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Community Design | Playful Learning | STEAM Education
Free immersive STEAM learning center located in an inner city, underserved BIPOC community
Location - Downtown Cincinnati, OH
Installation - 2019; Six week summer installation
Funding - $15,000 People's Liberty Grant
Design Needs - Accessible high quality STEAM education for K-12 students and educators located in an underserved BIPOC-focused community
Design Challenge - How do you design an immersive STEAM learning space where adults can be kids and kids can be kids?
Bridge Building - Established robust partnerships with local schools, educational nonprofits, university departments, and community leaders, leading to the development of participatory, community-based design workshops that enhanced teacher professional development and youth community engagement.
Impact - 1K visits, 120 hours of STEAM learning, 15 new community-based partnerships established, 8 teacher professional development workshops hosted
Watch
Co-founders Dr. Allison Lester & Dr. Noah Glaser explain the process of designing the Digital Playscape
Listen
Co-founder Dr. Allison Lester discusses the community-based design process and playful learning approach to the Digital Playscape on the Distiller Podcast
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