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13 Nov 2024
I'll be joining OctoStudio and posting on other platforms. Looking forward to connecting on LinkedIn or Bluesky with you all!
12 Nov 2024
#OctoStudio has decided to stop posting on Twitter/X.
We hope you’ll follow us on other platforms. We're @OctoStudioApp on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky.
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28 Oct 2024
Little Language Models, developed by Media Lab PhD students Manuj and Shruti Dhariwal, helps kids learn how AI models work by giving them tools to build small-scale versions of their own. Little Language Models, which is being trialed in schools over the next month, runs inside @cocobuild—a learning platform, also developed by the Dhariwals, that empowers educators to engage students in creative computing experiences with peers.
technologyreview.com/2024/10…
ALT A screenshot from CoCo, showing four young users co-creating content inside the platform.
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30 Oct 2024
Shared this with my kiddo who called it a "game changer." We can't wait to seamlessly use our unique sprite creations across multiple projects now 🎉
30 Oct 2024
📣 Big news! We released a new Copy Paste tool in the #OctoStudio Paint Editor!
You can now Copy Paste artwork between projects and sprites! (Yes, you heard that right—between projects and sprites!)
Update to Version 1.0.25 to use this new feature octostudio.org
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16 Oct 2024
Great new @OctoStudioApp activities for #EUCodeWeek!
16 Oct 2024
Celebrate #EUCodeWeek with our 2 new activities! 🎉 Each comes with a quick tutorial and 3 ‘Things to Try’ videos.
Create a Creature: loom.ly/v5D2Kys
Make a Tilt Game: loom.ly/2ves5gg
Get OctoStudio free at octostudio.org @CodeWeekEU
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18 Sep 2024
Just last week, @ingridtech was biking by as my daughter and I were working on another OctoStudio project ❤️
18 Sep 2024
MIT launched a free app that empowers kids to be digital creators anytime, anywhere!
From the backyard to the beach, OctoStudio is your portable coding playground. 🏡 🏖️🎨
📱Download for free: octostudio.org
#kidsactivities #learningthroughplay
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11 Sep 2024
An article in today's Boston Globe lists Scratch and The Clubhouse Network as two of "the four most influential things to come out of MIT in the past 25 years" bostonglobe.com/2024/09/10/b… @Scratch @TheClubhouseNet
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10 Sep 2024
Over the years of creating OctoStudio projects with my daughter, I continue to be so grateful for the little joys and moments for connection it has offered. Bringing Pollie - her stuffed polar bear- to life is a project we come back to again and again with laughter and new ideas.
10 Sep 2024
Looking for a family activity that's both educational and creative? Try OctoStudio, a free coding app from MIT!
Learn to code together and bring your ideas to life as a family ✨
📱Download for free: octostudio.org
#kidsactivities #learningthroughplay
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6 Sep 2024
Experiment, play, and iterate as you work together to make your own game! Using the coding app @OctoStudioApp, get creative with materials and merge digital and physical worlds to make your own interactives during with The Lifelong Kindergarten group. bit.ly/festivalguidecsf
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6 Sep 2024
We’re thrilled to share that OctoStudio has been included on the "Notable Children’s Digital Media" list from the American Library Association (@ALALibrary @wearealsc) ✨
👉 ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/no…
📱Get OctoStudio for free: octostudio.org
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2 Sep 2024
Sharing a blog post about Mimi Shalf and I’s experience facilitating workshops @Play_Make_Learn in July! We loved reconnecting with colleagues, sharing new resources from our team, and meeting so many amazing educators #PML2024 creativecommunities.group/bl…
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3 Sep 2024
As the new school year starts, provide opportunities for students to create and learn with #OctoStudio @OctoStudioApp !
3 Sep 2024
Create animations & games on a phone or tablet anytime, anywhere with #OctoStudio from @LLKgroup at @medialab 🐙✨
🌍 Available in 25 languages
📲 Works offline
🆓 Completely free—no ads, in-app purchases, or data collection
➡️ Get on iOS & Android: octostudio.org
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15 Aug 2024
#OctoStudio has launched in Uganda!
This was made possible by collaborator @solomonbwiree, whose vision of expanding creative learning opportunities shaped the development of the app and its introduction to his community. Many thanks to @creativechildf @BalaamAteenyiDr
10 Aug 2024
Honorable minister, it was such an incredible honor to have you launch @OctoStudioApp in Uganda. Thank you for honoring our invitation. Children & youth are so lucky that our dear president, His excellency YK Museveni, gave us you👏
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14 Aug 2024
🔮 How can we help make AI “un-magical” for children?
⬇️ Sharing new ideas and approach towards #AIEducation @cocobuild @manujdhariwal
12 Aug 2024
🎲 Introducing #ProbabilisticThinking as a foundational fluency for children in the #GenAI era, complementing #ComputationalThinking
➡️ Read article: coco.build/llm
The ideas of probabilistic thinking, modeling, and learning lie at the core of #LLMs like #ChatGPT. How can children engage with these ideas in co-creative and personally meaningful ways?
New work in #AIEducation #LittleLanguageModels #CTplusPT by @manujdhariwal @dhariwalshruti @medialab @MIT #PhD
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12 Aug 2024
🎲 Introducing #ProbabilisticThinking as a foundational fluency for children in the #GenAI era, complementing #ComputationalThinking
➡️ Read article: coco.build/llm
The ideas of probabilistic thinking, modeling, and learning lie at the core of #LLMs like #ChatGPT. How can children engage with these ideas in co-creative and personally meaningful ways?
New work in #AIEducation #LittleLanguageModels #CTplusPT by @manujdhariwal @dhariwalshruti @medialab @MIT #PhD
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9 Aug 2024
This afternoon, I unveiled Octo Studio, an innovative app developed by Muk Institute of Technology in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA for our children.
Grateful for the support from:
Makerere University kampala, @MIT and Creative a Child
Empowering young minds in innovation and technology is our priority. Proud to partner with institutions and organizations driving this mission.
Special thanks to the Engineering students for the warm welcome!
@GovUganda
@Educ_SportsUg
@Makerere
@MIT
#OctoStudio #Innovation #Technology #Partnership #EmpoweringYouth #MukInstituteOfTechnology #MIT #MakerereUniversity
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8 Aug 2024
🫱🫲 Create and play together using "Beam" blocks!
Beam blocks make it possible to create collaborative #OctoStudio projects using Bluetooth. Send or receive a beam from any phone nearby to make something happen.
➡️ Download and learn more at octostudio.org
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30 Jul 2024
💡 Looking for mini-game inspiration? Check out our #OctoStudio tutorial playlist on YouTube for ideas! Be sure to share your project and tag #OctoStudio!
➡️ loom.ly/iDeHzfk
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23 Jul 2024
OctoStudio in the news!
Read the latest article from @mres and Natalie Rusk in Hello World Magazine to find out how young people around the world are using the #OctoStudio mobile coding app to create anytime, anywhere!
Read here (p. 20): rpf.io/hw24
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23 Jul 2024
What an inspirational and moving afternoon celebrating the brilliance that is Dr.@JaleesaT <3
23 Jul 2024
I successfully defended my dissertation last Friday, and earned my PhD from the MIT Media Lab. My research focuses on centering the lived-experiences of youth who have been marginalized to engage them as co-designers in STEM learning and civic engagement.
#PhinisheD
ALT I'm sitting on steps with my left leg crossed behind the right. I'm wearing a white dress, burgundy and gray phd gown and gray cap. I'm wearing tan sandals. There are gray pillars behind me.
ALT Photo of a graduation cake that says Congratulations Dr. Jaleesa, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo in the middle.
ALT I'm smiling, wearing a pink dress. I'm wearing my hair straightened. I'm posing behind a graduation cake. The cake says congratulations, and has the MIT logo underneath.
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10 Jul 2024
I'm excited to announce that my dissertation defense is next Friday, July 19th at 2PM. Please RSVP to attend online or in person: forms.gle/qR6UEDoUySJRYeEs6
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