Hey, parents and educators! Join us June 4 to learn more about how we’re imagining AI in Scratch. You’ll get the chance to explore AI-powered blocks like Face Sensing, see some of the experimental features we’re exploring, and share your feedback. Register for free: https://lnkd.in/eMw3Rfne
Scratch Foundation
Non-profit Organizations
Boston, MA 11,682 followers
We support creative coding for everyone. Scratch is a project of the nonprofit Scratch Foundation.
About us
At the Scratch Foundation, our mission is to ensure that Scratch is available for free, for everyone, so that kids around the world can express their ideas through coding. As champions of the Scratch project, we raise funds to support the project and share stories of innovation, collaboration, and learning within the global Scratch community. We focus on Scratch, the block-based programming language and online community developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Scratch makes it easy for young people to create their own interactive media projects -- like games, animations, and simulations -- and then share their creations with others in an active, online community. Scratch is available for free, for everyone. And that's why the Scratch Foundation is so important. Through gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations, we raise funds to support the entire Scratch ecosystem, including development of new technologies, organization of events, and dissemination of learning resources. We were founded in 2013 as the Code-to-Learn Foundation by Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, and David Siegel, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the investment management firm Two Sigma. Mitch and David first met as graduate students in computer science at MIT in the 1980s, and reconnected 25 years later when David's son learned to program with Scratch, developed by Mitch's research group at the MIT Media Lab. In 2015, we changed our name to the Scratch Foundation to reflect our specific focus on Scratch and its dynamic ecosystem of interacting projects (Scratch, ScratchJr, ScratchEd) and events (Scratch Day, Scratch Conference, Scratch Educator Meetups).
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http://www.scratchfoundation.org/
External link for Scratch Foundation
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- philanthropy, partnerships, coding, learning, education, learning, k-12, and kids
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Boston, MA 021111, US
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We're pausing the Scratch Membership program while we explore new ways to build community with our donors, and the Scratch Shop is taking a short hiatus starting June 1. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e5cCrjeC
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Ever clicked “See Inside” on your favorite Scratch animations? A whole lot of complexity goes into creating a short clip! Kids who animate with Scratch master sounds, timing, variables, complex code sequences, and so much more. We love how Scratcher jobicodes brought these concepts together for their project “Shao is Ready for Battle!”
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The Level Up with Scratch Workshop Series brings expert guidance for classroom teachers directly to you, for free! Check out the playlist here to dust off your debugging strategies, super-charge your students' game design, and so much more: https://lnkd.in/d-DqFuya
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Adding physics to a Scratch project can help kids understand the utility of math and science concepts. In this game, players carefully balance Scratch Cat on a high wire and try to avoid cat-astrophe. Behind the scenes, Scratch blocks determine the difference between a close call and a tumultuous tumble.
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Hey, parents and educators! Like you, Scratch is thinking deeply about how AI intersects with children’s learning and creativity. We’d love to share some of our learnings with you on June 4 at our Creative Possibilities with Scratch in the Age of AI webinar. Join us to get hands-on with some of our newest blocks that incorporate machine learning. https://lnkd.in/eMw3Rfne
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Thank you for making this a Scratch Week to remember! Scratchers have shared more than 6400 projects (and counting!) in Scratch Week studios. Today, we're wrapping up the celebration with a big birthday party for Scratch Cat, and you’re invited to join! 🥳🎈 Check it out: https://lnkd.in/eBH5YcB4
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It's our birthday, and you're invited to celebrate! 🥳 Join us for Scratch Week: the community celebration with daily themed studios designed to spark your creativity. On Day One, we're glowing up with Glow in the Dark. Join us! https://lnkd.in/ebik4UUH
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Hey, parents and educators! Curious how Scratch is navigating the world of AI? Join us on June 4 for Creative Possibilities with Scratch in the Age of AI, where you can get hands-on with some of our newest blocks that incorporate machine learning to expand the possibilities of what you can create with Scratch. https://lnkd.in/eMw3Rfne
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Give a warm welcome to Champika Fernando, Scratch's new CEO! 👋 As a founding member of the Scratch Team, Champika knows the Scratch community inside and out. They're looking forward to leading the development of Scratch 4.0 and beyond. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dS6d6tQC
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