On May 16, 2009, learn more about Scratch, the free programming tool for kids.

Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Super Scratch Programming Adventure (No Starch Press, 2012).

It demonstrates proper usage of the Scratch application, but it never puts up walls and limits kids from exploring and tweaking and even breaking their programs.

A new book from No Starch Press, Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games makes it even easier to teach your kids basic programming skills.

MIT's Media Lab is gearing up for Scratch Day 2009, to introduce new people to their programming language for kids.

Do we need a new beginning programming language? My answer is “yes”, and the more programming languages and tools we have to introduce programming to kids, adults and everyone else, the better.

Google has joined MIT in its efforts to get kids interested in the technical field. Meet Scratch Blocks, a synergy of MIT’s and Google’s visual programming languages that will teach young ...