Raina Burditt started coding with Scratch just for fun and was so inspired, she found a way to work coding into her seventh grade English class. She now works with seventh through twelfth graders on a range of technology skills and helps other teachers integrate technology into their lessons.
"""Coding is an important skill for students to learn and one that is sometimes intimidating to educators. In Raina's book, she provides step-by-step lessons with great visuals for learning Scratch, making coding easy to implement for any learner. This book is based on her years of experience teaching Scratch to her students. And, the best part is that she makes it engaging and fun!"" --Julene Reed, Ed.D. ""You can truly start from scratch and be up and coding in a few minutes! Scratch Programming for Beginners is structured so that you learn by doing, with examples that are clear, well-paced, and build on one another. Working through these fun and intuitive activities, you'll quickly master the Scratch interface!"" --Nina Pavlich, Software Engineer at The New York Times"