By Valerie I This post is the first in our Unlock the Block series, where we’ll help you unlock the magic behind some of the blocks in the Scratch editor. This series will also showcase some pretty impressive projects from our inventive Scratchers. …

By: Valerie I This week we’re hosting our annual Scratch Conference! The free and virtual event is a chance for educators, researchers, developers, and other members of the Scratch community to come together to share ideas about how to support creative learning experiences for young people around the world. Since…

By Valerie I It’s time for Scratch Week again! This year we’re celebrating 15 years of avant-garde creations, fanciful inventions, and the compassionate people that help make Scratch a fun and safe place to imagine, create, and share. But before we dig into this year’s festivities, let’s look back at…

By: Valerie I Every year, Scratch is used as a tool to animate curriculum and foster creative thinking in millions of classrooms around the world. Together, teacher and student Scratchers reimagine learning, create whimsical worlds with dancing foods, and narrate interactive stories that amplify diverse perspectives in their communities. Through…

By Valerie I Teen sisters Sharada Suresh, 14, and Harita Suresh, 16, enjoy sports, creative writing, and drawing like most kids their age, but they’re also deeply passionate about serving their community. …

By Valerie I It’s time for another episode of Scratching the Surface, a series of one-minute tutorials designed to make creating with Scratch even easier! If you’re a fan of our bite-sized, Unlock the Block series but are looking for a deeper dive, these extended, one-minute tutorials go beyond the blocks in Scratch and into more intermediate coding concepts. This month Scratch Brand Designer, Gabriella Campos, is teaching us how to use keyboard shortcuts. Take a look!

By Melodie D — Imagine a fine art gallery curated with a myriad of Scratch projects — Julian Cruz (JulesPotatoVan9 on Scratch) did just that with his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (BFA) project. A current student at Texas State University, he is completing his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (BFA) in the hopes of becoming…

The Scratch Foundation is grateful for Two Sigma’s Innovation-Level Sponsorship of the Scratch Foundation’s 2023 Event Series. The annual…

The Scratch Foundation is grateful for EPAM’s Innovation Sponsorship of the 2023 Scratch Conference. Each year, the Scratch Conference…