![]() Both twins give credit to Scratch for getting them very interested and excited about technology. One twin was an excellent Scratch programmer the other twin was an excellent Scratch animator. One very interesting aspect of Scratch is that it can be used for simple animations and digital storytelling, so it appeals to both computer programmers and visual designers/storytellers.Īt a Scratch Day event several years ago I encountered twins in 8th grade. Scratch is intended for children ages 8 and up, but several of my friends' kids started dabbling with Scratch when they were younger. The book also explains how to add your own recorded sounds to your Scratch programs. The book includes a maze game and a car driving game called Desert Rally Race. I was pleased to see that not all of the games described in this book are shooting games. Kids will learn about sprites, the stage, and how to create loops using blocks, the visual elements of the Scratch programming language. ![]() The book explains Scratch's tools and features in ten short chapters, colorfully illustrated with accompanying cartoons. Scratch was developed several years ago by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab-led by Professor Mitchel Resnick-with financial support from the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, Intel Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Google, Iomega, and MIT Media Lab research consortia. ![]() ![]() The new guide book, Super Scratch Programming Adventure!, was authored by The LEAD Project (Learning through Engineering, Art, and Design), in Hong Kong, to make Scratch more accessible to children around the world by teaching them how to use it. Scratch is a free educational programming language for kids, available in 50 different languages and runs on just about any modern computer: Linux, Macintosh, or Windows. ![]()
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