Scratch

I want to share a great resource with you to help get your students more excited about technology and develop problem-solving skills and strategies. It is called Scratch. Scratch is a visual programming tool that uses coding blocks to build games and solve puzzles. It is designed for students and works by using interlocking blocks that fit together to build a program. Each block is a command, or script that tells the program what to do and in what order to do it. Once the blocks are put together, the student can run the code and watch the program follow the instructions that were given. If the program does not work like intended, the student can go back to the code and find the problem in order to fix it.

Below is a short video of how to navigate Scratch.

Scratch Video


Other resources for using Scratch:

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/basic-scratch-tutorials-and-worksheets-for-ks2-3-6435585

http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/resources/basic-scratch-introduction-scratch-programming-language-video-podcast

https://scratch.mit.edu/educators/

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