Sitting at bench tables with laptop computers in front of them, the families used an icon-based programming language called Scratch to design games. At this class for total beginners, volunteers ...

Computer programming is not usually taught to 8-year-olds. But a new system developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology turns building video games into child’s play. The system is ...

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

Adams was demonstrating a game he made via Scratch, a program invented by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Scratch teaches the basic skills of computer programming, and the seven ...

Scratch is intended for beginners & children, It is a free, interactive, visual block based programming language that helps you learn computer programming without writing code.

Scratch Day is a global network of events that celebrates Scratch, a computer language that helps young people with simple programming to create interactive stories, games, animation and musical ...

As a homeschooling parent, I'm a big fan of educational software and I've written quite about about various programs in the past. But, as a programmer, I'm also a big fan of any program that makes ...

MIT's Media Lab is gearing up for Scratch Day 2009, to introduce new people to their programming language for kids.

Programming from Scratch “A lot of the basic concepts you need to learn to be a computer programmer, you can learn at this age,” said Adams, “and when they take an AP computer science class or a ...

Ten years ago, a computer programming language called Scratch emerged from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.