The MIT Media Lab recently released ScratchJr, a free iPad app that helps children 5-8 learn how to code. The app is a collaboration between the MIT Media Lab, Tufts University, and Playful Invention ...

Scratch has a new sibling. The MIT Media Lab-developed programming environment intended for children recently welcomed ScratchJr into the world of kids' coding tools. The new release is actually a ...

Scratch has a new sibling. The MIT Media Lab-developed programming environment intended for children recently welcomed ScratchJr into the world of kids' coding tools. The new release is actually a ...

The programming blocks seem to be falling into place for coding platform Scratch, which following its recently announced collaboration with Cartoon Network, has now teamed with PBS KIDS on a coding ...

I’ve heard that learning a new language is easiest when you’re young. A young brain is primed to process language. I don’t think it’s a stretch to include the language of computer science. After all, ...

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 ...

Developed in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and Tufts University’s DevTech Research Group, new app helps kids learn coding concepts as they create their own stories and games featuring favorite ...

First came Generation X. Then the Millennials. And if you have kids under 10, you already know what they're going to be called: the Touchscreen Generation. For these kids, who learned to walk and talk ...

Mitchel Resnick and team have developed a new tablet application called ScratchJr which has been specifically developed to help young children between the ages of 5 and 7 learn basic programming ...

Ring in the New Year by downloading an awesome new app that sparks kids’ creativity while teaching them how to code. “PBS KIDS ScratchJr uses the power of technology to help children learn,” says Sara ...