Dust or Magic 2009: What's Next For SCRATCH By Eric Rosenbaum

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Summary

Eric Rosenbaum explores the latest research and project developments within the MIT Scratch community, ranging from educational resources and reflective learning tools to hardware integration such as sensors and robotics.

Highlights

Introduction to ScratchEd
00:00:05

An overview of ScratchEd, a community site developed for educators worldwide to share curriculum resources and materials for using Scratch in the classroom.

Master's Research: Jots
00:00:53

Introduction to 'Jots', a tool that records a user's reflective thoughts, emotions, and progress throughout their programming process to help capture the 'messiness' of learning.

Computer Crafting and Platform Expansion
00:05:02

Discusses experimental efforts to run Scratch on different hardware like the OLPC XO and Nokia tablets, and introduces 'computer crafting' by embedding Scratch projects into real-world objects.

Robotics and Sensing
00:07:01

Demonstrates the Scratch Sensor Board (PicoBoard) and Lego WeDo integration, showing how physical sensors and motors can control projects to create interactive media and augmented reality puppets.

The Future of Scratch
00:12:17

Brief look at future directions, including running Scratch in web browsers via Flash and developing new dialects like 'Design Blocks' and versions for 3D virtual worlds.

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