By Malyk Johnson - 12th Grade, Allderdice High School
Anyone who has ever played a video game has wondered what goes into making the colorful worlds on the screens in front of them. Some players, especially teens, have even aspired to one day make games of their own.   On Wednesday, August 12, Schell Games, a local video game developer known for their work   Read more [...]

By Dejah Burke - 10th Grade, Propel Braddock Hills High School Anyone can be a superhero. Not only are Batman and Superman heroes, but so are police, firemen, and doctors.  But what about children? Superheroes Assemble, a week-long program from Assemble Pittsburgh, teaches kids ages 6-8 that they can be superheroes.  With the help of two instructors, Angel and Fabienne   Read more [...]

By Ellen Madden - 10th Grade, Moon Area High School
When most people think of learning, the first thing that comes to mind is school. At school, you learn in classrooms, take tests, and earn grades based on how much you learned. However, educators have created a new way to show proficiency in learning: digital badges, which demonstrate mastery of a skill in an online portfolio.   Read more [...]

By Matthew Ryan Miramontes - 11th Grade, Cornell High School Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession."  Expression is the one way to stay true to yourself   Read more [...]

By Matthew Ryan Miramontes - 11th Grade, Cornell High School
They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  But when taking a picture, how do you capture the words that you want to say?  Digital Photography, a one-week course through Pittsburgh Filmmakers Youth Media, helps aspiring photographers to capture photos of the world around them. This year the class   Read more [...]

By Ellen Madden - 10th Grade, Moon Area High School
Shooting videos has always been a short and easy process for kids of my generation.  Growing up around digital cameras and cell phones with built-in cameras, it's hard to imagine a time when recording a video took more than a few seconds of work. At Pittsburgh Filmmakers, teens ages 14-18 who are interested in filmmaking   Read more [...]

By Vera Fisk- 10th Grade, Pittsburgh Obama Academy
As I walked in on the last day of the WYEP Rock Radio Camp,  I was amazed at what I saw.  A group of students were playing instruments together, filling the room with the sounds of an electric guitar, while others were on laptops editing music and audio. The most impressive thing was that Read more [...]

By Serena Zets - 10th Grade, Pittsburgh CAPA
GirlGov graduate Miciah Foster said, "I have 50 sisters. The morning before last they were all gathered in a hotel room listening as I spoke about the injustice of black women. When I finished, every one of my sisters clapped in agreement, outrage, support   Read more [...]

By Maura Sheedy - 12th Grade, Oakland Catholic High School
After covering the first ReMakers Workshop at the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse (PCCR) earlier this summer, I thrilled to return for another workshop, entitled "Jewelry Remixing." I showed up wearing a favorite necklace of mine, a chain of geometric figures, in honor of the workshop's theme.   Read more [...]

By Vera Fisk - 10th Grade, Pittsburgh Obama Academy
On Thursday, July 23, I visited a ceramics summer camp for high school students hosted by the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild on the North Side. Upon entering, I could feel the comfortable environment of the teens and staff. The small group of students were all sitting around tables, talking with the staff over breakfast.   Read more [...]