‘Scratch Day’ workshop teaches young girls computer coding skills

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperThey’re starting from “Scratch!”More than a dozen young girls flocked to a free workshop in Crown Heights on May 13 to learn computer coding on a program designed with kids in mind.The event held in the Crown Heights Apartments community room on St. John’s Place was a local observance of “Scratch Day.” Scratch! — a software developed for children and teens — teaches them how to use