I recently met with a group of K–12 educators interested in banding together to support the current usage of Scratch in classrooms and to develop strategies as to how to expand the number of teachers that will introduce Scratch to their students. An agenda item asked that everyone report on the Scratch resources they knew were available on the web so that a list could be compiled, distributed, and kept current.
What follows is the list generated from our first meeting. As new resources are discovered, I will update the list.
Scratch Resources You May or May Not Know About
Available
as a free iPad APP at the App Store
Scratchjr
available as Web Browser in 2015
(4) Scratch Education – Now at Harvard
– Web Site Called Creative Computing
Free Downloads: (1) Scratch Educators Guide (2) Scratch
Student Workbook
(3) Both the Guide and Workbook in editable PowerPoint
format.
(5) Computational
Thinking with Scratch Site
What is computational thinking?
How do I assess the development of CT?
How do I support the development of CT?
(6) One Hour of Coding with Scratch – December 8-14, 2014
(7) Raspberry Pi – a $35 computer (cannibalize old keyboards,
monitors, etc.)
Scratch 1.4 is already loaded into the
module but so are web browsers for
accessing Scratch 2.0.
(8) Google’s Scratch-based site.
(9) Report of
a Workshop on The Scope and Nature
of Computational
Thinking
Committee for the Workshops on Computational Thinking
Computer
Science and Telecommunications Board
Division on
Engineering and Physical Sciences
(10) This is a Scratch-based curriculum designed for grades eight and up.
Exploring Computer Science
(11) Exploring Computer Science
curriculum and Principled Assessment of Computational Thinking
(12) Computer Science Unplugged
Designed for classrooms that do have computers or
access to computers. There
are a lot of great ideas that would make great Scratch programming projects.
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