Olin Professor Directs STEM Curriculum for New PBS Children’s Show

From Olin College of Engineering’s website:

Associate Professor of Computing and Innovation Amon Millner is contributing his expertise on cultivating computational thinking skills in young children to a new PBS KIDS show called Lyla in the Loop. 

Created by Emmy-winning producer Dave Peth, founder of media production and consulting company Mighty Picnic, Lyla in the Loop stars Lyla, an energetic 7-year-old Black girl, as she works with her close-knit family and diverse community to solve problems using concepts underlying computing fields, such as creativity, logic, and critical thinking.

Millner serves as the show’s curriculum director, reviewing scripts and visual designs to ensure scientific and computational accuracy. He also helps Mighty Picnic build and maintain an ecosystem of creative contributors that reflect the backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences being infused into the Loops neighborhood to “embody the kinds of work environments we hope that young people watching the show can enjoy or cultivate when they enter the world of work,” says Millner.

For more information, go to the Olin website: www.olin.edu/articles/millner-directing-curriculum-new-pbs-kids-show