A PLAY-full Party

Workshops

There will be three workshop periods during PLAYfest. Below are some offerings that will be occurring. Click a photo to learn more about each workshop or click below to see a full list.

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Workshop A

Featured

Purposeful Play with LEGO

Aaron Maurer

Purposeful Play with LEGO

Purposeful Play with LEGO

Superhero in the Making

Ateba Whitaker

Superhero in the Making

Superhero in the Making

Shine a light, then share it

Bo Stjerne Thomsen

Shine a light, then share it

Shine a light, then share it

Solar Oven

Candy Alvarado

Solar Oven

Solar Oven

Play Making: Build Community and Engage Learners Online

David Wells

Play Making: Build Community and Engage Learners Online

Play Making: Build Community and Engage Learners Online

Build a Robot With a Robot - Interactive Session with SayKid

DeLonn Crosby

Build a Robot With a Robot - Interactive Session with SayKid

Build a Robot With a Robot - Interactive Session with SayKid

The Art of Leaving Things Undone

Doug Dunston

The Art of Leaving Things Undone

The Art of Leaving Things Undone

Novel Engineering

Elissa Milto

Novel Engineering

Novel Engineering

Making Short Films for School and Beyond

Elizabeth Hummer

Making Short Films for School and Beyond

Making Short Films for School and Beyond

Improving Your Instruction with the Art of Visual Storytelling

Emilia Fredrickson

Improving Your Instruction with the Art of Visual Storytelling

Improving Your Instruction with the Art of Visual Storytelling

Shine a light, then share it

Garrett Jaeger

Shine a light, then share it

Shine a light, then share it

Crafting Platonic Solids: Fun with Polyhedra

Jonathan Foote

Crafting Platonic Solids: Fun with Polyhedra

Crafting Platonic Solids: Fun with Polyhedra

STEM at Home with FIRST Robotics

Libby Simpson

STEM at Home with FIRST Robotics

STEM at Home with FIRST Robotics

Improving Your Instruction with the Art of Visual Storytelling

Maggie Stout

Improving Your Instruction with the Art of Visual Storytelling

Improving Your Instruction with the Art of Visual Storytelling

Hypnotic Ink: Fluids, Ink & Physics that make you think

Prasanth Nori

Hypnotic Ink: Fluids, Ink & Physics that make you think

Hypnotic Ink: Fluids, Ink & Physics that make you think

Workshop B

Featured

Send a Postcard to Space

Erika Wagner

Send a Postcard to Space

Send a Postcard to Space

Collaborative Stories - Constructing Digital Storytelling through Animation

Jeremy Holien

Collaborative Stories - Constructing Digital Storytelling through Animation

Collaborative Stories - Constructing Digital Storytelling through Animation

Wakanheza: Supporting parents and families in public spaces

Jess Turgeon

Wakanheza: Supporting parents and families in public spaces

Wakanheza: Supporting parents and families in public spaces

Learning geometry with 3D prints

Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron

Learning geometry with 3D prints

Learning geometry with 3D prints

Drawing Is Good For YOU

Kristin Welch

Drawing Is Good For YOU

Drawing Is Good For YOU

Pixel Art

Karl Koehle

Pixel Art

Pixel Art

Peter Hoh - Playing with Paper

NASA's Eyes on Exoplanets - Discover New Worlds

Rachel Zimmerman Brachman

NASA's Eyes on Exoplanets - Discover New Worlds

NASA's Eyes on Exoplanets - Discover New Worlds

Creating Puzzles– Create Your First Puzzle

Roy Leban

Creating Puzzles– Create Your First Puzzle

Creating Puzzles– Create Your First Puzzle

Bad Idea Factory

Sam Patterson

Bad Idea Factory

Bad Idea Factory

Creating a video poem

Tim Needles

Creating a video poem

Creating a video poem

Shadow Remix

The Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium

Shadow Remix

Shadow Remix

Playful Mindfulness: The Quest for Calm

Z Puppets Rosenschnoz

Playful Mindfulness: The Quest for Calm

Playful Mindfulness: The Quest for Calm

Workshop C

Featured

Let’s Play with Zoom

Adrian Danzig

Let’s Play with Zoom

Let’s Play with Zoom

Explore Every Day: Untraveling in Quarantine

Alex Leviton

Explore Every Day: Untraveling in Quarantine

Explore Every Day: Untraveling in Quarantine

Play with Code: The Joy of P5.js

Amanda Casari

Play with Code: The Joy of P5.js

Play with Code: The Joy of P5.js

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Andrea Devore

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Mathemagics!

Arthur Benjamin

Mathemagics!

Mathemagics!

Scrap Craft: Turning Trash into Treasures

Booky Margoof

Scrap Craft: Turning Trash into Treasures

Scrap Craft: Turning Trash into Treasures

Play with Code: The Joy of P5.js

Carol Willing

Play with Code: The Joy of P5.js

Play with Code: The Joy of P5.js

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Celeste Moreno

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Engineering with Paper: Arcade Games

Godwyn Morris

Engineering with Paper: Arcade Games

Engineering with Paper: Arcade Games

It's a Rap!

Helen Hallissey

It's a Rap!

It's a Rap!

Draw2Code: Programming to bring your drawing to life using paper coding blocks

Hyejin Im

Draw2Code: Programming to bring your drawing to life using paper coding blocks

Draw2Code: Programming to bring your drawing to life using paper coding blocks

Create Wearable Trash Art: Raise Awareness of Plastic Pollution

Katie Williams and Jen Fedrizzi

Create Wearable Trash Art: Raise Awareness of Plastic Pollution

Create Wearable Trash Art: Raise Awareness of Plastic Pollution

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Mariana Tamashiro

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Bring storybooks to life: creating interactions with playful digital tools

Cardboard Creatures

Mathieu Penot

Cardboard Creatures

Cardboard Creatures

Word Play!– Unlocking Combinations, Mini Sagas and Writing Games

Matt Coonan

Word Play!– Unlocking Combinations, Mini Sagas and Writing Games

Word Play!– Unlocking Combinations, Mini Sagas and Writing Games

Fail Better

Meghan Mackay

Fail Better

Fail Better

Fail Better

Stefanie Sobelle

Fail Better

Fail Better