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How to Use Scratch: Making a Sprite Move

Tell your Sprite where to go - get your Sprite to move in all different directions - left, right, up, down

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How to Use Scratch: Intro to Scratch 2.0

Want to make your own games? Scratch is a programming language, created by MIT, that makes it easy to create interactive art, stories, simulations, and games. Explore your ideas and share your creations online.

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How to Use Scratch: Making a Sprite say something

You don't want a silent Sprite! Get your Sprite to talk by using the 'say' block.

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How to Use Scratch: Making Sprites interactive

Make your Sprite jump, move, say something or change costume.

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How to Use Scratch: Adding Background Images

Make your project come alive by adding a backdrop - anything from a stage to a snow scene or, just draw your own.

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How to Use Scratch: Adding Background Sounds

Record and add your own background sound to your project or choose the sounds from the library like a rattle, a ripple or a pop!

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How to Use Scratch: Adding sounds to your Scratch project

There are all sorts of sounds you could add to your Scratch project. Give your project that extra 'oomph' by adding sounds.

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How to Use Scratch: Imagining your interactive Holiday Card

Snowmen? Spooky Halloween ghosts? The Easter bilby? What images come to mind when you think of Holidays? Get some ideas for your Scratch Holiday Card

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How to Use Scratch: Adding a Sprite

So, you have your new project in Scratch - now it's time to add a Sprite!

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Game builder

Game Builder is an online resource for teachers and students making their very first videogame, and for those who have some experience already. There’s more to a good game than good code! As with most creative projects, success comes from good ideas and thorough preparation. This resource will take you through the building ...

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Scratch coder

Build a simple yet engaging game from the ground up, all within the free block coding program Scratch.Scratch is a browser-based open-source game engine free for anyone to use. Scratch uses block coding, meaning you can learn how to code us-ing pre-programmed blocks, rather than typing out long lines of code to create a ...

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Computational thinking poster

This infographic provides an overview overview of the concepts related to computational thinking.

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Understanding digital systems

This PDF provides suggestions for teaching digital systems in the classroom. The resource includes useful links to websites that provide information about digital systems as well as relevant teaching and learning material.

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Computational thinking cut out cards

This set of printable cards provides definitions of six aspects of computational thinking.

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Digital systems cards

This PDF and accompanying cards provide suggestions for ways in which students can identify and explain digital systems in their environment. Students determine whether digital systems include inputs, outputs, or both, and whether they feature software, hardware or peripheral devices. The resource includes useful links ...

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Planning an action research project to facilitate implementation of Digital Technologies

This PowerPoint presentation includes ideas for planning and developing action research projects to facilitate implementation of digital technologies.

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Board and card games for exploring Digital Technologies concepts

This PDF suggests board and card games that are useful for exploring Digital Technologies key concepts and key ideas.

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Planning an action research project to facilitate implementation of Digital Technologies

This document includes ideas for planning and developing action research projects to facilitate implementation of digital technologies.

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Asunda review: STEM integration

This article explores the benefits of an interdisciplinary STEM program in the quest for providing students with a holistic approach to problem-solving that reflects real-world practice. This is supported by a conceptual framework that comprises four constructs: systems thinking, situation learning theory, constructivism ...

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Classroom ideas: Choose your own adventure: years 3-6

This PDF provides a sequence of activities that allow students to view and create planning templates and algorithms when making 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stories. Older students can use the visual programming language Scratch to build their stories.