A slew of the Pittsburgh's leading organizations traveled to D.C. for the National Maker Faire, which kicked off the National Week of Making. Among them were representatives from The Sprout Fund, The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, district school superintendents, and folks from local community arts organizations like BOOM Concepts, which made mini-murals to display in the Washington Garfield neighborhood.

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President Obama proclaims June 18 a National Day of Making and turns to Pittsburgh for inspiration.

As kids head back school this fall, educators and researchers are teaming up to figure out what kids learn from tinkering, and how it may help prepare them for the future.

A partnership funded by the federal government hopes to create a thousand makerspaces in public high schools by 2016.

Making is more than a hobby. The DIY movement that bridges hacking and inventing is also a discipline for innovation, and a learning methodology that more and more educators are using with students of all ages.

Maker Faire brings thousands to New York Hall of Science for two days of tinkering, hacking, and DIY innovation

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