If you’ve ever studied acting or improvisation, you are probably familiar with the “Yes, and…” exercise. In this activity, participants are asked to have a free-flowing conversation with the only requirement being that every response begin with the words “Yes,…
Project LEO: Love Each Other
Video by Daniel Nemroff ’15 Every year, for as long as STEAM has been running, which so far is only two years, some students in STEAM try to give a holiday gift to the school. BC, my computer science and…
Painting Poetry with Robots
The people? Jenna Bergmann (myself), Shira Prusky, and Hannah Szapary. The concept? Painting poetry with robots. I know what you’re thinking — painting poetry either is nonsensical or pretty lame. I don’t mean painting words, though. I mean painting moods.…
A Disjointed Account of Why STEAM is Awesome
Its fall of 2012. I am a senior in high school, so I am not expecting to do anything too radical in the school year. “Keep your head down, do your work, get into college” that’s the plan, and darn…
Sculpting Music, Engaging Multitudes
Two tenth graders noticed a certain awkward muteness to the music room during chorus practice. Looking around the room they noticed, because of recent renovations, that the former musical note border had been painted over taking away the whimsical feel…