I spent a few days last week at the Scratch conference at MIT. I’ve previously used Scratch in my classes. I’ve found it most useful for “structured free time” activities. This name may be a bit of a contradiction. Basically, students can choose from a number of activities that the class has agreed to be useful/acceptable activities that students can engage in in the classroom. I hoped that attending the Scratch conference would broaden my perception of the place of Scratch in the curriculum.
I went to presentations on the use of Scratch for digital storytelling, for retelling African Folktales, for making elementary level math games, for making multimedia presentations, and for making games. We had an ad-hoc discussion about how technology in general, and Scratch in particular, can change teaching and learning.
more to come once I’m in Sudan and can refer to my notes.
Pictures mostly of the MIT Media Lab.
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