With ‘Scratch,’ our goal is to allow people to mix together all kinds of media, not just sounds, in creative ways. We want people to start from existing materials – grabbing an image, grabbing some sound, maybe even bits of someone else’s program, and then extending them and mixing them to make them their own. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
With ‘Scratch,’ we want to let kids to be the creators. We want them to create interesting, dynamic things on the computer. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
Computer programming has been traditionally seen as something that is beyond most people – it’s only for a special group with technical expertise and experience. We have developed ‘Scratch’ as a new type of programming language, which is much more accessible. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
For me, the most important and distinguishing property of new media is interactivity. But how many people can actually create interactive games, animations, or simulations? Not very many. So, in my mind, very few people are truly literate with new media. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
Working as a correspondent for ‘Business Week,’ I felt that I was simply informing people, not empowering them. I saw a parallel problem in the world of education. In too many educational settings, teachers simply ‘inform’ or ‘instruct’ learners, rather than providing learners with opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
I believe that the best way to help people understand the world is to provide them with opportunities to actively explore, experiment, and express themselves. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
In my office, I have the creative things that kids have made for me over the years. The nice thing about the physical side of life is that I can have them on my shelf. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
I never took a computer science course in college, because then it was a thing you just learned on your own. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
With ‘Scratch,’ you create computer programs by snapping together graphical programming blocks, much like LEGO bricks, without any of the obscure syntax and punctuation of traditional programming languages. After creating an interactive ‘Scratch’ project, you can share it on the ‘Scratch’ website, just as you would share videos on YouTube. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
