Scratch News Highlights
Wired (March 2009): Scratch Lowers Resistance to Programming
"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..."
New Scientist (July 2008): Creating Your Own Computer Game is Child's Play
"Two young girls focus on a monior in front of them as one of them steers a blue dog through a bright pink and purple tunnel using a computer mouse. Against a background buzz of classroom noise, a boy nearby is guiding an animated Mini Cooper car around a simple on-screen maze..."
American Libraries (July 2008): Minds At Play
"Developed by Resnick's research group at the MIT Media Lab, Scratch is a programming tool that allows young people to create computer games, animations, and other forms of interactive media..."
Chronicle of Higher Education (July 2007): Fun, Not Fear, Is at the Heart of Scratch, a New Programming Language (video)
"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..."
BBC (May 2007): Free Tool offers 'Easy' Coding
"Primarily aimed at children, Scratch does not require prior knowledge of complex computer languages. Instead, it uses a simple graphical interface that allows programs to be assembled like building blocks..."
Boston Globe (May 2007): Programming Becomes Child's Play
"After school lets out on Fridays at the Jonas Clarke Middle School, two dozen boisterous students descend on the computer lab to fiddle with the computer code that powers their projects, from a "Star Wars" lightsaber duel to a flying hippo animation..."
Scratch News Archive
Publications:
Boston Globe (May 2009): Young Game Designers Unite at MIT
School Library Journal (May 2009): Celebrating Scratch in Libraries
Voice of America (May 2009): Scratch Gives Students Tools to Create Interactive Media
Wired (March 2009): Scratch Lowers Resistance to Programming
American Libraries (July 2008): Minds At Play
Edutopia (July 2008): Play to Learn: The Scratch Programming Language Sneaks Serious Fun into the Classroom
L'Atelier (French) (July 2008): Scratch Ouvre le Developpement aux Tres
New Scientist (July 2008): Creating Your Own Computer Game is Child's Play
New York Times (June 2008): Lights! Computer! Action! Kids plug in with Web shows
Scholastic Magazine (August 2007): Kids Become
Technology Review (August 2007): Playing Their Own Way
Chronicle of Higher Education (July 2007): Fun, Not Fear, Is at the Heart of Scratch, a New Programming Language (video)
BBC (May 2007): Free Tool offers 'Easy' Coding
Boston Globe (May 2007): Programming Becomes Child's
Chronicle of Higher Ed (May 2007): Starting with Scratch
Economist (May 2007):
Computing: Child's play
Linux Magazine, Spain (May 2007): Una Herramienta Lúdica de Iniciación a la Programación
MIT Tech Talk (May 2007): Creating with Scratch
Spectrum IEEE (May 2007): New Software Turns Kids into Programmers
Tuoitre, Vietnam (May 2007): (Article in Vietnamese)
Blogs:
Gadgetwise (May 2009): Scratch Helps Kids Get with the Program
PC World (May 2009): Scratch Day 2009 - Computer Programming for Kids
Makeuseof.com (April 2009): Kids Can Learn Programming from Scratch!
The Register (March 2009): Boffins Breed New Programming Race
Linux.com (December 2008): Open-Source Programming Languages for Kids
Lost Intentions (December 2008): Scratching Over the Holidays
Museum 2.0 (October 2008): Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community That Works
Richard G. Baldwin (August 2008): The New Face of Computer Science Education: The Scratch Generation
iSURFFers (July 2008): Scratch@MIT Conference
Reddit (July 2007): Scratch Programming Language... Great Way for Kids to Learn! (check out the videos)
Barrapunto, Spain (May 2007): Scratch: Programación Sencilla de Animaciones y Juegos Para Niños
Digg (May 2007):Scratch: A New Programming Language to Introduce Kids to Coding
El Mundo, Spain (May 2007): Animaciones Fáciles a Base de 'Ladrillos'
Joystiq (May 2007): Scratch Teaches Game Programming, Commenting Etiquette
New Scientist Technology Blog (May 2007): Coding Made Simple
News.com (May 2007): MIT, UCLA Develop Programming Language for Kids
Slashdot (May 2007): MIT Media Lab Making Programming Fun for Kids
Wired Blog (May 2007): Kids' Programming from Scratch