“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 ...

Mitch Resnick has been working on how to give students new avenues of creative expression for over a decade. His Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab develops Scratch, one of the most ...

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 ...

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 ...

Developers will release iPad app this summer, but hoping remaining 37 days of campaign will fund Android version The latest crowdfunding project hoping to get children interested in computer ...

The publisher No Starch Press has just released The Official Scratch Coding Cards (Scratch 3.0), a deck of cards to help children get to grips with the introductory programming system from MIT. It may ...

For most kids, Scratch is where the coding journey begins. But here's the thing — Scratch on its own isn't really a "class." It's a free, MIT-built creative tool with no lesson plan, no instructor, ...

The Google doodle team partnered with the Google Blockly team and MIT researchers to create "Coding with Carrots," its first-ever coding-game doodle. Google is marking the 50th anniversary of kids ...