Over the past few decades, computer technology has grown at such a rapid rate, that we are now in a generation where children view technology as an integral part of their lives.
Children as young as toddlers are exposed to computer games or online sites such as YouTube. Kids only slightly older, begin using computers in preschool, advancing their skills as they enter kindergarten and progress through each grade level. By the time a child reaches high school age, technology is the foundation for almost everything they do.
It's no wonder that in this day of mobile phone applications, Facebook, computer games and movies with phenomenal special effects, many kids have turned from traditional hobbies and career aspirations to those that involve computer animation, video game design and other types of computer programming.
Knowing the future is wide-open with potential, and with a desire to make interactive computer programming more accessible to young people, the folks at the MIT Media Lab created a programming language called Scratch.
Scratch allows anyone, even children, to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, art and more, without having to learn complicated and advanced skill-level programming.
Kids can download Scratch for free, then begin to use their own illustrations or existing photographs to create an interactive experience. For instance, kids could ...Read more
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