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Jess Weichler is a digital artist using open source software and hardware to create works digitally and in the physical world at CyanideCupcake.com.
She is also an award-winning educator for (and founder of) MakerBox.org.nz an organization that teaches kids of all ages how to use technology, from sewing needles to Arduinos, to make their ideas a reality.
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It's actually not as big of a leap as you might imagine as Scratch creates a solid base that can be built upon with more advanced code. I've found 10 year olds who spend just two terms coding with Scratch are able to move on to text-based coding in Processing more easily than 16 year olds with no prior Scratch experience.
The beauty of Scratch is that it provides important vocabulary and concepts, even if it is a bit simplified.