When my child first asked about coding, I did what most parents do — I searched “Scratch coding classes for kids” and got a wall of results. What I didn’t realize at first is that “Scratch” itself isn ...

Hello. I am Kanesen, an information technology coordinator at an elementary school.I am in charge of the computer club. I ...

One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

As homebound students and teachers looked for online resources during the pandemic, many turned to Scratch, a free coding system for kids developed by the MIT Media Lab. Scratch was already a popular ...

Turn your digital art into fun interactive weekend projects with your kids, with this simple, code-free tool.

Today on the Google home page is a special interactive Google Doodle that helps kids learn how to code. It is to celebrate 50 years since kids programming languages during the Computer Science ...

Sometimes hobbies grow to become much more than hobbies. Some children who are in the school play in fifth grade may decide to study drama in college. After college they may return to their ...

A new version of the Scratch programming language for use on the iPad has been designed to help teach young kids, who may not yet have learned to read, to create programs using a touchscreen interface ...

Does the world need a new beginner’s programming language? In the 1960s, BASIC, FORTRAN, LISP and ALGOL were the primary introductory programming languages. In the 1970s and 1980s, Pascal, C, ...

"We're not just creating shows anymore but immersive worlds, hands-on ways for children to interact with our brands." By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Scratch is a free, easy-to-use ...

On a snowy Saturday morning in early February, a group of kids clad in bright jackets and pom-pom hats piles into the classrooms at Brookview House in Dorchester, ready to learn computer science with ...