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 ...

Educators will appreciate the new video tutorials in Scratch 3.0—there are tutorials to help students get started, explain new features and support new types of projects.

He says anyone can learn the basics of computer coding with an easy computer programming language called Scratch.

Do we need a new beginning programming language? My answer is “yes”, and the more programming languages and tools we have to introduce programming to kids, adults and everyone else, the better.

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 ...

The original Scratch programming language is already used by millions of older kids, but it was too complicated for younger kids. The Scratch team redesigned the interface, simplifying it in order ...

With SPIKE Prime, students can use the Scratch programming language to build toys that can move around based on their program. Scratch is a drag-and-drop language that is often used as a tool to ...