encouraging more creative uses of digital media by blending art, science, and technology

 

the Playful Invention and Exploration Network

 

partners

MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, Mass.

The Exploratorium
San Francisco

Science Museum of Minnesota
St. Paul

Okawa Center C.A.M.P.
Japan

The Ark
Ireland

Experimentarium
Denmark

Fort Worth Museum of
Science & History
Texas

American Visionary Art Museum
Baltimore

Lemelson Center at the
Smithsonian Institute
Washington DC

The MIT Museum
Cambridge, Mass.

 

 


generously funded by
The National
Science Foundation

 

We are establishing a collaborative network of museums to engage youth and their families in more creative and inventive uses of new technologies.

By taking a playful approach to invention, and integrating engineering with artistic expression, the PIE network provides support for a broader and more diverse range of people to see themselves as inventors.

The PIE Network spreads its ideas by hosting “make-your-own” workshops, publishing online and printed materials, and organizing MindFest™ events — gatherings of playful inventors of all ages.

 

 

partners & liaisons

the original NSF proposal

Mindfest 2001, Fort Worth

Mindfest 1999, MIT

 

using crickets

Chirp a Cricket discussion list

cricket peripherals the "survival kit"

crickets

 

discussion lists

PIE-ideas e-mail list: share constructionist activities

PIE-planning e-mail list: arranging upcoming events