Eric Joseph

🕵️ Deconstructing AI Slop: the Fake Monk e-Book Scam

I keep seeing “Tibetan monk” accounts with huge followings—but they’re selling sketchy e-books, spreading medical misinformation, and posting obvious AI content. Here’s how the scam works. #AISlop #AI

Celebrate #CSEdWeek (Dec. 8-14) with OctoStudio, a free coding app from the creators of Scratch!

Visit our Learn page for inspiring activities created in collaboration with National Geographic!

Each includes an educator guide, slides, videos, and a student handout! octostudio.org/support/lear...

YouTube video by Eric Day in My Life at MIT (I Research Play!)

A peek into my day-to-day at the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT — working on OctoStudio, creative learning, and more!

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🎶🔥 Start creating your own rhythm game in #OctoStudio with the first part of Zoë’s tutorial series.

Watch here: youtu.be/Ow5B9vQOUVk
#EduSky

Visit our Learn page for activities, tutorials, and guides to support creative learning with #OctoStudio 🥳

➡️ loom.ly/i8nVs70 #EduSky

Tell stories with #OctoStudio, a free mobile coding app from MIT!

📱 www.octostudio.org #EduSky

Can you climb faster than a koala? 🐨💨 Shake your phone & code your own race in #OctoStudio!

Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/NzbgO...

#gamedesign #edtech #coding #kidsactivities #csed #creativecoding #STEM #makersgonnamake #EduSky

Jump, and your character jumps too 😮 Learn how in just 25 seconds with Eric’s #OctoStudio tutorial.

📺 youtube.com/shorts/Hpd5d...

#gamedesign #edtech #coding #kidsactivities #csed #creativecoding #STEM #makersgonnamake #EduSky

Tell stories that jump between devices using beam blocks in #OctoStudio🚪🌀🦖

Get OctoStudio for free: www.octostudio.org

#CreativeCoding #EdTech #STEMEducation #StorytellingWithTech #KidsCanCode #EdSky

Take a moment to breathe 🌬️ Try creating an #OctoStudio project that helps you unwind and relax.

Get OctoStudio for free: www.octostudio.org
#Mindfulness #Relaxation #Wellness #BoxBreathing

Bring your ideas to life with #OctoStudio, a free mobile coding app from MIT! Create animations and games on your phone or tablet—anytime, anywhere! 🎨📱

www.octostudio.org

Meta’s official “AI character” pretends to donate clothes to charity.

Dystopian.

Check out more of their weird fictional AI-generated posts here: www.instagram.com/p/C1r5cP6R9tg/? igsh=amgwNjVtbnFwMmNh

🎉 Happy #CSEdWeek & #HourOfCode! Get creative with our 2 new OctoStudio activities:

🐼 Create a Creature
🎮 Make a Tilt Game

Try them now at octostudio.org/hoc

Forbes 30 Under 30 2024: Education Bringing access and opportunity to the classroom and beyond

I'm so happy that my wonderful colleague Zoë Bentley, the creative force behind many of the inspiring video tutorials and accessibility features in Scratch and OctoStudio, has been selected for the new Forbes 30 under 30 list! A well-deserved honor! www.forbes.com/30-under-30/...

⏪ Flashback Friday! Bring your water bottle to life with #OctoStudio with this tutorial from last December!

🔢 Sip Tracker
🌟 Bottle Powerup
☎️ Bottle Phone

Watch here: youtu.be/clh5aOqyp8s
Get OctoStudio for free: www.octostudio.org

Create your own fruit slicing game with #OctoStudio! 🍉🍌 Code fruit (or any food) to jump up, slice to score points, and more. What will you make? 🤔✨

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojwU...

✨Get OctoStudio for free at www.octostudio.org

#EDUsky #EdTech #CSforALL#EdTechChat

RAISE AI Playground – MIT Media Lab AI blocks are a suite of drag-and-drop coding blocks that allow students to integrate AI engines into block-based programming projects.

Hey there! OctoStudio doesn’t have an AI blocks. Scratch doesn’t have any either. That, a different research group has forked Scratch and added a ton on AI extensions. www.media.mit.edu/posts/ai-blo...

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👋 Bluesky,

I'm Eric! A few things about me...

- Working on OctoStudio, a free coding app from MIT🐙
- Former Scratch Team member of 8 years 🐱
- Interested in creative learning and self expression 🎨

Excited to create and share with you #EDUsky #EdTech #CS4All