[Yr7-10it] Scratch -- great stuff!

[Bill Kerr]

I haven't used scratch a great deal yet (I've been focusing more
etoys/squeak) but did do some research which might be useful background
knowledge about:

   - lineage and interface
   - the design criteria
   - developers
   - licence, source, code platforms
   - harvard surprise
   - links to sources are provided

the full article is here:
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/03/scratch.html

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Bill Kerr
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On 9/13/07, Russell Edwards <edwards.russell.t at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> A couple of people asked what scratch is and where to get it.
>
> I guess you would describe it as a drag-and-drop programming
> environment.  It's quite similar to gamemaker in general concept. The
> interface is less obtrusive and more attractive than GM, but from the
> quick look I had it seems a bit more limited than GM in terms of what
> you can do with it.
>
> http://scratch.mit.edu/
>
> Russell
>
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