STEAM education
View from Behind the Lens: Advanced Photography for Teens, a Guest Post by Lynette Pitrak
In the fall and winter of 2014, I had an amazing experience coordinating a filmmaking workshop for high school students called View from the Director’s Chair. To highlight a different aspect of our library’s Media Lab this year, our IT Department Manager and I created a similarly-structured workshop called View from Behind the Lens. View […]
View From the Director’s Chair: It’s a Wrap – Guest post by Lynette Pitrak
I previously submitted a post detailing the first few weeks of an exciting documentary film making program for teenagers that the Downers Grove Public Library was providing for the first time. Now that the program is finished, I would love to share how everything turned out!! After learning camera, lighting, and audio techniques from our […]
Sunday Reflections: What’s a Powder Puff?
Like most of us, I wear a few different hats. In addition to being a teen services librarian, I’m also a Daisy Girl Scout leader, and I love it. I love the enthusiasm of first graders, their pure hearts and bright eyes. I love getting to be the one to introduce them to service projects […]
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View from the Director’s Chair: Guest post by Lynette Pitrak
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Bring the Power of Music Into Your Library: a guest post by Guitar Notes author Mary Amato for Music in Our Schools Month (March)
Although March is many things, like National Craft Month and Women’s History Month, it is also Music in Our Schools Month. As school budgets get cut, music and education are some of the first to go, especially with today’s emphasis on STEM education. But there are those who advocate STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and […]
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