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05-18-2016, 07:03 AM
Google teams up with MIT to make programming easier for kids
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google's annual developer conference doesn't officially kick off until Wednesday but about 120 of the company's youngest developers are already getting to preview one of its newest an**uncements.*
Google is teaming up with MIT's Media Lab to create Scratch Blocks (https://developers.googleblog.com/2016/05/scratch-and-google-introduce-scratch-blocks.html), an updated version of the kid-centric programming language. Available **w as a developer preview, student participants at Google's I/O Youth event were able to get an early look at the new tools.
SEE ALSO: What to expect at Google I/O 2016 (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/google-io-2016-what-to-expect/)
Scratch is a visual programming language developed by MIT's Media Lab back in 2007 *to make it easier for kids to learn the foundational k**wledge required for programming and other technical skills. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/17/google-scratch-blocks/)
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google's annual developer conference doesn't officially kick off until Wednesday but about 120 of the company's youngest developers are already getting to preview one of its newest an**uncements.*
Google is teaming up with MIT's Media Lab to create Scratch Blocks (https://developers.googleblog.com/2016/05/scratch-and-google-introduce-scratch-blocks.html), an updated version of the kid-centric programming language. Available **w as a developer preview, student participants at Google's I/O Youth event were able to get an early look at the new tools.
SEE ALSO: What to expect at Google I/O 2016 (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/google-io-2016-what-to-expect/)
Scratch is a visual programming language developed by MIT's Media Lab back in 2007 *to make it easier for kids to learn the foundational k**wledge required for programming and other technical skills. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/17/google-scratch-blocks/)
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