Scratch Day 2009 – Computer Programming for Kids. Community Voices By Phil Shapiro, May 7, 2009 4:10 am PDT. ... Scratch is a free download (for Mac or Windows) ...

Maddy Petrovich, 14, of Wellesley, Mass. first started learning how to use the programming language Scratch when she was 10 years old. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) At a time when parents are eager to give ...

Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Super Scratch Programming Adventure (No Starch Press, 2012).

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.

Give kids a jumpstart in computer programming with these apps and online courses: ... Scratch is one of the first programming languages created for 8- to 16-year-olds. Web-based, free.

It doesn't hurt that Scratch is 100 percent free to download and use, either! Kids can install it on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines after downloading from scratch.mit.edu.It's a low-demand ...

Kids’ Programming Tool Scratch Now Runs In The Browser. ... desktop-based system except it’s a bit simpler and you can store your programs on your computer and then upload them anywhere.

MIT's Media Lab is gearing up for Scratch Day 2009, to introduce new people to their programming language for kids. ... Scratch Day 2009 – computer programming for kids. By Phil Shapiro.