RIchmond, VA-metro area teachers have been learning about problem-solving and critical thinking through a number of example Scratch projects from Goochland County Public Schools.
A new video suitable for teaching as a first Scratch project at a computer club available now at http://scratch.redware.com/video/one-key-logo together with other resources.
Contributed by Dimitris Nikolos, December 15, 2010
Can you make a drawing pair of compasses, a helpscreen in seconds? And how can you hide the correct answer to a quiz when your program is in everybody's screen?
A nation wide program...4000 kids...game developers....with Scratch.
What are the challenges? What are the pedagogical and technical approach to implement it?
A set of activities in which students have all of the "pieces" of the code and they have to figure out how to assemble them to get the program to do the described task.
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.