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PBS Resources to Support Students Learning from Home

December 3, 2020 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

  Pennsylvania PBS has been working in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Education to support learning during this time when many are outside the classroom. Explore and share Pennsylvania PBS Resources designed to support students who are Learning at Home: Download...

Start a Girls Who Code Club at Your Library!

October 30, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Provide opportunities for the girls in your community and offer a Girls Who Code Club! Girls Who Code Clubs are FREE after-school programs for 3rd-12th grade girls, run by community leaders, teachers, librarians, and parents.  Many facilitators have no technical experience...

State Library Kicks Off Summer STEM Camps for Students

June 19, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

June 19, 2019 Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania students ages 10-16 with an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) can expand their learning through the State Library’s makerspace summer programs, which kick off today and run through mid-August. “The State...

Local Middle School Teachers Bolster STEM Skills in State Library Makerspace

June 7, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

June 7, 2019 Harrisburg, PA – Middle school teachers from the Carlisle Area School District kicked off their summer today by visiting the State Library’s Makerspace to experience the computer science and STEM-related activities the hands-on learning lab offers and to generate...

Micro:bits at Abington Township Public Library

December 21, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

The Abington Township Public Library (ATPL)  has launched micro:bits, a new technology item available for borrowing.  For ages 10 and up, a micro:bit is a pocket-size programmable micro-controller, enabling young people to get creative with technology through coding, computer...

Stephanie Bragg

PALS Writing Group: STEAM-Rolling in the Library

December 17, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, PA Forward, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

  By Stephanie Bragg, Children’s Librarian Paoli Library The biggest buzzword of the decade in children’s learning is STEM, or STEAM or STREAM, or whichever letters one may choose to represent.  For those who may be unaware, the general concept is learning in the areas...

Hour of Code?

November 26, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

How will you celebrate Computer Science Education Week, December 3-8?    Consider an Hour of Code! ...

Flag Display: Thank You to Latino Unidos

Welcoming Week 2018, Cultural Jam: Teens Creating Community

October 9, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, PA Forward, Resources of Interest

                On September 18, 2018 Martin Library’s Teen Leadership committee hosted the Welcoming Week 2018, Cultural Jam: Teens Creating Community event. The event was co-hosted by The Matts Youth Center. Teens and their family members...

FREE Technology Events in Harrisburg Week of Oct 13-21

October 4, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Check out the FREE  UPNEXT Fest site for technology related events in Harrisburg during the week of October 13-21. Coding Classes, disruptive tech, technology meetups and job fair, TedX, networking and more.  Access a list of events. Included is the Harrisburg UnConference ...

Beta Builders

July 29, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

Beta Builders brings coding to schools and will be at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, starting in Homewood, this fall. ...