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Injecting STEAM into Everything You Do!NYLA MSRT Webinar August 25th 2015

Sue ConsidineMSRT PresidentExecutive Director, Fayetteville Free LibraryEmail: sconsidine@fflib.org

Meredith LevineMSRT SecretaryDirector of Family EngagementEmail: mlevine@fflib.org

Margaret PortierDirector of Innovative Family ServicesEmail: mportier@fflib.org

Leah KrausMSRT President-ElectDirector of Community EngagementEmail: lkraus@fflib.org

+NYLA MSRT

+Get Involved!Save the Dates:Session 4: Making the Makerspace: October 7, 2-3 PM

October 21, 2015: “So You Want to Make a Makerspace” Preconference at NYLA Annual

Get Involved:Go to NYLA.org -> Membership ->Roundtables ->MSRTSign the NYLA Section Petition!

Become the MSRT Student Liaison!

+Overview

Injecting STEAM into Library Spaces

Injecting STEAM into Library Collections & Services

Injecting STEAM in Existing Programs

+Injecting STEAM into our SPACES

+Key Strategies:

“STEAM-up” existing spaces

Repurpose underutilized or duplicative spaces

To do so, ask, “What can we STOP doing?”

+Assess Your Space! Look for opportunities both small and large

Respond to community needs

+Rethinking Budgets

Rethink Programming Budgets: STEAM kits, technologies, and tools can be used again and

again in scheduled programs, as well as on a drop-in basis

Assess Other Budget Lines: Are we expending resources in areas that have lost their

relevance?

+“STEAM Up” Existing Spaces

+FFL Creation Lab

250 square foot tutoring room 2 PC’s and iMac Adobe Creative Suite iLife Creative Suite Green Screen Wall Video Cameras Digital Cameras Podcasting Station Scanning Station and more

+Family Room

Replaced the storytime room

Informal Play and Community Engagement

Early Literacy and STEM White Wall Train Table Early Literacy iPad Video Games Puzzles Karaoke Machine

+Little Makers

Located in a corner of the children’s room

Invention Box Free Play Toys

Goldie Blox KaleidoGears Roominate doll houses Legos Snap Circuits

+Injecting STEAM into our COLLECTION & SERVICES

+Non-Fiction Collection

Dewey Hybrid Model Easy discovery Expanding nonfiction to

support STEM literacy Fab Lab reference

collection

+STEM Kits, Early Literacy iPads

Born to Read Ready to Read I AM STEM Let’s Learn

+Circulating Devices

iPads Kindles Nooks Family Engagement iPads Early Literacy iPads

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Computers & Software•MinecraftEdu•Tinkercad•Sketchup•iLife Suite•Adobe Creative Suite•Audacity•Celestia•Kerbal Space Program•Kodu Game Lab•Lynda.com•Webucator

+Injecting STEAM into our PROGRAMS

+Most public libraries offer:

Storytimes Craft programs Summer Reading events Book Clubs

+STEAM Up Storytimes!

Digital Storytime Read a picture

book app

Science Storytime Add a non-fiction

book or a science craft

+STEAM Up Craft Programs!

Origami/ Circuits Derby cars Cardboard challenge

(CainesArcade.com) Needle arts (knitting, crochet,

felting) Rollercoaster engineering Catapults Airplanes Tangrams

+STEAM Up Summer Reading!

STEAM programs based on the summer theme This summer= Superhero Science Next summer = Science of Health

and Wellness

Work with local teachers, organizations and volunteers

+STEAM Up Summer Reading!

Immersive STEAM Learning Opportunities (STEAM Camps)

Geek Girl Camp Superhero Camp Self Defense Camp

+STEAM Up Your Book Clubs!

Author Skype Book Club STEAMPunk Club Books & Brownies

+Conclusion

Save the Dates:Session 4: Making the Makerspace: October 7, 2-3 PM

October 21, 2015: “So You Want to Make a Makerspace” Preconference at NYLA Annual

Get Involved:Go to NYLA.org -> Membership ->Roundtables ->MSRTSign the NYLA Section Petition!

+Questions?

Sue ConsidineFFL Executive Directorsconsidine@fflib.org

NYLA MSRTWebsite: www.nyla.orgMemberships-> Roundtables

Fayetteville Free LibraryWebsite: www.fflib.orgTwitter: @fayettevillelib