OctoStudio

MIT launched a free app that empowers kids to be digital creators anytime, anywhere! From the backyard to the beach, OctoStudio is your portable coding playground. ?? ????? ??Download for free: www.octostudio.org #kidsactivities #kids #kidsart #kidscrafts #creativecoding #parenting #learningthroughplay

Ever wanted to create stories, games, and animations on your mobile device? Join our friends at OctoStudio from MIT Media Lab for an interactive Scratch in Practice workshop, Create Anytime, Anywhere with OctoStudio! Learn more and register for free: https://lnkd.in/eWvdPfbi

???? Start creating your own rhythm game in #OctoStudio with the first part of Zo?’s latest tutorial series. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/emkcjcMD #CreativeCoding #CSEd #MobileApps #STEM #CodingForKids #SkateLife #LearnToCode #DigitalCreativity #GameDesign

Here are the remarks I made today when I received the 2025 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education... ----------------- I’m so honored to be receiving this award. But I really feel that the award shouldn’t be going just to me, since all of my projects over the years have been collaborations. Everything I’ve worked on, from LEGO Mindstorms to Computer Clubhouses to Scratch to our latest work on OctoStudio, all have been collaborations. Most notably, none of these projects would have been possible without the extraordinary contributions by students and staff in our Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab. Over the past 30 years, I’ve worked closely with more than 100 students and staff in the Lifelong Kindergarten group, some of them here today. I want to give special thanks to Natalie Rusk, my long-time collaborator, who has played a major role in all of our group’s projects. As a group, I think we’ve been successful since we’ve always kept our focus on providing young people with opportunities to develop as creative, curious, caring, and collaborative learners. And we’ve succeeded in doing that because all of the students and staff in the group have, themselves, been creative, curious, caring, and collaborative learners. So I’m honored to share this award with all of them.

?? Asteroids incoming! Get inspired to create your own intergalactic adventure in?#OctoStudio?using our latest tutorial. ?? Watch on YouTube https://lnkd.in/e8WrC6kU #CreativeCoding?#CSEd?#MobileApps?#STEM?#CodingForKids?#SkateLife?#LearnToCode?#DigitalCreativity?#GameDesign

?? + ???? = ?? Try making your own skateboarding project in #OctoStudio! ?? Get OctoStudio for free: https://octostudio.org #CreativeCoding #CSEd #STEM #CodingForKids #SkateLife #LearnToCode #DigitalCreativity

?? Gamify Learning with OctoStudio! ??? I thought I'd highlight a great free app that I believe has gone under the radar a bit: OCTOSTUDIO - brought to you by the team that made Scratch Jr! Check out my latest video, in which I show how to create an interactive jumping game using the free Octostudio app. We did This great activity with our Grade 2 students, and there was much room to expand beyond this simple game! This is an awesome resource for educators who want to bring game-based learning into their classrooms for our younger learners! ?? ?? Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/e_RdeW-F #EdTech #Gamification #ComputationalThinking #CodingForKids #TechInEducation #GameBasedLearning #ClassroomTech #K3Education #TeachingWithTech #Octostudio #InnovativeLearning

Create your own fashion projects in #OctoStudio ????? ?? Get OctoStudio for free at www.octostudio.org #FashionDesign #DIYFashion #CreativeCoding

See what the #OctoStudio community has been creating ??? What’s your latest project? Tag OctoStudio to share! ?? https://loom.ly/sQw7ANw

Make your ideas come to life. Snap together blocks to animate. Shake, jump, and tilt to play with your project OctoStudio Micro:bit Educational Foundation