How to teach the next generation of open source with Scratch

"Andrew Baerg presented an introduction to teaching kids Scratch at Open Source Bridge. He recommends the cross-platform system, which was also the basis for the Girl Scouts game design workshop we posted about last month, for introducing kids to programming.

"The drag-and-drop system of snap-together boxes makes it easy in just a few clicks to make a sprite move, wait, talk, and perform assorted tasks in seconds."

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