Scratch: programming for all

Authors:
Mitchel Resnick;John Maloney;Andrés Monroy-Hernández;Natalie Rusk;Evelyn Eastmond;Karen Brennan;Amon Millner;Eric Rosenbaum;Jay Silver;Brian Silverman;Yasmin Kafai
Affiliations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Playful Invention Company, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Venue:
Communications of the ACM - Scratch Programming for All
Year:
2009

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