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Designing Animations and Games - A Creative Introduction to Programming

Contributed by Ashley Lee, November 13, 2009
In Germany, Ralf Romeike uses Scratch to introduce high school students to the joys of Computer Science. In his website, Romeike documents his teaching experience lesson by lesson.
  • Original Author: Ralf Romeike
  • Education Level: Preschool and Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College and University, Professional Development, Other
  • Content Types: Activity, Curriculum, Handout, Lesson Plan, Sample Scratch Project, Tutorial, Website
  • Curricular Areas: Computer Science, Technology
  • Keywords: beginner, loops, introduction, broadcast, lesson outlines, variables, getting started

Ralf Romeike is a researcher at University of Potsdam. This website chronicles how his students (eleventh graders) learned to program by designing animations and games using Scratch. The author explains how Scratch creatively introduces computer programming, and provides lesson outlines for initial programming lessons. Perhaps what make this website valuable are Romeike's observations on his students' progress and student projects.

The website is available in English and German.

Resource Files
Links: 
Designing Animations and Games (English version)
Animationen und Spiele gestalten (German version)
Comments
London Academy
Member
August 20, 2010

This is very useful. Many thanks

Ai Boon Tan
Member
November 09, 2009

This is great.  Thanks for sharing.