Learning lessons from Papert’s experiences of Logo, we’ve designed Scratch to move beyond Logo along three dimensions, making programming more tinkerable, more meaningful, and more social.

Probably the biggest challenges for Scratch - and for realizing for Papert’s dream - are not technological but cultural and educational. There needs to be a shift in how people think about programming, and how they think about computers in general.We need to expand the conception of digital fluency to include designing and creating, not just browsing and interacting.