The initiative also involves the introduction of “Make It Fly,” a tutorial that shows young people how to create interactive animations and games using the Scratch global coding platform.

At the end of the book are three Bonus Stages that provide a bit more hands-on activities (programming activities), a nice tutorial on blending Scratch programming with the PicoBoard ...

The “Scratch Coding Cards” (US$24.95 for75 laminated cards) are a colorful collection of activities that introduce children to creative coding. The illustrated activity cards provide a playful entry ...

Mitch Resnik, the creator of the super-simple Scratch programming language and head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, gave a TEDx talk about the value of coding and computer ...

A University of Colorado Boulder team has launched a tutorial to help students, teachers and others create a 3D video game in an effort to generate interest in computer programming.

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. The system is ...