[elearning] Teaching Kids To Think Using Scratch

[Andrew Shortell]

we use it at Wallan SC with year 7 students ->  4-5 week intro; basic efforts, then create script to navigate through a maze. This has been at Wallan for at least two years.
I intro'd them to   learnscratch.org  which has accelerated the learning of the more able students - allowing them to progress at their own pace

Some get distracted by the pretty factor butmost do quite well.  Older students still like ot thave fun with it - mostly for making games - even my year 10 students

Andrew Shortell
Wallan SC 

On 30/10/2010, at 9:03 PM, Paul Chandler wrote:

> 
> Just out of interest, who out there is an active user of Scratch or Squeak?
> 
> Nice k12online conference presentation about Scratch
> 
> Scratch is a simple yet powerful programming language for children that is very easy to use yet contains many of the important programming constructs found in more “grown up” languages. This presentation looks at some of the key ideas behind programming in Scratch, explores some possible tasks that students could be given to encourage problem solving and higher level thinking, and finishes with a snapshot of a student view into how Scratch is making a difference to learning.
> http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=650
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