Stop-Motion Buildings with Small Blessings

Small Blessings Preschool was here on March 29th. The kids read books about buildings---and then made a stop-motion video of their own 'building' with an Activity Guide. Check out their video below.

Discover IPS: Key Learning Community

Key Learning Community's (River campus) high school students visit Central Library and the Learning Curve to research and report. Every Class A Podcast!

Special Program: Vlogging with John Green

John Green Nerdfighters vlog from Central Library. Vlog on...

African Animals

The Indianapolis Junior Academy 1st and 2nd graders visited the Learning Curve this week. The students are studying African animals. Each student chose an animal to research and created a visual product based on their knowledge using Kidpix software. Enjoy the images, along with additional commentary based on their research.

St. Mary's Child Center Group Visit

Two groups from St. Mary's Child Center visited the Leaning Curve this past Tuesday. The preschoolers have been talking about photography in their classrooms and continued their exploration of the topic during their group visit. The boys and girls played a cropping game, practiced cropping on their own, and listened to the story Knuffle Bunny Too. After the story, they hopped on the laptop computers to create pictures of their own inspired by Mo Willems' illustrations in the story. Here are some of those products.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This afternoon after the parade downtown, the Learning Curve was bustling with families. A crowd of children dropped in for a laptop activity and created St. Patrick's Day inspired drawings using KidPix software. Here are a few of the finished products.

Homeschool Group Visit

Earlier this week, three homeschooled students created presentations using Frames software on the Learning Curve's laptops. This visit was an introductory session where the students explored the basic tools of the software. They plan to build on their skills and use the software to put together topic-based research presentations.

School Visit: Lowell Elementary (Day Two)

On March 11th, students from Lowell Elementary visited the Learning Curve. The students used a database, the Biography Resource Center, to research famous Hoosiers. In addition, they also learned the basics of 2-D animation using Pivot Stickfigure Animator.

Below, check out the very first episode of Library Lab featuring material from Lowell Elementary's Every Class a Podcast research activity. The students had a lot of fun learning about some well-known (and not-so-well-known) Hoosiers.


Download the complete, unedited Lowell Elementary audio here.

School Visit: Lowell Elementary

Today, students from Lowell Elementary visited the Learning Curve. The students used a database, the Biography Resource Center, to research famous Hoosiers. In addition, they also learned the basics of 2-D animation using Pivot Stickfigure Animator. Check out some of their research results in the audio clip below, and a few of their animations!


Download the Lowell Elementary podcast here.

Collaboration: Center for Inquiry, Butler, Second Story, and the Learning Curve

The Fall 2009 semester saw a neat partnership in the Learning Curve. Students from Butler University, in collaboration with local creative writing organization Second Story, and kids from local middle school Center for Inquiry/IPS #302 all met in the Learning Curve over several weeks to work on original compositions. At the end of the sessions, prior to a live reading at Butler, several students recorded audio of their own work. Check it out below!

Bilingual Storytime Podcast: German

In February, IMCPL and IN-NELL presented the monthly bilingual storytime at the Learning Curve. February's language was German. Listen in to the podcast below, and join us for the next Bilingual Storytime on Saturday, March 13th @ 2pm in the Learning Curve Theater. March's language is Pomo American Indian.


Download the German Bilingual Storytime Podcast here.

Decatur Discovery Academy: Mythic Pivot Animations

In January, students from Decatur Discovery Academy were at the Learning Curve researching and reproducing different mythologies through Pivot Stickfigure Animator. Students also added in their own voice-overs, re-telling the tales in their own words. Check out the example below!