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Scratch: programming for all

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"Digital fluency" should mean designing, creating, and remixing, not just browsing, chatting, and interacting.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 52, Issue 11
Scratch Programming for All
November 2009
135 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1592761
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