ML Learning Initiative

Bringing the collective creativity of the @medialab to bear on the future of learning.

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

For #EarthDay, Labber Ada Ren-Mitchell (@heyplix) and Lissette Gonzalez of the Berkeley Public Library brainstormed ways to make STEAM learning activities more sustainable, and co-facilitated a workshop to share their strategies. https://t.co/hwhXrqdJS6

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Explore and reimagine your local map for a renewed understanding of place and time. 🌎

Join us Thursday Jan 12, 1-2PM ET as we explore current topics in geography, poetry, journalism, and media-making. Register here: https://t.co/BpPvkUSPwZ

#STEMeducation #PLIX

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Weaving Native Symmetries—Get inspired with our latest blog post about our #ATALM2022 workshop. Participants shared their #nativecrafts and culture in these 🐝Beautiful Symmetry creations! https://t.co/ks2S4S1VXn

#symmetry #weaving #creativelearning #STEMeducation

[ML Learning Initiative @medialablearn]

Today at 1PM ET—Check out this free workshop from @heyplix on family creative learning in libraries! #publiclibraries #creativelearning #familylearning

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Free workshop opportunity on #familycreativelearning !
Nov 10—We're teaming up with Ricarose Roque and Celeste Moreno at UC Boulder. Strike up conversations with illustrated stories of facilitators in action. Sign up: https://t.co/4cgbzSkAbQ
#creativelearning #STEM #libraries

[ML Learning Initiative @medialablearn]

Peers, play, projects, and passion: Tribal public library professionals take on the #creativelearning #pedagogy challenge with @heyplix at the #ATALM2022 conference 🌼 #triballibraries

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Weaving together indigenous symmetries 🧺🌼at our hands-on creative STEM workshop at #ATALM2022 in collaboration with @pammylalala #creativelearning #STEM #PLIXBeauSym

[ML Learning Initiative @medialablearn]

Hey #librarians ! Looking for a light-up✨ Paper Circuit⚡️ activity to try with your patrons?

Play with PLIX tomorrow at their Paper Circuit Make'n'Meet workshop. #creativelearning #STEMactivities #facilitatingcreativelearning #professionaldevelopment

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Join us tomorrow at 1-2pm ET for a Paper Circuit Make'n'Meet!

Bring to light the ways you relate to the spaces you inhabit. Learn more and sign up: https://t.co/VJdbCxNVgb
#publiclibraries #professionaldevelopment #librarians #STEMactivity #facilitation

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Join us tomorrow at 1-2pm ET for a Paper Circuit Make'n'Meet!

Bring to light the ways you relate to the spaces you inhabit. Learn more and sign up: https://t.co/VJdbCxNVgb
#publiclibraries #professionaldevelopment #librarians #STEMactivity #facilitation

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

At 5pm ET tomorrow, as part of the @CambSciFest, @heyplix and @cambridgepl present “Sonic Seasoning,” a creative learning activity that explores how altering the sound of eating changes our experience of food to encourage healthier food choices. https://t.co/ad4VT3usT0

[ML Learning Initiative @medialablearn]

Check out the new not-so-secret PLIX activity in the works! #CambSciFest #publiclibraries #librarians #MITMediaLab

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Last Thursday we had a blast at @cambridgepl beta-testing a new Science + Food activity for @CambSciFest ! Find us at the festival on Friday and check out our explorations here: https://t.co/snEOvm8o9Z #publiclibraries #creativelearning #STEAMactivities

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

We’re running a guided version of our mini course with 21 library professionals, and 4 PLIX mentors. Follow their journey through their reflections on the forum and be inspired to try it yourself! https://t.co/gGEKsXRFC7 #publiclibraries #creativelearning

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Do you love #publiclibraries, workshops, and #creativelearning #STEAMeducation? Come work with us!
https://t.co/BUP4LJTXF4

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Tomorrow, Aug 18, 1-2pm ET—Grow your confidence in facilitating creative learning! Join the PLIX team and your peers to try two versions of our Personas Activity. https://t.co/2TXhOTzUOs

#publiclibraries #creativelearning

[ML Learning Initiative @medialablearn]

Sign up and learn about Facilitating Creative Learning with @heyplix in this Guided Self-Guided Mini Course:

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Apply for our Guided Self-Guided Mini Course on Facilitating Creative Learning!

You'll receive support from mentors 💪🏽 and a PLIX supply kit 📦. Deadline is September 1st!
https://t.co/ddbx5naJb4

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

US Community Play Fund is live!

Supported by the LEGO Foundation, this $200,000 Challenge is dedicated to helping you create more playful experiences for children in your community, school or neighborhood in New York, Connecticut, or Massachusetts. https://t.co/RYub7ika8D

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Our June Make'n'Meet workshop is NEXT WEEK! Join the PLIX team and CL Ambassador Sam Lucius in tinkering with the Beautiful Symmetry activity. We'll be thinking about ways the built world mirror the natural world. Register here: https://t.co/KMPipjTmfw

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

Join the PLIX team for our Facilitating Creative Learning Workshop this Nov. 17&18! 🥳

These 2 half-days of interactive PD will give you practical experience to facilitate creative STEAM programming for your patrons. 🌈

Apply now! ⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/cwHEFxowCN

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

We’re excited to share that PLIX is a recipient of the @US_IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Award! Through the grant we will work with public librarians to be facilitators of creative STEAM programming. More here: https://t.co/vFMpElidDw

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

🔊🔊Have you heard? PLIX has a brand new website! 🤯

Check it out and see updated documentation for our activities, news from the team, and more. See you at https://t.co/juUFnY1vn0! 💻

[Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) @heyplix]

We ❤️ Dave's to-go pack idea! You can find the #PLIXPaperCircuits zine and troubleshooting guide at https://t.co/jR8GAOmiDa. And like all PLIX materials, these are openly licensed and free to download. Let us know how you use them!