Crash Course
- Introducing Scratch - What It Is
- How Scratch Works - Getting Hands On with Block Coding
- Why Use Scratch - The Benefits of Coding
- Scratch In Use - How Scratch Can Teach Across Subjects
- Scratch Resources - Continuing Your Learning
What you'll learn
- Block Coding Crash Course
- Integrating Scratch Coding into your Teaching Practice
- Cross-Curricular Opportunities with Scratch Coding
- Resources for Learning More About Scratch
Description
Designed and Instructed by Kai Hutchence, author of The Teacher's Guide to Scratch, this course is a short and quick run down of what Scratch is, what it offers, how it works, and what its benefits are.
It'll get you:
familiar with the Scratch website and editor,
to create your first project in Scratch
working with block coding
working with the art editor in Scratch to custom create digital art
nailing the key curricular outcomes of sequential, concurrent, looping, and conditional code
amazing examples of some of the best educational projects made in Scratch
understanding how Scratch can offer cross-curricular opportunities to save you time and energy
aware of where you can head to next for more information and training to work with Scratch.
This course is designed to be quick and easy so educators can get up to speed with what Scratch is, does and how it works. The project in video 2 provided makes a good first project for grades 2 to 5 you can run after familiarizing yourself and provides a simple game that students will love.
Through this video school administrators and education officials can get up to speed with Scratch and understand what it offers for coding education - helping to save districts time and money over the alternatives.
Get started on your coding education journey with this simple crash course created by one of the world's top experts on teaching with Scratch.
The University of Sheffield
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About the instructors
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Massive Learning
Educational Services Corporation
Massive Learning is an educational services corporation committed to helping with the coding education revolution. We provide products and services to help educators and school districts enhance their learning environments, teaching practices, curriculum and educational offerings.
We publish educational games and books, as well as provide educational services and custom development of educational products. Check out our book series The Teachers Guide To Scratch published by Routledge, or our games A Fistful of Pie or Jurisdictions: Canada for more great educational content. Contact us to learn how we can work with your school district to provide top quality coding education to your students.
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