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  • ETC returns to Ms. Hughes’ Communication’s Class to explore a collaboration between ETC’s Mindset Team. Team Mindset is working with iThrive Games, a non-profit organization dedicated to teen helping teens thrive through gameplay. Utilizing their resources and expertise, the team will create games that empower......

  • The ETC and the educational project Mindset will visit the Grayson Center for a quick design workshop. Team Mindset is working with iThrive Games, a non-profit organization dedicated to teen helping teens thrive through gameplay. Utilizing their resources and expertise, the team will create games......

  • The ETC is currently working to establish Playtesting Sites within our local learning environments and is excited to work with Keystone Oaks SD to explore how those collaborations can look!...

  • Project Voyage is about exploring Collaborative VR in a classroom setting. Using Mobile VR, we want to show that collaboration in VR could be a powerful medium for education. We would be working closely with the teachers of Cornell School for our project. We would......

  • Join us for a special free event hosted at the ETC. Playtesting is all about getting people to come play your game to see if it engenders the experience for which it was designed. And while the other three types of testing (usability testing, quality......

  • The ETC joined the Pittsburgh EdSurge Tech Leader Circle (TLC) for an event hosted by Duolingo here in Pittsburgh.  The event gathered a great group of educators to discuss personalized learning....

  • The ETC is invited to take part in discussing how artificial intelligence could impact the future of learning and work.  A recent publication on the topic is available from KnowledgeWorks and can be found here:  http://www.knowledgeworks.org/future-learning...

  • The ETC is excited to host a design-thinking / brainstorming workshop for Madonna HS educators hailing from Weirton, WV....

  • The ETC is happy to demo technologies for University of Pittsburgh’s Camp BioE.  For more information on the Summer Camp visit: http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/CampBioE/...

  • A trip to NYC to explore other educational initiatives going on around the nation, yes please!  Find the us at the Market Place and on the conference stage! For more information about Games For Change, please visit:  http://www.gamesforchange.org/...

  • After celebrating our nation’s independence, AIU3 and the ETC met to set off some fireworks of there own.  Focused around game design across a number of platforms, the two entities are cooking up professional development and engaging challenges for participants.  More information soon!...

  • The ETC will visit the YMCA to design challenges for guests around STEAM.  We are looking forward to discussing game design in the physical world!   For more information, please visit: Homewood-Brushton YMCA...

  • The ETC will be on site demoing Virtual Reality as well as various educational technologies developed by our graduate students.  For more information visit: http://www.pghtech.org/events/create-festival.aspx...

  • Join us at Hampton SD’s Future of Learning Now: STEAM Learning & Innovation Exposition to play ETC made edtech games and enjoy other edtech experiences.  For more information visit: http://www.ht-sd.org/page.cfm?p=6061...

  • Join us at the Remake Learning Days Kickoff at PNC Park! The Kickoff is a free, family-friendly, drop-in party where Remake Learning Network members will show off their latest innovations and preview upcoming opportunities. Join us for a one-of-a-kind showcase of the future of learning......

  • Happy Mother’s Day from the ETC. The ETC attended the annual Gnome House Design Challenge hosted at Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Fallingwater.  Students from around the area and from around the nation participated in the challenge.  For more information please visit:  http://www.fallingwater.org/168/home-school-design-challenge-gnome-house ....

  • The ETC visited Seneca Valley SD to work with their 4th grade students on Alice.  Haven’t heard of Alice? Alice is an innovative block-based programming environment that makes it easy to create animations, build interactive narratives, or program simple games in 3D. Unlike many of......

  • After a semester long project exploring various technologies, students from Quaker Valley HS delivered their projects through pitches to each other, school teachers and administrators, school board members, and ETC faculty and staff.  The collaboration celebration marked a successful pilot program between the ETC and......

  • During a whirlwind visit to Pittsburgh, the Qatar BotBall Champion Team visited the ETC for lunch and a tour followed by a Q&A session.  The Botball Educational Robotics Program (http://www.botball.org/) engages middle and high school aged students in a team-oriented robotics competition, and serves as......

  • In exploring a current collaboration between the two educational entities, the ETC visited the fabled architectural feat which is nestled away beautifully – just a mere 43 miles – from Pittsburgh in rural southwestern Pennsylvania.  Members of the Fallingwater team currently run several educational outreach initiatives including Gnome......

  • On Monday, April 10th, representatives from the ETC joined area educators at Quaker Valley for a conference on teaching for a deeper understanding in association w/ Harvard’s Project Zero (http://www.pz.harvard.edu/).  ETC students took advantage of the gather of educators to play test the project Wonderland......

  • ETC Alumnus Arnab Basu spoke to current students about his role at Wonder Workshop, a company devoted to teaching youth how to code – using “kid speak”.  Arnab stressed the importance of multi-disciplinary skills forged here at the ETC.  Dash and Dot can often be......

  • The ETC was fortunate to host Don Rawitsch, a co-creator of the legendary ed tech game “The Oregon Trail”.  The original game was developed in 1971 and has seen countless remixes including our own Jesse Schell’s “Orion Trail”.  In his presentation, Don blazed through the game’s......

  • ETC Faculty Scott Stevens hosted Dr. Reddy to explore a few of our student projects which use Microsoft’s augmented reality device, the Hololens.  Dr. Reddy was accompanied by  fellow CMU professor, Ram Konduru, director of the Universal Digital Library Project.  The projects demo’d during the......

  • Join us for an evening of exploring live demonstrations of students’ work from the 2017 Spring Semester here at the Entertainment Technology Center!  On Wednesday, May 3rd, from 6:00pm – 9:00pm, all Pittsburgh-based project teams will be available for play testing as well as to discuss......

  • The ETC will be displaying various educational technologies at Madonna High School located in Weirton, WV on the evening of March 13th from 5:30 – 7:30....

  • Administrators and educators from Solanco, PA will make the trek West for a workshop at the ETC.  The workshop will focus on innovation and how to best use the resources provided by the ETC.  Interested in a workshop?  Please contact John Balash at jbalash[at]andrew.cmu.edu...

  • Join us at the Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) for a special Remake Learning Days event focused on sharing all of the available educational applications and resources the ETC has to offer your learning environment!  Explore, learn, discuss, and celebrate the innovative educational initiatives......

  • Join us Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center to learn CS with Alice!  This event will give you the chance to build a 3D world, create a storyboard, translate your story into a programmable script, and create an animation using an easy to learn programming......

  • Join John Balash, new Educational Network Coordinator at Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center, for a lunch meet and greet. Space is limited!  For full information and to register, please visit: http://centerforcreativity.net/event/innovation-in-education/...

For a complete list of engaging events focused on education please visit:

http://remakelearning.org/calendar/