Scratch Day 2009 – Computer Programming for Kids. Community Voices By Phil Shapiro, May 7, 2009 4:10 am PDT. Sometimes hobbies grow to become much more than hobbies.

Ten years ago, a computer programming language called Scratch emerged from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Using stackable icons to represent the sequencing and logic ...

MIT's Media Lab is gearing up for Scratch Day 2009, to introduce new people to their programming language for kids. ... Scratch Day 2009 – computer programming for kids. By Phil Shapiro.