@PLIX Team
Thursday, April 24th | 1:00–2:30PM ET
12pm CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 7am HT / 19h CET
Sign up for the PLIX Community Showcase!
Join us to hear from our exceptional PLIX Creative Learning Ambassadors, library professionals from Massachusetts to Hawaii, in rural to urban areas, who have implemented PLIX activities this year. They'll share their approaches to designing and facilitating creative STEAM learning experiences for audiences in their local communities, and they'll answer your questions about their library programs.
Open to everyone!
Getting ready
🧉 Please join us with your favorite April beverage!
Agenda
Starts at: 1pm ET / 12pm CT / 11am MT / 10am PT / 7am HT / 19h CET
10min | Welcome | ||||
20min | Breakout 1 | 🐙 Overjoyed Octopodes | 🦊 Fluorescent Foxes | 🦦 Oomphy Otters | 🐕 Delightful Dogs |
20min | Breakout 2 | 🦦 Oomphy Otters | 🐕 Delightful Dogs | 🦗 Literary Lava Crickets | 🍊 Chaotic Capybaras |
20min | Breakout 3 | 🐙 Overjoyed Octopodes | 🦊 Fluorescent Foxes | 🦗 Literary Lava Crickets | 🍊 Chaotic Capybaras |
10min | Closing Remarks |
Breakouts
During a breakout…
📸 each pair of PLIX Ambassadors presents for 5 minutes each (recorded),
💬 followed by ~10min for conversation (not recorded)
✌🏼each pair presents twice!
🐙Overjoyed Octopodes
Exploring Your Senses with PLIX (In)visible Self
🐌Katie Nelson (she/her),
Head of Teen Services, Beverly Public Library (Beverly, MA)
[Suburban, Urban]
Family STEAM Lab: OctoStudio
😳Molly Smith Vargas (she/her),
Librarian I/Youth Services, The Doreen Gauthier Lighthouse Point Library (Lighthouse Point, FL)
[Suburban]
🦊Fluorescent Foxes
Suburban Ecology
🦊Kit Lorelied (they/them),
STEAM Librarian, Tualatin Public Library (Tualatin, OR)
[Suburban]
STEAM Explorers: Data Gems
🐸Paige Kiser (she/her),
Youth Services Associate, The Library Station (Springfield, MO)
[Rural, Suburban, Urban]
🦦Oomphy Otters
Paper Circuits: Dazzling Ornaments and Be My Valentines
😵💫Katelyn Turner (she/her),
STEAM Instructor/ Makerspace Director, Roswell Public Library (Roswell, NM)
[Rural]
STEAM Science Saturday: The Science of Snow with PLIX Beautiful Symmetry
😬Miria Webb (she/her),
Library Director, Clinton Public Library (Clinton, TN)
[Rural, Suburban]
🐕 Delightful Dogs
Paper Circuits for ages 6-60
🏅Amy Chamberlin (she/her),
Library Associate, Juniper Library (Grand Lake, CO)
[Rural]
Family STEAM Night with wearable circuits
🏅Vidhya Jagannathan (she/her),
Makerspace Librarian, North Cobb Regional Library (Kennesaw, GA)
[Suburban]
🦗Literary Lava Crickets
Paper Circuit Cards with Families
👽Peter Newson (he/him),
Library Assistant, San Carlos Library (San Carlos, CA)
[Exurban, Suburban]
STEAM Escape Room with Native Hawaiian Birds
🦄Jennifer Vinzons (she/her),
Youth Services Librarian, Kapolei Public Library (Kapolei, HI)
[Suburban]
🍊Chaotic Capybaras
Beautiful Symmetry Inspired by Alma Thomas
🧐Chelsea Kirkland (she/her),
Digital Inclusion Coordinator, DC Public Library (Washington, DC)
[Urban]
Accessible Beautiful Symmetry
🧐Hannah Kane (she/they),
Youth Services Librarian, Fond du Lac Public Library (Fond du Lac, WI)
[Rural, Suburban, Urban]