Scratch is a programming language developed at MIT. It has kids in mind, and focuses on graphical building blocks. This can make it quite a bit easier to introduce youngsters to programming ...

Ten years ago, a computer programming language called Scratch emerged from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Using stackable icons to represent the sequencing and logic ...

A made-in-British Columbia iPhone and iPad application that has been giving children around the world the opportunity to program interactive stories, animations and games has been pulled from the ...

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 ...

Six years ago, I suggested that kids start with Logo, the earliest CS education language, and I still believe it remains a strong option available today.Here’s the most important part: If you can ...

Mark Gibbs explores Scratch and StarLogo, programming systems implements the metaphor for Google's forthcoming App Inventor Topics Spotlight: Optimizing the Cloud ...

I find it hard to describe the Scratch “language” and programming in words (I’ve had my Lego Mindstorms robotics kit for years). The best way is to download Scratch and see for yourself.