SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/09/13 — announced today that is will be demoing at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013, Start-Up Alley, on Monday, September 9. Scoot & Doodle is a social creativity platform where friends and classmates think visually and work creatively together inside live, collaboration studios that provide an innovative space to share, brainstorm, create, and problem-solve together, whether at home, at school or on-the-go.
In its first collaboration studio, built as an app on Google+ Hangouts, Scoot & Doodle users work together on a shared canvas with face-to-face video using drawing, creation tools and kickstarter activities for creative and entrepreneurial thinking. Up to 10 people can collaborate and create simultaneously. The product-s design makes it easy to expand on each others- thinking. Users can brainstorm with one group, advance concepts with another, and share to the community for additional feedback.
“Passion and learning go hand-in-hand when we work creatively and build upon ideas together,” said Christine Egy Rose, CEO of Scoot & Doodle. “At Scoot & Doodle, we empower learners to make, play and learn together through a mix of peer collaboration, social community and open-ended design. Our products are designed to spark creative conversations and amplify thinking, evolving individual and group contributions into something truly transformative.”
Scoot & Doodle also facilitates a broader community of learning by enabling interactions between users — learners can work together with educators, parents, friends or experts from around the world.
Educators use Scoot & Doodle to help:
Unite with global classrooms, physically separated campuses or classes
Discuss, collaborate, create and improvise on projects together
Bring in remote experts for classroom projects and discussions
Involve parents and extended family in the students- day-to-day learning process
Enable students to think visually and collaborate on complex STEM concepts
Tutor individuals and small groups face-to-face
Based in San Francisco, Scoot & Doodle creates web and mobile products that facilitate human interaction and , helping learners foster and practice important innovation and entrepreneurial skills needed for a rapidly changing world. , the company-s first product, is the most popular premier app inside Google+ Hangouts and has been called “a revolutionary digital tool” by USA Today. Users are deeply engaged: returning users spend at least 40 minutes per session. The company is currently developing for mobile devices.
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Julie O-Grady
O-Grady Communications
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