Principal Investigator Mitchel Resnick
Project Website http://family.media.mit.edu/
In Family Creativity Workshops, we engage parents and their children in workshops to design and invent together with Scratch, a programming language that allows people to create their own interactive animations, games, and stories. Just as children's literacy can be supported by parents reading with them, children's creativity can be supported by parents creating with them. Children who learn to create with technologies like Scratch often come from homes with strong support systems. In these workshops, we especially target families with limited access to resources and social support around technology. By promoting participation across generations, these creative workshops engage parents in supporting their children in becoming creators and full participants in today’s digital society.