Creating from Scratch - http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/resnick-scratch.html
Descriptive press release about MIT Media Lab Scratch project, to turn kids from media consumers into media producers. MIT News Office. |
Free Tool Offers 'Easy' Coding - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6647011.stm
Programming tool lets anyone create their own animations and video games launches. Story with photo, video, links. BBC News. |
MIT Media Lab Making Programming Fun for Kids - http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/15/1420238
Brief description, many forum comments, links. Slashdot. |
MIT, UCLA Develop Programming Language for Kids - http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9719468-7.html
News story with a few links. CNET News.com. |
Scratch - http://scratch.mit.edu/
Tile-based visual programming environment and toolkit, lets kids make games, animated stories, interactive art, and share with others on the Net. In the tradition of Logo, Lego/Logo, but using new computational ideas so it is easier to start programming. Built on Squeak. |