Third in a series of an international professional learning community's conversations about teaching with Scratch.
In many schools, there are no specific technology classes or time in the curriculum set aside for pure Scratch explorations. To create time for Scratch, teachers integrate it in content classes such as math, science or art. This conversation explores Scratch as a tool for helping students understand concepts in these subjects better; or, should the system just be changed so that time for creative design gets the same weight as reading or math?
In addition to the file, here are some sample galleries that gather projects integrating Scratch with specific subjects.
General:
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/11876
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/61011
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/74909
Math:
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/72273
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/43847
Science:
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/15003
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/25424
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/57515 (physics)
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/54149 (physics)
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/61172 (physics)
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/39235 (environment)
Maps:
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/53737
Art:
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/25427
Journalism:
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/7512
Reading/writing:
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/61659
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/9706 (book reports)
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/43297 (Scratch e-books)
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/37347 (Aesop’s fables)
Multiple languages:
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/60538
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/54923 (projects with numbers in many languages)
Hi. Thanks for the notes to conversation 3. You summarized it real well. : ) Thanks for the links too.
Ai Boon