The Playful Learning Lab (at the University of St. Thomas) explores ways to encourage children, of all ages, to embrace playful learning. Led by @amptMN
St Paul, MN
Joined June 2017
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Join us on Sun 11/13 from 10am-3pm for Deaf Day at the museum. Students from @mdsmn and @UofStThomasMN will lead activities: Learn ASL signs, create a bookmark using sign language, experiment with Squishy Circuits and more. ASL interpreters will be available.
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What happens when @PlayLearnLab projects crosspollinate? Well, it's usually something interesting :) Stay tuned!
As international Deaf Awareness Month comes to a close we at @okgo Sandbox wanted to express our appreciation for educators who work with Deaf and Hard Of Hearing students! We have some news coming soon about this… youtu.be/36995yr6oCg
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And....the news is out! The @PlayLearnLab will be partnering with the Maker Music Festival to broaden the education activities and reach of the festival! I am *so excited* to be working with this team!
We are working with Dr. AnnMarie Thomas (@amptMN) and her colleagues from University of St. Thomas and the Playful Learning Lab (PLL).
#mmf22 #makermusicfestival #musiceducator #musiceducation #education #experimentalmusic #STEM #STEAM #instruments #makers
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Playful Learning Lab (@PlayLearnLab ) alumni gathering tonight on zoom at 8 central. If you are an alum who didn’t get the invite, email me and I’ll send you the link!
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The @PlayLearnLab team will be there with @SquishyCircuits !
T-minus 6 days until our summer block party takes over the street in front of the museum. Stop by this Saturday from 10am-2pm for free fun. Or make a day of it with a visit inside the museum (museum admission not included). Visit mcm.org/summer-block-party to learn more.
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This past year the @PlayLearnLab collaborated with the amazing @angelicadass on classroom curriculum and videos to accompany her beautiful book "The Colors We Share. The work will be released later this year, but this article has a sneak peek. news.stthomas.edu/a-more-col…
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Performing SYNTAX (the work I talked about @eyeofestival #Eyeo2022) with @kindohm @_idmaa on June 25, pre-recorded @nime2022 on June 29, and live at #ICMC2022 on July 5 in Limerick, Ireland!
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Upcoming social change and music lecture (free and open to the public) hosted by the Graduate Music Education program (which my awesome @PlayLearnLab co-director, Doug Orzolek, leads.). (Details next tweet and in Alt text and in image)
ALT The Jane Frazee Distinguished Scholar-Artist Series- Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education with Dr. Juliet Hess. Sunday, July 17, 2022 1-4:30 pm. Woulfe Alumni Hall (All programs offered by the University of St. Thomas shall be readily accessible to individuals with disabilities. For details, call (651) 962-6315).
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If you are a Playful Learning Lab alumni... could you please email me? We are updating our alumni list (it turns out there are more than 100 undergrad alumni...) and I want to make sure we have your contact info! Some big alumni news to come :)
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Congratulations to the @PlayLearnLab 2022 graduates! (4 of them aren’t in this picture.)
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PK-12 teachers: I'm giving a short talk on the future/ current state of edu, to a tech audience.I'd like to stress what the past two years have been like, and the challenges/opportunities. I'd also love to share your on the ground thoughts. What info should I highlight? (1/2)
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Have you been using OK Go Sandbox in your classroom? We’d love to hear from you. (Suggestions for improvements and new resources are always welcome!)
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Great news! @UofStThomasMN Professor AnnMarie Thomas and her @PlayLearnLab team will be teaching engineering to middle school students at the Metro Deaf School. @UST_Engineering @amptMN @mdsmn 😊
Exciting day... for the next 4 months, the @PlayLearnLab team is teaching Introduction to Electrical Engineering to the middle school students @mdsmn !
We start today with the first cohort :)
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As some of you have guessed from the posts about #ArtTogetherNow, my NIME keynote, Code+Chords, adding Dr. Doug Orzolek and Prof. John Keston to the @PlayLearnLab faculty... there are some exciting music/sound education things in the works these days in the PLL! Stay tuned... ;-)
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As this week is the 2021 LEGO Idea Conference, we are thinking of the 2020 conference where our own @amptMN was awarded the LEGO Prize in the midst of the pandemic's early days. vimeo.com/396684088
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Tomorrow, Friday October 8, from 2-3pm Central, I am leading an interactive zoom seminar on "Unusual Collaborations in Engineering Education" for @KEENunleashed ! I would love to have you join us! Here's the (free) sign up link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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When COVID exploded in March’20, @PlayLearnLab started a weekday zoom meetup support group for teachers that ran through May’21, and did class zoom visits to lead activities. We also hosted two free international conferences.
Teachers- what could we do this year to help you?
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We’re excited to share that we have been named as a @Falling_Walls finalist in their Science Engagement category! We are thrilled to be able to be named alongside so many other incredible finalists from around the world. Thank you all for making this opportunity possible!
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So excited to have this book by @angelicadass in my hands! And… I can share that the @PlayLearnLab is working with her on something exciting :)
