the bootcamp experience

What is “making,” what constitutes a “makerspace” and why does making matter? Join museum professionals in a four-day immersive maker experience where you are the learner. Examine the value and importance of making in education by experiencing it for yourself.

Participate in hands-on making, engage with other educators and explore MAKESHOP’s Principles of Practice and other research-based tools and strategies. Whether you are an experienced educator, maker expert, new to teaching/makerspaces or anywhere in between, this professional development experience will offer insight into the people, processes, tools and materials necessary to cultivate maker-centered learning for any space, formal or informal.

We recommend attending with another representative of your institution, be it a teacher, librarian or administrator, so you can support each other’s efforts and implementations beyond Boot Camp.

There are no current Boot Camp dates available.

Please check back for updates.

Fees are discounted for additional participants from the same institution.

Act 48 hours provided.

Earn two graduate credits from Northwest Nazarene University. Learn more info here

Request more info about Maker Boot Camp and other educator offerings  – contact pd@pittsburghkids.org.