The Intro Course to Teaching with Scratch

Name: The Intro Course to Teaching with Scratch
Rating: 4.6 (19 reviews)

The expert's crash course for teachers and school administrators to learn about Scratch and block coding FAST

Created byMassive Learning

Last updated 6/2024

English

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

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 42m total length

Introducing Scratch - What It Is6:41
The course introduction. Includes a brief introduction of the instructor/designer. Explains what Scratch is, takes a look at the Scratch website and what it offers. It explains the philosophy and design goals behind Scratch and takes a look at some impressive examples of what people have made using Scratch so you can see what it's capable of.
How Scratch Works - Getting Hands On with Block Coding17:14
In this video we get hands on with the Scratch Editor. We walk you through the major components of the editor including coding, art and sound. We help guide you to create your first project in Scratch learning how to use block coding, the digital art tools, and the extensive art and sound included in Scratch. You'll get to make a sequence, loop, if statement or conditional, and have concurrent processes in a simple game you can make in just minutes!
Why Use Scratch - The Benefits of Coding7:29
Scratch In Use - How Scratch Can Teach Across Subjects6:48
Cross-curricular learning is an amazing opportunity with Scratch coding! In this video we give examples of Science, Math, Language Arts, and Social Studies projects created in Scratch. Scratch offers benefits to comprehension, opportunities for expression, comprehension and practice, and an excellent model and practice for growth mindsets.
Scratch Resources - Continuing Your Learning4:12
In this last video we discuss some great resources to consult to continue your learning. Scratch is capable of so much we simple can't fit it in one course. The resources in this video will give you plenty of opportunities to learn, practice, and play with Scratch coding across any subject you can imagine, with assistance of all shapes and sizes, your journey with Scratch is just beginning!

Requirements

None. This is a crash course to introduce the opportunities the Scratch provides teachers.

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.

Who this course is for:

K-12 Educators, Pre-Service Teachers, Librarians, Informal Educators