Scratch: Programming for Kids
- Brief description, with historical perspective. ParentDish.
- http://www.parentdish.com/2007/05/18/scratch-programming-for-kids/
Creating from Scratch
- Descriptive press release about MIT Media Lab Scratch project, to turn kids from media consumers into media producers. MIT News Office.
- http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/resnick-scratch.html
Scratch: Programming as Easy as Child's Play
- Independent and creative thinking unlocked. Brief review with links. Digital Digressions.
- http://www.digitaldigressions.net/blog/2007/05/scratch_program.html
Free Tool Offers 'Easy' Coding
- Programming tool lets anyone create their own animations and video games launches. Story with photo, video, links. BBC News.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6647011.stm
Wikipedia: Scratch Programming Language
- Encyclopedia article, with links to related topics and references.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_%28programming_language%29
With Simplified Code, Programming Becomes Child's Play
- Results and background for school that is beta-testing Scratch, a programming language by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group, MIT Media Lab. Boston Globe.
- http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2007/05/15/with_simplified_code_programming_becomes_childs_play/
Scratch
- 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.
- http://scratch.mit.edu/