Clinton library director working with MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology chose Clinton Public Library Director Miria Webb as an ambassador for a program combining science, technology, engineering, arts and math, known as STEAM.
“It’s really cool, actually; I’m the only one in the whole state,” Webb said of being an MIT Public Library Innovation Exchange ambassador.
Webb, as ambassador, will lead monthly programs that she said children, grandparents and parents alike can enjoy.
For example, on Saturday, March 29, participants can use the program Octo-studio to create short videos.
Daphne Rodas, an intern from MIT, will be at the library for the event.
“We’re going to be taking fairytale characters and putting them in non-fairytale settings, and taking non-fairytale characters and putting them in fairytale settings,” Webb said.
“We can teach everybody to block code; it will be great.”
An earlier libray program involved creating paper snowflakes using a computer program to model the kinds of shapes they can be.
Webb said that the MIT program values different types of learners.
The goal, she said, is “to kind of come at it from an angle where more people will understand the concepts.”
“It’s not just what you achieve, it’s how you get there,” she said.
Webb said the PLIX program encourages using words that anyone can understand to explain concepts, rather than using confuusing technical terminology.
