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Amos Blanton: Digital tools for learners with agency

Digital tools for learners with agency: Scratch, Constructionism, and the Maker Movement Constructionism is a theory of learning that suggests that people learn by doing or creating things they care about. This is the philosophy that guides the work of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT Media Lab, and the creation of tools like Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) - a free programming language and online learning community with over 3,000,000 members. In this talk Blaton describes some of his thinking behind Scratch and other projects created by members of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group, with emphasis on learner agency and other values shared by Constructionists, Makers, and Unschoolers. Amos is the project manager for the Scratch online community at MIT Media Lab, where he designs and maintains creative communities for people who love learning. Prior to joining the Scratch Team in 2009, he worked as an adviser at Not Back to School Camp, a humanistic psychotherapist, and blimp ground crewman. He is excited by the Maker Movement, and designing Maker spaces that support community and creative collaboration.