. Apply for our June Play Cafe for a play test kit, and explore data science thinking with beads, string, and bullet journaling. 

Deadline is May 23rd. Limited to 12. Apply here 👉 buff.ly/4dr6zFL
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How might we play with data that is personally meaningful to us? In this blogpost, Ada shares her experience designing PLIX Data Gems, her past adventures in informal data science education, and her gratitude for the many people who inspired this activity. buff.ly/3Xh3brg

How might we play with data that is personally meaningful to us? In this blogpost, Ada shares her experience designing PLIX Data Gems, her past adventures in informal data science education, and her gratitude for the many people who inspired this activity. buff.ly/3Xh3brg
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What does an in-person creative learning workshop look like? Last month, we co-facilitated a D&D-inspired workshop with PLIX Ambassador Melissa Sprenne, for 21 library staff in the Richland Library System, SC. Check out our refections and photos: buff.ly/4eaUHbr

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This year, engage your diverse library audiences through STEAM learning with PLIX and MIT. Learn more and apply to be a PLIX Library Ambassador! plix.mit.edu/news-updates/a… #creativelearning #STEAM #librarylove #publiclibraries MIT Open Learning

This year, engage your diverse library audiences through STEAM learning with PLIX and MIT. Learn more and apply to be a PLIX Library Ambassador!
plix.mit.edu/news-updates/a…

#creativelearning #STEAM #librarylove #publiclibraries <a href="/mitopenlearning/">MIT Open Learning</a>
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Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with FREE resources designed by @MITRaise & pK-12 researchers: bit.ly/4ivR81J 📱MIT App Inventor 🤖 DayofAI.org 🌍 Day of Climate 🚂 Full STEAM Ahead 📚 Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) 🏫 STEAM Learning Architecture 🧑‍🚀 FutureMakers #CSEdWeek

Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with FREE resources designed by @MITRaise &amp; pK-12 researchers: bit.ly/4ivR81J

📱<a href="/MITAppInventor/">MIT App Inventor</a> 
🤖 <a href="/DayofAI_USA/">DayofAI.org</a> 
🌍 Day of Climate
🚂 Full STEAM Ahead
📚 <a href="/heyplix/">Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX)</a>
🏫 STEAM Learning Architecture
🧑‍🚀 FutureMakers

 #CSEdWeek