events & WORKSHOPS
Upcoming Events:
Past Events:
Teaching Physical Computing Through Storytelling
September 22, 2023
Make: Education Forum
30-minute talk on how to teach physical computing tools like the micro:bit and Circuit Playground Express using storytelling, with a focus on creating paper robot characters.
Paper Engineering with Jasmine Florentine
September 17, 2023
Narayandojo Stemclub
Meet our guest speaker, Jasmine Florentine, a mechanical design engineer, author, and illustrator with a fervor for crafting innovative educational encounters, especially to captivate young minds in the realm of STEM.
2023 CodeJoy Make-A-Thon Interview: Making Project Trix with Jasmine Florentine
August 11, 2023
CodeJoy Make-A-Thon, Infosys Foundation USA Pathfinders Institute
CodeJoy’s CEO Kelsey Derringer welcomes Jasmine Florentine, the creator of the popular teacher favorite curriculum, BBC micro:bit’s Project Trix, to discuss how the character of Trix came about and Jasmine’s other projects in STEM content creation.
Physical Computing With MakeCode
August 11, 2022
New Jersey CSPD Week
Introduction to Circuit Playground Express and an overview of built-in features. MakeCode application and simulator will be used. Teachers will be introduced to servo motors. A paper robot will be built during the session.
Meeting the NJ CS Standards on Climate Change
August 11, 2022
New Jersey CSPD Week
Using wind power participants will gain the knowledge to incorporate the new NJ CS standards on climate change using physical computing. The project difficulty will be scaled to suit different age ranges and available materials.
August 12, 2022
New Jersey CSPD Week
Participants are given a design prompt. Jasmine will guide the participants through the design process. At the end of the workshop, participants will have worked in groups to define a problem statement, perform user research, ideate solutions, and finish by building and testing a first iteration prototype.
September 25, 2021
Maker Day Brazil
What stories can we tell using paper, cardboard and wind power? Let’s experiment together and find out! (English recording available here)
June 3, 2021
Evolve School
In this week’s bi-monthly chat, Karen Walstra (www.evolveschool.co.za) speaks to Jasmine Florentine.
May 2, 2021
Maker Campus
Join Jorvon Moss, Jasmine Florentine and Ryan Jenkins for a playful workshop to explore storytelling with servo motors.
March 15, 2021
DCU (Dublin City University)
"My journey as a mechanical design engineer, author, and illustrator": Talk and fireside chat for DCU Hack4Change.
Hex Allen's Guide to Defeating Monsters
Feb. 27 - March 5, 2021
Engineers Ireland
Created a project booklet and pre-recorded webinar for STEPS Engineers Week which went virtual for 2021.
NEWS & MEDIA
Watch Mechanical Engineer And STEM Content Creator Jasmine Florentine At Work
August 1, 2023
Smore Science Magazine
Make:Cast - If Kids Really Knew STEM
Dec. 8, 2022
Make: Community
Podcast with Dale Dougherty of Make: Community, discussing STEM education, the role making plays in engaging kids with STEM, and Jasmine's recently released STEM-adventure book, HEX ALLEN AND THE CLANKSMITHS.
Racing Minds - Performance Testing With Ford | Eurosport
Jan. 17, 2022
Ford and Discovery / Eurosport
Featured in Ford | Eurosport's documentary about the UNIT9 EEG Helmet as the Product Design Engineer of the patented EEG electrode.
A Day in the Life of a Mechanical Engineer
Dec. 2, 2021
OKDo Blog
Learn what does a mechanical engineer do? An interview with Jasmine Florentine.
Rights Report: Week of October 25, 2021
Oct. 25, 2021
Publishers Weekly
Hilary Van Dusen and Olivia Swomley at Candlewick/MIT Kids have acquired world rights to The Adventures of Maker Girl and Professor Smarts by debut graphic novelist Jasmine Florentine in a two-book deal.
Illustrating Covid-19 Hygiene Education (MIT News)
by Mary Beth Gallagher | Nov. 11, 2020
MIT News
Jasmine Florentine ’11, SM ’15 has illustrated a series of educational posters that demonstrate health and hygiene best practices related to Covid-19.
Illustrating Covid-19 Hygiene Education (MIT Mech. E.)
by Mary Beth Gallagher | Nov. 11, 2020
MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jasmine Florentine ’11, SM ’15 has illustrated a series of educational posters that demonstrate health and hygiene best practices related to Covid-19.
Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths Cover Reveal
Feb. 20, 2020
MG Book Village
Interview and cover reveal for Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths.
Rights Report: Week of June 10, 2019
June 10, 2019
Publishers Weekly
Asia Citro at Innovation Press has bought, in an exclusive submission, Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths, a middle grade adventure by MIT graduate and mechanical engineer Jasmine Florentine.