The Remake Learning Digital Corps marries new technology with classic crafts

Earlier this month, I was invited to spend an enlightening day with Institute of Play (IOP), a non-profit based in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan that aims to help educators integrate game-design principles into their learning experiences. The future as we know it is rapidly changing and the workforce that today's students face is widely unknown. During my visit to NYC, I got to witness the power of play and how it is shaping the next generation of innovators at the Quest To Learn (Q2L) public school, opened in 2006 by Institute of Play.

Whether you’re a teacher in the classroom, interested parent, after school mentor, or student, there’s a vehicle for learning code that fits your budget, schedule, and learning style.

Siena Baldi is founder and director of the MITCH Collective, a community arts non-profit offering workshops, artist residencies, and studio space.

CreativeMornings was founded in New York City in 2009 to gather creative types for a free breakfast and a twenty-minute talk by a local peer. Now Pittsburgh joins the nearly fifty cities to host CreativeMornings.

From Athens, Greece to South Africa, Brazil, and back to Pittsburgh, see how students at Cornell High School are connecting with peers from around the world to take on global issues.

Home to cutting-edge artists and leading technologists, Pittsburgh is fast becoming a national leader in game-based learning.

The transformation marking Elizabeth-Forward High School’s recent renovation warrants more than literary description and admiration, it might justify a school name change to “FORWARD Elizabeth!”

Kids+Creativity Network member Heather Mallak reports from the front lines of the 48-hour game design challenge

Melissa Butler writes a guest post for the Spark blog on her use of inquiry-based learning in her Kindergarten classroom at Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5.

Educators, researchers, and scientists in Pittsburgh are using technology as a powerful tool that awakens the imagination and fosters the cognitive development of young children.

Leanne Bowler of Pitt's iSchool shares her thoughts on the challenges technology and media place on metacognition, or thinking about thinking

Funding announced to support pilot programs that leverage collaborations between organizations to create pathways for learning activation

Yael Silk informed K+C Network members about all types of program evaluation this afternoon. Miss out? Read here to see what went down!

Elizabeth Forward Middle School opens a SMALLab to create multimodal learning environment that reinvents the traditional classroom.

Get the recap of the 2012 Pittsburgh STEM Summit here. Learn about presenters and their STEM-forward projects and ideas.

“I wonder to what extent your technology ‘tail’ is wagging the dog.” wrote the reviewer in the rejection letter of my first grant proposal.

The maker movement is more than just a trend; it is a revival of the heart and soul of the American dream where everyone has the potential to push the boundaries of the imagination and create something that has never been done before.

Seema Patel and Patrick Mittereder joined K+C Network members today for a luncheon of learning at The Children's Home & Lemieux Family Center to discuss information from the Sandbox Summit

Spark, K+C Network members joined for lunch and learning at the AIU to discuss STEAM learning and it's implications for Pittsburgh area schools.

What does it take to ignite a child’s interest in learning? How do you transition these early interests into college and career choices? Activation Lab is looking for answers.

Teresa DeFlitch, Director of Winchester Thurston's City as Our Campus Program, discusses the benefits of restrictions.

The youth-led grant making program, Teens 4 Change, involved nine students ranging in age from 14 to 17 years old. Students came together from a number of different Pittsburgh schools and communities to learn about making social change happen, specifically for people their age.  Willa Paterson from Three Rivers Community Foundation (TRCF), the leader of […]

Allegheny Intermediate Unit traveled to San Francisco for Education Day and Maker Faire. This is what they had to say about it.