Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children and a coding language with a simple visual interface that allows young people to create digital stories, games, and animations. Scratch is designed, developed, and moderated by the Scratch Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Scratch promotes computational thinking and problem-solving skills; creative teaching and learning; self-expression and collaboration; and equity in computing. [1]
Your next step should be the “Hello World!” with Scratch tutorial.
In this tutorial:
See also:
Installation
You have the option of using Scratch in the browser or as an offline, disk-based application. I highly recommend the free download of Scratch 3.
Adobe Air
Adobe Air must be installed before you can install Scratch. Adobe Air has been taken over by a Samsung company called Harman. Be sure to use the link provided to download the Adobe AIR – Runtimes for end-user download.
Scratch 3
You can download Scratch from this link https://scratch.mit.edu/download/ and install it, or install it from the Microsoft Store . The latest version as of writing this is Scratch 3.29.1.
The easiest way to install Scratch is through the Microsoft Store.
- Search for “Scratch” in the search bar
- Select Scratch 3 from the list of results
Next steps
Are you ready to create your first program? Head on over to “Hello World” with Scratch
References:
- Scratch (2023). About Scratch. Available at: https://scratch.mit.edu/about (Accessed: 21 March 2023).
- HARMAN. [online]. (no date) Adobe AIR – Runtimes for end user download. Available at: https://airsdk.harman.com/runtime (Accessed: 21 March 2023).
- Scratch. [online] (no date) Scratch Offline Editor. Available at: https://scratch.mit.edu/download/ (Accessed: 21 March 2023).
- Scratch. (2023). Scratch – Imagine, Program, Share. Available at: https://scratch.mit.edu/ (Accessed: 21 March 2023).