Contributed by Richard Goyette, September 12, 2010
Do you want to control a robot of your design/choice with Scratch? Don't have the budget for the real thing but could use a simulator? Give Itchbots a try...
Contributed by Christopher Hampson, September 07, 2010
SCRATCH elegantly meets a deep need within many urban schools: a tool that allows students to create with computers. But how do we use it? This resource suggests six strategies for getting started.
Download a full lesson plan for Scratch suitable for teaching 7-12 year old children to program Scratch in 6-8 lessons either in the classroom or in an after school computer club.
A paper describing one experience of teaching Scratch in a primary school in England and discusses possibilites for embedding Scratch into the wider curriculum.