Meet the New 2018-2019 Cohort of the League of Innovative Schools
This year, Digital Promise is excited to announce 12 new districts will join the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools. The League is a powerful network of forward-thinking school district leaders....
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Organize and Motivate Your Local Maker Community
How can I motivate teachers in my district to introduce making to their students? What are examples of maker learning projects in my subject area? Where can I learn about what making is from someone...
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How Cohorts Drive Maker Learning Growth Opportunities
In July 2018, representatives from 10 Pittsburgh-area schools excitedly gathered with the goal of growing maker learning opportunities as the Southwest Pennsylvania Maker Learning Leadership Cohort....
View ArticleFoster Social-Emotional Learning through Making
In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort. This cohort program is dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh...
View ArticleMaker Learning is Powerful Learning
At Digital Promise, we believe all learners should have the opportunity to engage in Powerful Learning. These principles guide our work to close the Digital Learning Gap by ensuring learning...
View ArticleVote for Digital Promise in the 2020 SXSW EDU PanelPicker
It may be August, but we’re already planning ahead for SXSW EDU in March 2020. Public voting for the conference is now open, and we are asking for your help in voting for our proposed panels to be...
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The Power of Listening: Remake Learning Days Across America
There is true power in listening—listening not just to hear, but to understand. This kind of listening has been a pivotal part of how Digital Promise, our partners, and educators across the country...
View ArticleEmbracing Our Inner Makers: Hands-On Learning During COVID-19 and Beyond
Maker Learning is Powerful Learning. When learners engage in design experiences that are personal and accessible, authentic and challenging, collaborative and connected, and inquisitive and reflective,...
View ArticleNew Cohort Opportunity for Designing Powerful Learning Experiences
In September, Digital Promise launched a series of events to support educators with continuing and growing maker learning opportunities that meet the needs of learners through distance learning and...
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Remaking the Future of Learning, One Community at a Time
The mother I met on a May evening in 2019 at the Pittsburgh Youth Filmmakers premiere had never heard of the local student film program before that night. But after seeing a flyer for Remake Learning...
View ArticleMaker Learning Leadership Framework
The Maker Learning Leadership Framework is designed to help schools develop a pathway to sustainable, equitable, and powerful maker learning programs for all learners. The post Maker Learning...
View ArticleBring Powerful Maker Learning Experiences to Learners
In 2021, six educators representing community-based organizations, libraries, public schools, and the Digital Promise Maker Learning team embarked on a journey to increase opportunities for virtual and...
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