Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Super Scratch Programming Adventure (No Starch Press, 2012).

Scratch, Squeak, Alice and Go — programming for kids, adults and everyone else opinion Nov 23, 2009 7 mins Apple Augmented Reality Small and Medium Business ...

The world is much different than when we were growing up. Teaching coding to kids was something very few people though ...

On May 16, 2009, learn more about Scratch, the free programming tool for kids.

Perhaps the only online coding community that could compete with Scratch for kids’ attention is Minecraft, which aims to provide kids with a similar sense interest- and peer-based exploration.

Students can find a lot of information on Scratch online, of course, but for structured training that is also entertaining, Super Scratch Programming Adventure will make a great textbook.

Scratch Jr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language for older kids. Developers say they redesigned the interface and programming language to make it appropriate for younger children.

The original Scratch programming language is already used by millions of older kids, but it was too complicated for younger kids.

Mitch Resnik, the creator of the super-simple Scratch programming language and head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, gave a TEDx talk about the value of coding and computer ...

MIT on Tuesday introduced a programming language called Scratch, which is designed for kids age 8 and up to create interactive Web stories, games and animations that can be shared online.