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Thank you for your interest in BlockTalk! BlockTalk is a set of scenarios where you can interact with an AI student about a challenge they are facing in their Scratch project. BlockTalk is designed to help computing teachers practice talking to students about their programming projects.

This is a research study being conducted by the Creative Computing Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Conversations with the AI students are logged for analysis. Click on the information sheet to learn more about the study.

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How old are the learners you work with?* (check all that apply)

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