Technologies for Creative Learning
As taught in: Fall 2009
For one of the class assignments, two students built a Scratch-based drumset using foil-wrapped paper plates, conductive metal chopsticks, and a Scratch sensor PicoBoard. (Courtesy of anonymous MIT students. Used with permission.)
Instructors:
Prof. Mitchel Resnick
Karen Brennan
(Teaching Assistant)
MIT Course Number:
MAS.714J / STS.445J
Level:
Graduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course explores the design of innovative educational technologies and creative learning environments, drawing on specific case studies such as the LEGO® Programmable Brick, Scratch software and Computer Clubhouse after-school learning centers. Includes activities with new educational technologies, reflections on learning experiences, and discussion of strategies and principles underlying the design of new tools and activities.
