Scratch in the News Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (March 2013) New
program at South Fayette furthers technology interest "'Scratch
has ignited the imagination of our teachers and students,' Owens
said. 'They are enamored by their power to be creative and with
their ability to create interactive characters, sound, music and
more. Since students can download the program at home free of
charge, they are extending their learning from school to home.'"
Huffington Post (December 2012) 'Kiddie-Hack': Primary School
Developers "Scratch provides kids with an exciting environment
to create and share computer applications...Learning how to
write code and how to build and run a programme is one of the
most creative intellectual challenges a person can do alongside
writing music and literature." BBC News (April 2012):
Programming project comes to primary schools "Ms Sutcliffe said
club sessions would be based around Massachusetts Institute of
Technology's Scratch tool which lets children try their hand at
programming by dragg