Scratch is a popular animation and interactive tool used to teach programming techniques. It's aimed at children, but can be used by anybody to learn programming. Here's how to use Scratch to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Scratch Jr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language for older kids. Developers say they redesigned the interface and programming language to make it appropriate for younger children.

Mitch Resnik, the creator of the super-simple Scratch programming language and head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, gave a TEDx talk about the value of coding and computer ...