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       PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT: SCRATCH

PROJECT ABSTRACT

Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, games, music, and animations—and share your creations on the Web.

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.

Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, with financial support from the National Science Foundation and the Intel Foundation. The software is available free of charge from http://scratch.mit.edu.

VIEW MIT Press Release
Scratch Homepage

Backgrounders: (pdf)
Creating with Scratch | Learning with Scratch | Programming with Scratch
WATCH tv icon Overview of Scratch by Group Members (.swf)
tv icon Scratch Introduction Video (.wmv)
tv icon Overview of Scratch by Mitchel Resnick (.rm)

DOWNLOAD IMAGES


Photographs from a Scratch Workshop
Download 4 images | Photo credits (left to right): L. Barry Hetherington, Grace Chui (2), Karen Randall

Scratch Workshop Scratch Workshop Scratch Workshop Scratch Workshop in Minnesota


Screenshots of Scratch Projects and Program Interfaces
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Screenshot: Earth Channel Screenshot: Breakdance
Scratch Project, Dance Scratch Project, Earth



Screenshots of Scratch Programs
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Cat Sprite Program Drum Script Program

PROJECT DIRECTOR

Mitchel Resnick, Lifelong Kindergarten Group

CONTACT

Press
Alexandra Kahn, Press Liaison, MIT Media Lab
akahn **at** media.mit.edu or 617 253-0365


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