Scratch is a new Programming Language that lets you create your own animations, games, and interactive art.
it's a Visual Programming Language (fit the puzzle pieces together)
http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/llk/scratch/
built on Squeak Small Talk!
What is the difference between ScrAtch and Star Logo TNG? Both Scratch and Star Logo TNG share a common heritage with Logo Blocks, a tool to create programs for Pico Cricket-s. The two tools are written from entirely separate code, but we do share ideas. The audiences are different for the two products as well. Scratch is primarily designed as a tool to make computational multimedia projects for kids, targeted at Computer Clubhouse-s. Star Logo TNG is designed for more formal education environments such as introductory programming classes, or subjects (such as biology, chemistry, physics, etc.) where modeling is an important part of the curriculum. They're both interesting tools, and you should check out Scratch when it becomes available. Scratch is built on Squeak. http://llk.media.mit.edu/projects/#scratch
another Mitchel Resnick project
http://llk.media.mit.edu/projects.php?id=783
Tom Hoffman thinks they haven't fulfilled the Open Source aspect of their NSF grant.
this interview says Scratch is a "closed development, open source" project. We plan to make source code available by mid-2007 under the MIT License so that others can experiment with extensions and variations. However, unlike a conventional open source project, we do not seek code contributions from the community. The open-source version of Scratch will be visually different and incompatible with the standard MIT version, to avoid confusion between experimental versions and the standard version. blech