How often do you read the words “fun”, “engaging” and “computer programming” in the same sentence? Thanks to the new book Super Scratch Programming Adventure: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games, by ...

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 ...

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“Kids are learning to code. But more importantly, they are coding to learn,” said Mitch Resnick in a recent TED Talk presentation, “Let’s Teach Kids to Code.” Resnick is Director of the MIT Media Lab ...

Google and MIT are joining forces to deliver Scratch Blocks, a new and improved variant of the programming language for children. The programming language is open on developer preview, and young ...

Are you starting to learn code? The process might seem exorbitant, and you must have been advised to take small steps. But have you considered an interactive option before you dive into the technical ...

As a parent of three technically savvy kids I find it disturbing that we haven’t even “scratched” the surface of Scratch, an amazing, object-oriented programming language from the MIT Media ...

Kids now have their own computer programming language, thanks to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab and at UCLA. MIT on Tuesday introduced a programming language called ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google's annual developer conference doesn't officially kick off until Wednesday but about 120 of the company's youngest developers are already getting to preview one of its ...

The following article is reprinted from the Today@PC World blog at PCWorld.com. Sometimes hobbies grow to become much more than hobbies. Some children who are in the school play in fifth grade may ...