How do I learn to program with Scratch? Scratch is an interactive environment tool created by MIT to help them teach programming concepts. You get a stage, with cartoon characters, and drag blocks ...

How often do you read the words “fun”, “engaging” and “computer programming” in the same sentence? Thanks to the new book Super Scratch Programming Adventure: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games, by ...

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One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

The following article is reprinted from the Today@PC World blog at PCWorld.com. Sometimes hobbies grow to become much more than hobbies. Some children who are in the school play in fifth grade may ...

Google and MIT are joining forces to deliver Scratch Blocks, a new and improved variant of the programming language for children. The programming language is open on developer preview, and young ...

In an interview with Mitchel Resnick, who leads the group at MIT that develops Scratch, Amanda Sandler, CS First Program Manager asked Mitchell to explain main new features of the new Scratch 3.0 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A new language from MIT's Media Lab makes it easy for kids to develop programs that interact with things in the real world: Pencils, paper, water, and even vegetables. Called ...