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Fostering Creative Learning through Coding and Making in Brazil

Oct. 10, 2015

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The collaboration between the Media Lab and the Lemann Foundation, to support creative learning in Brazil, is moving forward at a fast pace. In just the past week, the two organizations launched a website to support participation in the Brazilian Hour of Code (including a Scratch tutorial project inspired by the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro) and also selected 20 organizations to create makerspaces for learning in Brazil. (...)

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