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Scratch in education
Scratch is a programming language developed at MIT that allows users to create interactive stories, games, and animations. It was created by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab with support from organizations like the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, and Google. The name Scratch refers to the scratching technique used by DJs to mix music clips, similar to how Scratch allows users to mix different media like graphics and sounds.
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Scratch in education
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- 3. What is Scratch? •Scratch is a control program that enables you to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art
- 4. Who made it? •Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Supported by the following: 1. National Science Foundation 2. Microsoft 3. Intel Foundation 4. MacArthur Foundation 5. Google 6. Iomega 7. MIT Media Lab research consortia
- 5. Why the nameScratch? • The name Scratch comes from the scratching technique used by hip-hop disc jockeys, who spin vinyl records back and forth with their hands to mix music clips together in creative ways. • You can do something similar with Scratch, mixing different types of media clips (graphics, photos, music, sounds) in creative ways.
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- 7. Why Scratch? • It’sOpen Source • It’s Free • Available for Mac, PC & Linux • A great introduction to programming (Problem solving) • It’s Fun
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