# Data Gems 💠 **URL:** https://heyplix.mit.edu/c/activities/datagems/21.md [Latest](https://heyplix.mit.edu/latest.md) · [Categories](https://heyplix.mit.edu/categories.md) · [Tags](https://heyplix.mit.edu/tags.md) --- ## [About the Data Gems 💠 category](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/about-the-data-gems-category/1062)
**Author:** [@ada](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/ada)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/about-the-data-gems-category/1062 "2024-05-20T04:00:00Z")
Join us in this subcategory to discuss all things Data Gems! --- ## [Data Gems with Teens in Somerville Public Library](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/data-gems-with-teens-in-somerville-public-library/1621)
**Author:** [@ada](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/ada)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/data-gems-with-teens-in-somerville-public-library/1621 "2025-02-14T19:24:11Z")
Share your documented photos and reflections here! --- ## [DataGems and creative learning reflection!](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/datagems-and-creative-learning-reflection/1502)
**Author:** [@christy](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/christy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/datagems-and-creative-learning-reflection/1502 "2025-01-30T00:41:57Z")
Hello! My name is Christy, a first-year undergrad at MIT, and over the past few months I’ve been working with Ada on creating the DataGems activity. I wanted to join the PLIX project to get more involved in education an… --- ## [Pocket Data Collector](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/pocket-data-collector/1564)
**Author:** [@ada](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/ada)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/pocket-data-collector/1564 "2025-01-10T18:02:41Z")
What data are you collecting in your pocket? How are you collecting it? When? How might your collected data influence your decisions or actions later on? Here are some of my highlights from the Nov 14, 2024 workshop: … --- ## [Collecting data about library program participants](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/collecting-data-about-library-program-participants/1572)
**Author:** [@ada](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/ada)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/collecting-data-about-library-program-participants/1572 "2024-12-09T19:55:32Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve been thinking about fun ways and tangible ways to collect data about people participating in library programs. Some of the data that people often collect is number of people and how old they are! Here… --- ## [Data Gems Play Testing](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/data-gems-play-testing/1507)
**Author:** [@ada](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/ada)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/data-gems-play-testing/1507 "2024-11-11T21:47:31Z")
Share your Data Gems creations and ideas here. (Photos would be great!) What data are meaningful to you? What data are you tracking? What do different parts of your data tracker stand for? the colors? The charms? --- ## [Reflections on Data Gems at a Middle School Summer Program - Full STEAM Ahead!](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/reflections-on-data-gems-at-a-middle-school-summer-program-full-steam-ahead/1518)
**Author:** [@ada](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/ada)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/reflections-on-data-gems-at-a-middle-school-summer-program-full-steam-ahead/1518 "2024-09-18T16:30:48Z")
Hi everyone, just wanted to share Data Gems in action! My colleagues at pK-12 were running a middle school summer program called Full STEAM Ahead and I took advantage of the open-ended “choice time” to test out how Data… --- ## [Data Play + Explorations](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/data-play-explorations/1458)
**Author:** [@ada](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/ada)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/data-play-explorations/1458 "2024-05-01T16:25:38Z")
It can be hard to share how you’ve laid out your materials so here’s a place to share your photos and other explorations! --- ## [Bullet Journal Data Collection](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/bullet-journal-data-collection/1464)
**Author:** [@heba](https://heyplix.mit.edu/u/heba)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://heyplix.mit.edu/t/bullet-journal-data-collection/1464 "2024-02-15T04:32:03Z")
Ada, thank you so much for the shout out in the Ambassador Follow-Up email about my bullet journal! I thought I would share some pictures here for those who might like a better look. I’m chronically ill, so I’ve been us…