Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The MIT Media Lab where Scratch was developed before moving location.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (often abbreviated as MIT) is a university in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a extremely exclusive university, and one of the most prestigious. It is also where Scratch was founded, and many other projects, including MIT App Inventor, are developed. Many of the Scratch Team members, except a few involved in moderation, worked there before Scratch broke away from its governance.

The current MIT University in Massachusetts.

The MIT Media Lab is where the Scratch Team worked on designing and editing Scratch, though the Scratch Foundation is now located in a different place in Boston. The address is 201 South Street Suite 102 Boston, MA 02111 USA.

A Brief History

MIT was founded by William Barton Rogers and was recognized on April 10, 1861. In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized America. Since then, MIT has built a robust tradition of solving problems in the public interest at the intersection of technology and humanity. It was originally located on Summer Street but moved to Cambridge in 1916. MIT moved to the left bank of the Charles River into its current campus, which was designed and constructed by alumni.

More Info

The MIT Media Lab is not just where Scratch was made. It is a university on media studies and technology. MIT's mission is to advance knowledge, educate students in science, engineering, technology, and humanities, and serve the nation and the world. MIT is also the group that made Scratch, the Lifelong Kindergarten Group, also worked on many other projects as well. The MIT Media Lab is also using LEGO to teach children design which can be used later on in life. It is teaching children to code, which anyone can use in the physical world and the online world. The LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 is also a invention kit with motors and sensors you can use to build interactive robotic creations. Connecting it to Scratch expands the possibilities: build a robotic puppet and tell stories, make your own musical instruments and game controllers, or whatever else you can imagine.

Scratch Day

An annual Scratch Day is held at MIT usually in the month of May and across the world, where people will come together to meet other Scratchers, share projects and experiences, and learn more about Scratch. Unfortunately official organized Scratch Day events have ended. The last official Scratch Day event that was hosted by the Scratch Team was in May of 2021. It is also the place where the Scratch Conference is held every other year.

See Also

• Lifelong Kindergarten Group
• MIT on Wikipedia
• Scratch
• MIT

External Links

• A project about what a former Scratch Team member learned about Scratch and MIT