Learning Inspired by Marina Umaschi Bers: Learning by Coding

28 May 2020

Date

3/06/20 - 18:00

Could coding be the first written language we learn? How can coding be playful and empowering? And can we turn coding into a vehicle for key learning experiences for children?

In our new Learning Inspired conversation, Rosan Bosch meets with the coding expert Marina Umaschi Bers to talk about coding as a playground for children. Based on her work developing play-based coding tools for children, she shares how working with coding can develop core skills for young children.

Marina Umaschi Bers

Marina Umaschi Bers has co-developed the innovative and amazing ScratchJr programming language in collaboration with Mitch Resnick from the MIT Media Lab and Paula Bonta from the PICO company. ScratchJr lets children (ages 5-7) code their own interactive stories and games. She is Professor and Chair at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development and an adjunct professor in the Computer Science Department at Tufts University. Her research involves the design and study of innovative learning technologies to promote children’s positive development.