Scratch: Creating and sharing interactive media

Karen Brennan, Andrés Monroy Hernández, Mitchel Resnick

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4 Scopus citations

Abstract

Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu) is a new programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, music, games, art, and animations - and share those creations on the web. In a little over a year, more than 47,000 members have contributed over 300,000 projects online. Scratch presents powerful opportunities for learning - as people program and share with Scratch, they learn to think creatively, plan systematically, and work collaboratively, while also learning important computational ideas. In this seminar, participants will have a unique opportunity to work with the creative team that developed Scratch. Join members of the Scratch Team from MIT Media Lab for hands-on experiences with Scratch, explorations of how collaboration is supported by Scratch, and design-oriented activities for further supporting collaboration. Bring your laptop - no prior experience with Scratch is necessary!

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComputer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices, CSCL 2009 Community Events Proceedings - 9th International Conference
Pages217
Number of pages1
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event9th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 2009, CSCL 2009 - Rhodes, Greece
Duration: Jun 8 2009Jun 13 2009

Publication series

NameComputer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices, CSCL 2009 Community Events Proceedings - 9th International Conference
Volume2

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 2009, CSCL 2009
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes
Period6/8/096/13/09

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications

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