Scratch Team

Since 2007, Scratch has grown into a thriving creative learning community where kids worldwide have imagined, created, and shared more than a billion projects. Now, we're asking for your help. Join Scratch Membership & help keep Scratch free for everyone. ow.ly/Pj4h50XAHRI

It's our birthday, and you're invited to celebrate! 🥳 Join us for Scratch Week: the community celebration with daily themed studios designed to spark your creativity. On Day One, we're glowing up with Glow in the Dark. Check it out: scratch.mit.edu/studios/516090…

Hey, parents and educators! Curious how Scratch is navigating the world of AI? Join us on June 4 for Creative Possibilities with Scratch in the Age of AI, where you can get hands-on with some of our newest blocks that incorporate machine learning. events.ringcentral.com/events/creativ…

Minigame collections are a great way to practice variables, broadcasting, and more as you assign the same user inputs to different functions: in this game collection, a mouse click could make a snail race faster or choose a card from a deck. What minigames might you try? 🐌🐙

Bring your backdrops to the foreground in Boring Backdrops Begone, a free session in our Level Up with Scratch workshop series! Check out the recording here and discover more educator workshops to help you make the most of your Scratch instruction: youtube.com/watch?v=OfHh3-…

Happy #EarthDay! Scratchers are celebrating the animals, nature, and eco-friendly innovations that make up our world this week in the Earth Day studio. Check it out: scratch.mit.edu/studios/515626…

We're celebrating Earth Day with @TakeActionEdu on April 21! Join Maren from the Scratch Team at the Coding for Climate Earth Day Live Celebration to learn about how Scratchers imagine and build solutions to real climate challenges. 🌎 Tune in here: shorturl.at/qA1NV

Get ready to hear from Maren Vernon, the Learning Resource Designer at the @Scratch Foundation during our upcoming Coding for Climate Earth Day Live Celebration!

In this precision platformer, you don't aim for ledges: you avoid them. When Scratchers make platformers like Hopless, they're using and building skills like storytelling, physics, problem-solving, art, and so much more. What has Scratch helped you build?

Last week, a group of intrepid innovators and former Scratchers hosted @HackfromScratch at Purdue University: a 48-hour livestream of chaotic creativity that raised over $1,600 for Scratch! Check out the highlights and give to their campaign here: @hackfromscratch/support" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiltify.com/@hackfromscrat…

Scratchers are exploring the connection between technology and music in the Behind the Beats studio, made possible by our friends at Amazon Future Engineers! Check it out and drop your own beat! scratch.mit.edu/studios/515151…

@rwyl_andrian_13 Hello! If you have a question about a moderation action, our Help Center is the best place to reach out. You can find a link at the bottom of every page. scratch.mit.edu/contact-us/

@scratch Hi Scratch Team! I noticed today that my profile picture was removed for “being inappropriate”, but it very much wasn’t. My profile picture was a very simple gif of a character; I’m unsure as to where the idea of that came from. Where can I appeal? I believe this was a mistake.

Is Scratch going bananas? Join us in The Banana Universe to find out! 🍌 This a-peel-ing studio takes place in a world where bananas are everywhere: no fooling. Check it out, and try not to slip up! scratch.mit.edu/studios/515019…

Scratch helps kids bring classic stories to life in unique and hilarious ways. Check out this Scratcher's Pride & Prejudice project: play as Elizabeth dodging Mr. Darcy's attempts to "flex on" you to make it through the night. What inspires your Scratch projects?

This P1 boy and P3 girl made a great team today by producing an imaginative conversation between a shark and a diver using the coding software @scratch 🦈 🌊 #creative

$1,000. Going directly to support child creativity in partnership with @scratch. I still can't believe we hit it. Thank you so much to everyone who donated and tuned in this weekend! Attached is a quick recap of just some of the awesome things that happened. You can catch us live later this evening for our segments tonight at twitch.tv/hackfromscratch - schedule attached below! If you missed any of the awesome content, check out our YouTube playlist for the week at youtube.com/playlist?list=… - we'll be posting vods and videos periodically. Finally, we're running a creative jam throughout the week - anyone can submit and there's some awesome raffle prizes/participation awards. More info about that at hackfromscratch.org/jam. Special shoutout to instagram.com/jrninjaofficia… for his awesome work during our Undertale / Art Speedrun Race - you can check out that submission at itch.io/jam/hackfromsc…!

The Level Up with Scratch Workshop Series brings expert guidance for classroom teachers to a device near you, for free! Check out the playlist here to banish boring backdrops, super-charge your students' game design, and so much more: youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1iCq…

App development project team at Kireka Grammar Junior School, coding with @scratch programming edify.org.ug/edify-edtech-c… during co-curricular activities time yesterday. Looking forward to see what they will build in preparation for the #EdifyEdTech Exhibition!

@ps3timeonx That's true! Scratch's first public release was 2007, but there are prototype versions dating back even earlier :).

@scratch I should say… people have found the first version of scratch before 2007 in beta alpha or development and the one of them was… 2003!

Since 2007, Scratch has grown into a thriving creative learning community where kids worldwide have imagined, created, and shared more than a billion projects. Now, we're asking for your help. Join Scratch Membership & help keep Scratch free for everyone. ow.ly/Pj4h50XAHRI

We're springing into a new season in the Northern Hemisphere! We love this project celebrating spring's new beginnings, using lots of crafts and organic materials. How do you like to bring the real world into Scratch? 🐣

We’re a #ToolsCompetition finalist in the Accelerating K-12 Learning track! @ToolsCompete is awarding $3+ million this cycle to the next generation of educational tools. Check out all the finalists here. tools-competition.org/26-finalists