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The Scratch Team (often abbreviated ST) is the group of people who work on Scratch that develop the Scratch program and moderate the Scratch website.
Joining the Scratch Team
- Main article: How can I be a Scratch Team member?
Joining the Scratch Team is similar to being hired for a job. In order to join the Scratch Team, you have to be 18 years old, commute to MIT Media Lab located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (for some jobs), and be skilled at the part you want to work at (programming, moderating, etc.). A current list of Scratch Job openings can be found here.
Members
There are many members of the Scratch Team, including the following:[1]
- Andrew Sliwinski (thisandagain)
- Ben Berg (deep_thought42)[2]
- Carl Bowman (designerd)
- Carmelo Presicce (tarmelop)
- Chris Garrity (chrisg)
- Christopher Willis-Ford (cwillisf)
- Christan Balch (ceebee)
- Colby Gutierrez-Kraybill (codubee)
- Eric Schilling (speakvisually)
- Hannah Cole (dolphingirl36)
- Juanita Buitrago (jbuitrago0510)
- Kasia Chmielinski (petrichord)
- Linda Fernsel (LiFayTheGoblin)
- Matthew Taylor (mewtaylor)
- Mitchel Resnick (mres)
- Moran Tsur (Morant)
- Natalie Rusk (natalie)
- Rachel (Traditore)
- Ray Schamp (raimondious)
- Ricarose Roque (ricarose)
- Saskia Leggett (Sleggs)
- Sayamindu Dasgupta (sdg1)
- Shruti Mohnot (Shruti)
- Tim Mickel (tmmit)
These people in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab worked "in an interactive, iterative, loosely-organized style, with each team member contributing to many different parts of the project (Scratch), whether it be the online platform, site, or the program itself."[1]
- Andrea Saxman (pteropus)
- Annie Whitehouse (achouse)
- Christina Huang (AgentPineapple)
- Dalton Miner (Harakou)
- Franchette Viloria (cheddargirl) [3]
- Jolie Castellucci (FredDog)
- Mark Goff (Paddle2See) [4]
- Sarah Otts (scmb1)
- Lily Kim (pinkfoot123)
These people of the Playful Invention Company [5] "contributed to design, development, and exploration of new directions."[1] They also help moderate the website.
These people help coordinate the Scratch online community.[1]
Also, Yasmin Kafai (Univ. of Pennsylvania) and her research group conduct research studies with Scratch.[1]
Members who have recently joined
December 2015
- Hannah Cole (dolphingirl36)
- Linda Fernsel (LiFayTheGoblin)
- Lily Kim (pinkfoot123)
Previous Members
These are people who were previously part of the Scratch Team, but have retired and moved onto other projects.
- Abdulrahman Idlbi (adlogi)
- Andrew Fader (andrevan)
- Anne C. Feldman (Kibii)
- Amon Millner (millner)
- Amos Blanton (Lightnin)
- Andrés Monroy-Hernández (andresmh)
- Champika Fernando (Champ99)
- Chinua Shaw (Chinuaearl)
- Claudia Urrea [?]
- Dave Feinberg [?]
- Di Liu (Bookmonster)
- Dongfang (Tian) Mi (taranir)
- Eric Rosenbaum (ericr)
- Emily (mletreat) [6]
- Evelyn Eastmond (evhan55)
- Gaia Carini (carinig)
- Glen Chiacchieri (Glench)
- Ian Reynolds (fullmoon)
- Jay Silver (jay)
- Jens Moenig [7] (Jens)
- John Maloney (johnm
- Joren Lauwers (JSO)
- Karen Brennan (karenb)
- Leo Burd [?]
- Lis Sylvan (sylvan)
- Margarita Dekoli [?]
- Megan Haddadi (haddadi)
- Michelle Chung (mchung)
- Nathan Dinsmore (nXIII)
- Oren Zuckerman [?]
- Paul Medlock-Walton (paulmedwal)
- Randy Jou (RjLance)[8]
- Shane M. Clements (grokblah)
- Tammy Stern (tammy)
- Tony Hwang [?]
There have been many other people that contributed to Scratch, but have retired and have moved on. A full list can be found on the credits page.
Identifying Members
Members of the Scratch Team on the Scratch Website can be identified by the asterisk (*) next to their username.[9] In the Scratch Forums, the words "Scratch Team" appear underneath the profile picture of what the member posted. Some Retired Scratch Team Members do not have an asterisk next to their username.
Contacting the Scratch Team
One can contact the Scratch Team through the Contact Us form found at the bottom of every page. The Contact Us link is for more private or serious concerns, which should not be posted publicly. For less serious concerns, or for other reasons of contacting them, one can use a Scratch Team member's profile page.
Jobs
The jobs page in the footer lists jobs currently available for those wanting to work on the Scratch Team. These are paid jobs, so applicants must be at least 18. The jobs on the page change over time. The page can be found here.
See Also
References
- ↑ a b c d e http://scratch.mit.edu/info/credits/
- ↑ https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/168951/?page=6
- ↑ http://scratchforums.blob8108.net/forums/viewtopic.php?id=20463
- ↑ http://scratchforums.blob8108.net/forums/viewtopic.php?id=12176
- ↑ http://www.playfulinvention.com/
- ↑ http://scratchforums.blob8108.net/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5256
- ↑ https://scratcharchive.asun.co/forums/viewtopic.php?id=12176
- ↑ https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/95852134/
- ↑ https://scratcharchive.asun.co/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23242