Scratch is a computer application aimed primarily at children that allows them to explore and experiment with the concepts of computer programming by using the simple graphical interface.. It was proposed and developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab by a team led by Mitchel Resnick and first appeared in the summer of 2007. Scratch is available for free and can be installed on any Windows or Mac OS X computer with various ...
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Scratch is a computer application aimed primarily at children that allows them to explore and experiment with the concepts of computer programming by using the simple graphical interface.. It was proposed and developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab by a team led by Mitchel Resnick and first appeared in the summer of 2007. Scratch is available for free and can be installed on any Windows or Mac OS X computer with various installation options for computers running Linux .
The name Scratch is derived from the turntablist technique of scratching, and refers to both the language and its implementation. The similarity to musical "scratching” is the easy reusability of pieces: in Scratch all the interactive objects, graphics, and sounds can be easily imported to a new program and combined in new ways allowing beginners to get quick results and be motivated to try further.
The Scratch slogan is "Imagine · Program · Share." The emphasis on sharing is an important part...
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