As a parent of three technically savvy kids I find it disturbing that we haven’t even “scratched” the surface of Scratch, an amazing, object-oriented programming language from the MIT Media ...

Scratchy helps Mitch learn Scratch (version 1.4) so he can create programs that will be used to defeat the bad guys – each Stage introduces a mini-game (such as a racing game or a trivia game ...

A new book from No Starch Press, Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games makes it even easier to teach your kids basic programming skills.

Thanks to the new book Super Scratch Programming Adventure: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games , by The LEAD Project (No Starch Press, 2012), written with the MIT Media Lab , both adults and ...

Scratch is a free download (for Mac or Windows) that lets children build their own interactive games, animations, and digital stories. After building their creations, children can share their ...

Google has joined MIT in its efforts to get kids interested in the technical field. Meet Scratch Blocks, a synergy of MIT’s and Google’s visual programming languages that will teach young children ...

Along the way, Scratch helps programmers learn about loops, conditionals and event-driven programming. Scratch is written in Squeak (more about that in a moment) and is an open source project.