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 ...

When building characters in ScratchJR, adding other content such as sound and language to the character will make the program more interesting. In this article, students will learn how to add sound ...

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 ...

In the previous lesson, students learned how to create a maze game in ScratchJR with a simple interface, moving the character through the moving triangle icons. In this lesson, the maze game in ...

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OK, I know some of you are saying, “Wait, I thought this was the YALSAblog for those working with teens. What’s up with a review of an app that’s for really young kids?” It seems crazy that the ...

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 ...

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ScratchJr, a programming app for kids co-developed by the Developmental Technologies Research Group—now housed at BC's Lynch School of Education and Human Development—will celebrate its 10 th ...