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#CreativeComputingChat: Teaching with Scratch Resource Exchange

Contributed by ScratchEd Team, October 16, 2018

In our first #CreativeComputingChat of the year, educators from around the world shared resources and reflected on their goals for teaching with Scratch!

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Learning Design by Making Games

Contributed by Jim Cash, July 25, 2018

Nine month PBL project in which students designed a computer game (about learning fraction concepts) for younger students.

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Coding to Learn: Children, technology & powerful ideas

Contributed by Jim Cash, July 25, 2018

What's the real benefit of children learning to code in school? Learning to code vs. Coding to learn

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Scratch and Civic Engagement:

Contributed by ScratchEd Team, March 23, 2017

A follow-up from our #ScratchEdChat on Civic Engagement and a list of resources and example Scratch projects.

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Evaluation of Computer Games Developed by Primary School Children to Gauge Understanding of Programming Concepts

Contributed by Amanda Ford, February 14, 2013

Paper presented at the 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning

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Evaluation of Introducing Programming to Younger School Children Using a Computer Game Making Tool

Contributed by Amanda Ford, February 14, 2013

Paper presented at the 5th European Conference of Games Based Learning

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K-8 Computer Science: Building a Solid Foundation

Contributed by Patrice Gans, July 19, 2012

It provides a review of current thought on K–8 CS education, explores how CS topics and concepts can impact learning the K–8 classroom, and offers practical strategies and resources.

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New frameworks for studying and assessing the development of computational thinking

Contributed by Karen Brennan, July 01, 2012

AERA 2012 paper about assessing computational thinking

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Assessing Computational Thinking: May 2012 ScratchEd Webinar

Contributed by ScratchEd Team, May 31, 2012

In this webinar, members of the ScratchEd Team describe "computational thinking" and discuss examples and strategies for assessing it.

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Sharing with Scratch: February 2012 ScratchEd Webinar

Contributed by ScratchEd Team, March 01, 2012

In this webinar, Aaron Morris from the Harvard Graduate School of Education discussed strategies and challenges to sharing with Scratch in formal settings.

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NAP Computational Thinking Reports

Contributed by Neha Çelik, December 29, 2011

Here are computational thinking reports published by The National Academies Press.

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Evaluating Scratch to introduce younger schoolchildren to programming

Contributed by Amanda Ford, October 10, 2010

Findings from a study on using Scratch in the Class presented at Psychology of Programming Interest Group 2010 Workshop.

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Maestro: A Gestural Interface for Scratch Programming

Contributed by Tom Benton, October 01, 2010

Poster from the 2010 Scratch Conference - Using the Wii-remote with Scratch with the help of OSCulator (www.osculator.net)

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Syrian Olympiad for Informatics

Contributed by Michelle Choi, September 27, 2010

The Syrian Computer Society organizes a local version of International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) competition using Scratch.

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The Kando Project and Scratchlets

Contributed by Michelle Choi, September 22, 2010

The Kando Project holds "creativity workshops" using Scratchlets, a physical manifestation of Scratch.

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Scratchable Devices: We Want To Teach The World To Code

Contributed by UPOD Lab, August 14, 2010

Imagine using Scratch to program everyday household appliances. Wouldn't that entice you to learn programming?

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Scratch in Irish Secondary Schools

Contributed by Clare McInerney, August 14, 2010

Scratch in Irish Secondary Schools. Scratch@MIT 2010 conference presentation.

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Computational Thinking

Contributed by Karen Brennan, July 28, 2010

Computational concepts, computational practices, learning approaches

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Embedding Scratch in the Classroom

Contributed by Stamati Crook, January 28, 2010

A paper describing one experience of teaching Scratch in a primary school in England and discusses possibilites for embedding Scratch into the wider curriculum.

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Teaching Computational Thinking through Musical Live Coding in Scratch

Contributed by Alex Ruthmann, October 30, 2009

This paper discusses how Scratch’s “musical live coding” capability can reinforce musical and computational concepts.

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Scratch for Budding Computer Scientists

Contributed by Ashley Lee, October 01, 2009

In this article, Malan and Leitner discuss Scratch's potential as the first language for first-time programmers in introductory Computer Science classes.

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