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Phun is meant to be a playground where people can be creative. It can also be used as an educational tool to learn about physics concepts such as restitution and friction.

Creative programming applications, especially using Scratch from MIT

shared at NECC09

Presented by the Library of Congress, this site contains in-depth studies of 100 countries throughout the world, covering each one’s political, social, economic, and national security systems.

Orgazined by subject area and grade level.

Lots and lots of categorized resources for teaching Scratch.

Follow-up documents from a conference presenter for Scratch.

Lots of Scratch lessons

Lots of examples of programming projects using the Scratch programming application.

Colleen Lewis, a doctoral student in Education at Berkeley, has created a series of 22 fun worksheets that teach kids how to program with Scratch. The worksheet questions are put in such a way as to make students think and explore on their own. The material is presented in a kid-friendly manner--colorful and rich with Scratch images and labeled diagrams.

Scratch cards provide a quick way to learn new Scratch code. The front of the card shows what you can do; the back shows how to do it. Click to view and print each card, or download a zip file with all the cards.* You can also take a look at projects using the code on the Scratch Cards.

Appsbar was designed to fill the gap between over-simplified apps and costly, professionally-produced apps. It presents myriad personalization opportunities with a unique interface that guides creators through the entire process - from creation, to editing, to publication - with visual and textual clues at each step. As creators build apps page by page, each app becomes more personalized through limitless combinations of background colors and fonts and the ability to upload images and videos from personal libraries. Appsbar was introduced in 2011 as the first cost-free way for anyone, at any skill level and with a limited budget, to make rich, personalized apps that reflect their own personality, business or event with direct access to app stores. Appsbar meets the demand for a turn-key solution for creating and publishing apps, while eliminating the common hassles faced by even experienced app developers, including how to develop for multiple devices and platforms, how to beat long-wait periods for publication, and how to stop rejections from app stores.

Unit of work involving learning the Scratch software.  Not really teaching the big skills - just learning the software.

in2edu.....unique resources prepared by a currently teaching ICT teacher. Featuring: ICT exemplars, integrated thematic units that focus on thinking, thinking resources, mindmapping tools (including downloadable Inspiration mindmaps), awards and banners in colour/blackline master form that you can view and download.