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Scratch an overview for teachers

Scratch an overview for teachers. by W Hamilton. What is Scratch?. Software designed to inspire children to learn how to program Multimedia focus It is free to download Simple to use, lots of examples included and in online (You Tube style) galleries Good fun!. When do I use scratch?.

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Scratch an overview for teachers

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  1. Scratchan overview for teachers by W Hamilton

  2. What is Scratch? • Software designed to inspire children to learn how to program • Multimedia focus • It is free to download • Simple to use, lots of examples included and in online (You Tube style) galleries • Good fun!

  3. When do I use scratch? • KS3 - used for control, changes to KS3 should still allow us to use Scratch • KS4 (DiDA) - Multimedia unit, audio, new games unit? • AS computing initial lessons (limited) • Lunchtime club • End of term activities • G&T sessions

  4. What can it do then? Demo........... • Cat & Ball - simple 1st lesson • Helicopter game - good 2nd lesson • Pong/filtering - More advanced, students need to think about the logic & maths • Provided projects • Online galleries

  5. Cross curricular use for Scratch • Science - sensors (hardware board £10) & simulations • D&T - control • Anywhere that  powerpoinnt is used, but it enables decisions/simulation - i.e. students can create a story that simulates choices and consequences for a topic or a quiz

  6. What else coud we use? • Alice, Greenfoot - these are great programs that could follow on from an initial use of scratch • Flowol - used in lower school • Logo - used in lower school and Maths • Flash - Great, but takes quite a bit of time to do anything effective

  7. Useful links • Just "google"  for scratch • http://scratch.mit.edu/ - main website, download, galleries, help file, forums • http://www.meridianmoodle.com - links, tutorials, things I've shown you today • waynehamilton@meridian.herts.sch.uk • Alice - http://www.alice.org/ • Greenfoot - http://www.greenfoot.org/

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