Great information shared by Bob Sprankle on why you should use Scratch with kids. If you work with elementary curriculum or teach in an elementary STEM or computer lab read this.
"THIS is the true intent of Scratch. Mitch Resnick made Scratch with his team at MIT. The team is (purposefully) called "The Lifelong Kindergarten Group" because in kindergarten we are allowed (or used to be allowed) to try things out, build things and knock them down, make a mess, experiment, fool around with tools, CREATE! Resnick says that we should be allowed to be working like that ALL the time -for our entire lives-because that is HOW WE LEARN BEST. It is the natural way the brain operates."
Here is a beginner guide for Scratch. This is a great set of resources to help you get started with computer game production in Scratch. This was developed to cover the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, Experience, and Outcome for Game Production. This is a fascinating way to start. I hope others will share their resources in the comments. I want to use Scratch in my classroom.
Scratch is a great free game-making animation-style program. This is a nice beginner guide teaching a beginner or students how to make a quiz in Scratch. I had some students in Scratch earlier in the year and am going to go back and give this to them.
"Das PicoBoard (früher: Scratch Board) ist ein externes Gerät für Scratch. Dank der Sensorenblöcke können damit Reize aus der Außenwelt (Licht, Klang, elektrischer Widerstand, etc.) in ein Projekt eingebunden werden. Trotzdem ist es eher weniger verbreitet."
The Scratch tutorial with video can be used with students. This is using scratch on the web -- so NOTHING TO INSTALL.This is a great option for many of you to use for the Hour of Code.
There are 502,574 projects with a total of
12,554,294 scripts and 3,921,884 sprites created by 75,665 contributors of our
333,865 registered members. That's a lot of Scratch-ing!
A link to my Scratch Cards which are a training aid to help master MIT's successful Scratch software that teaches programming thru various possible projects such as interactive art apps, interactive story telling apps, game development and simulations
The new version of scratch (3.0) is being designed to work on mobile devices and be more finger friendly. Love this handy tool and excited about the upgrades!
An iPad and junior version of the well know programming platform Scratch. The app has been designed for 5+ year olds and boosts simplified versions features of the more mature version. Children still snap programming blocks together to build amazingly creative things.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools