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Here is a collection of some of the best Scratch Resources for educators that want to get started with Scratch programming language.
Updated on Jan 13, 15
Created on Oct 08, 13
Category: Schools & Education
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"S2Bot allows Scratch to control various ‘real-life’ robotics systems in real-time. These currently include PicoBoard, Sphero and Lego WeDo, NXT and EV3."
"The guide can be used in a variety of settings (classrooms, clubs, museums, libraries, and more) with a variety of learners (K-12, college, and beyond). No prior experience with computer programming is required, only a sense of adventure!"
"We encourage you to use as much or as little of the guide as you like, to design new activities, and to remix the included activities. No matter your prior experience or expertise, we think of every educator as a co-designer of the Creative Computing experience. We would love to learn about what you’re doing, so we encourage you to document and share your experiences with us and with other educators via the ScratchEd community at http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu"
"We view coding as a new form of literacy, another way for people to express themselves and share ideas. Just as learning to write is valuable for everyone (not just professional writers), we believe that learning to code can be valuable for everyone (not just professional programmers). We promote approaches to coding that engage young people in thinking creatively, reasoning systematically, and working collaboratively—essential skills for everyone in today’s society. The ultimate goal is not just learning to code, but coding to learn."
"Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create interactive art, stories, simulations, and games – and share those creations online."
This site is now hosted at Harvard School of Education.
"If you have younger family members who aren't quite ready for Scratch yet, try ScratchJr, a free iPad app that brings the fun of programming to even younger audiences. It's aimed at children aged 5 to 7 years old, and has been simplified so it's easy for them to get results. There is very little text used (just a few labels for sprites and projects), and intuitive icons make it easy to create animations and interactive stories. "
"In Learn to Program with Scratch, author Majed Marji uses Scratch to explain the concepts essential to solving real-world programming problems. The labeled, color-coded blocks plainly show each logical step in a given script, and with a single click, you can even test any part of your script to check your logic. You'll learn how to:"
"Hi, all. Welcome to the online Scratch. The series of 5 mini lessons will get you started on creating your very first story with Scratch. Using Scratch, we are simply imagining, programming and sharing! We have to share and learn from one another! And it is all thanks to the generous sharing of other Scratchers (e.g., sharing of their tutorials and their scripts), this site can be created in the shortest possible time. Remember, sharing is caring!"
"An Educator's Guide to Scratch Programming"
Master's Level Thesis from Julian Screawn
"This course will cover the basics of Scratch and familiarize you with how to navigate the program and write your own code. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab."
"For all ages: No experience needed (No computers either)
This December, help ten million students experience computer science - on computers, tablets, smartphones, or even unplugged."
EVERY educator who organizes an Hour of Code will receive 10GB of free DropBox storage as a thank you gift.
There will be Scratch Tutorials.
"A wide variety of educators have been supporting Scratch creators, in both formal and informal learning environments: a teacher who wants to share stories about Scratch and cross-curricular integration; a researcher who wants feedback on materials developed for exploring Scratch as participatory literacy; a parent who wants advice on how to introduce Scratch at a local all-girls high school; a museum program director who wants to connect with other museums who have introduced Scratch.
In response to this growing community of educators working with Scratch, we developed ScratchEd. Launched in July 2009, ScratchEd is an online community where Scratch educators share stories, exchange resources, ask questions, and find people."
"The Scratch Wiki is a free, collaboratively-written wiki that provides information about the Scratch programming language and its website, history, and phenomena surrounding it. The wiki is supported by the Scratch Team, but is primarily written by Scratchers. The Scratch Wiki is a popular source of information for scripts and tutorials, and it continues to grow as Scratchers use it as their primary source of information. "
" Creative Computing is a six-week online workshop for educators who want to learn more about using Scratch and supporting computational thinking in the classroom and other learning environments."
This course ran online for 6 weeks in June and July 2013, culminating with a daylong conference at Harvard on July 13, 2013.
"Scratch Day is a worldwide network of gatherings, where people come together to meet other Scratchers, share projects and experiences, and learn more about Scratch."
Scratch Day is usually held on one of the first Saturdays in May.
"The ScratchJr project aims to develop and study the next generation of innovative technologies and curricular materials to support integrated STEM learning in early childhood education. We will develop, implement, and evaluate a new version of the Scratch programming language, ScratchJr, designed specifically for early childhood education (K-2)."
"Coding isn't just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab -- it's for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just "read" new technologies -- but also create them. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)"
" Most programming languages, on first glance, "look like Greek" to the untrained eye, an amalgam of English and unusual syntax. Consider, for instance, the program below, written in a language called Java. "
This article helps to make connections to computer languages for your older students.
"If you are a teacher and would like to explore the Scratch curriculum, please click on "Scratch Curriculum for Teachers to Explore". On the next page you can click the button "login as guest" (although you won't be able to see the embedded assessments without creating an account).
This curriculum was written by Colleen Lewis in Moodle.
Email me with any questions:
ColleenL@berkeley.edu
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" This book will familiarize you with the Scratch visual programming environment, focusing on using Scratch to learn computer science. The book is structured as a collection of tasks. Each chapter teaches a new concept, but the concept is introduced in order to solve a specific task such as animating dancing images or building a game. Each chapter starts with a simple task, but as soon as we solve one task, we add additional tasks to extend the existing task. The sequence of tasks will require a new construct of Scratch or the use of constructs you know in new ways. "
22 items | 21 visits
Here is a collection of some of the best Scratch Resources for educators that want to get started with Scratch programming language.
Updated on Jan 13, 15
Created on Oct 08, 13
Category: Schools & Education
URL: