Here are some highlights from the first day of Scratch this past week.
Scratch@MIT 2010: Day 1 Conference from Karen Brennan on Vimeo.
The conference was in Cambridge, MA and over 225 were in attendance. I’d wager that a third were from countries outside of the U.S. It was great to see the famous MIT Media Lab up close, and to see the birthplace of some amazing projects, including Scratch, Siftables, and the “Sixth Sense.” The focus however was on Scratch, the community behind it, and some innovations taking place both at MIT and also by others around the world.
Scratch@MIT 2010: Day 2 Conference from Karen Brennan on Vimeo.
The neatest take-away was a new Scratch-related project called DesignBlocks. This new project takes the Scratch-esque programming blocks and puts them online via Flash into a context for building designs and art.
I’m processing my own photos and movies now… but these videos (above and below) was shown during the conference’s closing session.
Scratch@MIT 2010: Day 2 Interviews from Karen Brennan on Vimeo.
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