by Nick | Feb 3, 2025 | Block Coding, Class Project, Electronics, Maker Commons, Robotics
Ann Holt’s ART 100 class collaborated with Media Commons on the “Getting Lost: Mapping Surroundings” first year seminar experience. Staff guided students through a Sphero Bolt robotics session, where they learned block coding to program and control their robots. Once...
by Nick | Feb 3, 2025 | Events + Activities
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences hosted a session on generative AI organized by Media Commons at the request of Dr. Donna Korzik. The event brought together over 100 graduate students and faculty members at the Innovation Hub. Working in small groups,...
by Nick | Jan 21, 2025 | Report
Summary Fall 2024 saw 14,417 students, faculty, and staff use the Media Commons, Maker Commons, and Immersive Experiences Lab initiatives across the Commonwealth. Much of this use was focused in 360 classes in nearly every discipline offered at Penn State. To...
by Nick | Jan 14, 2025 | Class Project, Media Commons
In English 15 at Penn State New Kensington, Dr Andrea Adolph asked her students to explore their identities through the lens of cuisine. Using Adobe Express, students created “chatty cookbooks” that allowed them to discover their cultural heritage, family...
by Nick | Nov 5, 2024 | Class Project, Maker Commons, Textiles
Ashu Kumar asked his IST 110 students to take part in a MAKEiT activity, Paws & Prints as part of their exploration of generative AI through hands on activities. To bring this on the road, students received instruction in-class on how to engineer prompts to create...
