links for 2008-10-14

“Scratch is designed to help young peo­ple (ages 8 and up) devel­op 21st cen­tu­ry learn­ing skills. As they cre­ate Scratch projects, young peo­ple learn impor­tant math­e­mat­i­cal and com­pu­ta­tion­al ideas, while also gain­ing a deep­er under­stand­ing of the process of design.” A project Mitchel Resnick is involved with.