Scratch for Language Revitalization

How can coding education center community, language, and culture in the classroom? In this hands-on workshop, teachers will explore how Scratch can be used to create interactive stories, animations, and games in the languages spoken in your classroom. Through guided tutorials, educators will experiment with building their own Scratch projects that integrate vocabulary, storytelling, and support identity-driven expression. Educators will take away practical ideas to support language revitalization in their classrooms through Scratch!

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, educators will be able to:

• Explore Scratch as a tool to support language and identity expression
• Practice building simple Scratch projects that integrate vocabulary and storytelling
• Gain strategies for embedding Scratch into literacy and digital skills instruction
• Discover connections between coding and language revitalization initiatives