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This document outlines ideas for using the Scratch programming software across the KS1/KS2 curriculum. It discusses using Scratch for character conversations, animations, quizzes, and lists. Examples are provided for each idea. It encourages using Scratch online and creating pupil accounts. Tips are given for differentiation. The document argues that these ideas cover many KS2 computing objectives like repetition, selection, and debugging.

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IDEAS FOR USING SCRATCH PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE ACROSS THE KS1/KS2 CURRICULUM CROSS CURRICULAR SCRATCH Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
SPECIALIST TEACHER OF COMPUTING AT OUR LADY'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL AND HOLY NAME RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANCHESTER CAS MASTER TEACHER INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ABOUT ME Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 WWW.JECOMPUTING.CO.UK
PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES CREATION OF INTERACTIVE STORIES, GAMES, ANIMATIONS... THESE CAN BE CREATED AND SHARED ONLINE. WHAT IS SCRATCH? Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
FOR YOUNGER PUPILS SCRATCH JNR IS A REALLY GOOD INTRODUCTION. IT'S USER FRIENDLY AND SIMPLE TO USE. - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
USING SCRATCH ON PC/LAPTOP Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 IDEALLY USE SCRATCH v2.0 ONLINE. THIS WAY PUPILS CAN SHARE PROJECTS AND ALSO REMIX OTHER PROJECTS TOO. USE EITHER ONE GENERIC CLASS ACCOUNT OR EVEN BETTER CREATE PUPIL ACCOUNTS USING GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION.
CHARACTER CONVERSATIONS: ASK PUPILS TO PROGRAM DIALOGUE BETWEEN 2 OR MORE SPRITES... NICE INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY FOR YOUNGER PUPILS - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
USES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM? LITERACY - DIALOGUE BETWEEN 2 MAIN CHARACTERS TO REPRESENT A KEY PART OF THE TEXT (E.G. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND GRANDMA) HISTORY - DIALOGUE BETWEEN KEY HISTORICAL FIGURES (E.G. ROSA PARKS AND THE BUS DRIVER) MFL - HOW ABOUT ASKING PUPILS TO PROGRAM A CONVERSATION IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE? COULD USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO SUPPORT Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
MINI TASK: CHOOSE 2 BUILT IN SPRITES AND USE THE SAY AND WAIT BLOCKS TO PROGRAM A SIMPLE CONVERSATION Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 Differentiation: Support: Use the conversation algorithm planner sheet to structure first HA: Can extend more able pupils to import/paint their own background, have more than 2 sprites or perhaps add in more blocks (eg motion)
SPRITE CONVERSATION: COVERS MANY OF THE KS2 CS OBJECTIVES PARTICULARLY AROUND USING REPETITION Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
ANIMATION: ASK PUPILS TO PROGRAM A SIMPLE ANIMATION THAT SHOWS THEIR LEARNING FROM A PARTICULAR TOPIC - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
USES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM? COULD BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE IN ANY CURRICULUM AREA HISTORY - FACTS ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE LITERACY - ANIMATED VERSION OF A TEXT BEING COVERED P.E. - USE OF 'MOTION' AND 'SAY' BLOCKS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO PERFORM A PARTICULAR SKILL GEOGRAPHY - COULD BE A WAY OF DEMONSTRATING KNOWLEDGE OF ANY GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPT (E.G. RIVERS) Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
ANIMATION COVERS A WIDER RANGE OF THE KS2 CS OBJECTIVES. NOW GREATER EMPHASIS ON SEQUENCE, REPETITION, DE-BUGGING... Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
QUIZ: ASK PUPILS TO PROGRAM A SIMPLE QUIZ BASED ON A PARTICULAR THEME OR TOPIC - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
USES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM? ANY MATHS TOPIC AREA SUCH AS X TABLES QUIZZES (BUT COULD CREATE A QUIZ ON ANY CURRICULUM THEME OR TOPIC AREA REALLY). Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 Tip: The program responds according to the users input for each question. Therefore data based answers or multiple choice selections will tend to run better.
MINI TASK: CAN YOU MODIFY THE SCRIPT TO COME UP WITH YOUR OWN CROSS CURRICULAR QUIZ? TIP: RIGHT CLICK TO DUPLICATE BLOCKS OF CODE Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 https://scratch.mit.edu/ Search:  ­ JEcomputing ­ CROSS CURRICULAR QUIZ
QUIZ: COVERS THE KS2 CS OBJECTIVE OF USING SELECTION, REPETITION AND ... Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
CREATING LISTS: ASK PUPILS TO PROGRAM A SIMPLE GAME USING A LIST - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
USES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM? LITERACY (E.G. WORD CLASSES) Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 SCIENCE/HISTORY KEY VOCABULARY
MINI TASK: CREATE A LIST OF SYNONYMS FOR 'BIG'. CAN YOU THEN CREATE A SCRIPT THAT INSTRUCTS THE HULK TO REVEAL A RANDOM ONE OF THESE WHEN THE 2 KEY IS PRESSED? Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 https://scratch.mit.edu/ Search:  ­ JEcomputing ­ Mavel­lous vocabulary remix
RESOURCES Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 https://drive.google.com/open? id=0B0TNA_OIMCelY05iVWZDX0swRzA
FURTHER LINKS Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 http://jecomputing.blogspot.co.uk/2016 /01/scratch-primary-progression.html https://www.youtube.com/user/JEcomputing http://www.jecomputing.co.uk/project-live.html

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  • 1. IDEAS FOR USING SCRATCH PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE ACROSS THE KS1/KS2 CURRICULUM CROSS CURRICULAR SCRATCH Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 2. SPECIALIST TEACHER OF COMPUTING AT OUR LADY'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL AND HOLY NAME RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANCHESTER CAS MASTER TEACHER INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ABOUT ME Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 WWW.JECOMPUTING.CO.UK
  • 3. PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES CREATION OF INTERACTIVE STORIES, GAMES, ANIMATIONS... THESE CAN BE CREATED AND SHARED ONLINE. WHAT IS SCRATCH? Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 4. FOR YOUNGER PUPILS SCRATCH JNR IS A REALLY GOOD INTRODUCTION. IT'S USER FRIENDLY AND SIMPLE TO USE. - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 5. USING SCRATCH ON PC/LAPTOP Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 IDEALLY USE SCRATCH v2.0 ONLINE. THIS WAY PUPILS CAN SHARE PROJECTS AND ALSO REMIX OTHER PROJECTS TOO. USE EITHER ONE GENERIC CLASS ACCOUNT OR EVEN BETTER CREATE PUPIL ACCOUNTS USING GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION.
  • 6. CHARACTER CONVERSATIONS: ASK PUPILS TO PROGRAM DIALOGUE BETWEEN 2 OR MORE SPRITES... NICE INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY FOR YOUNGER PUPILS - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 7. USES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM? LITERACY - DIALOGUE BETWEEN 2 MAIN CHARACTERS TO REPRESENT A KEY PART OF THE TEXT (E.G. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND GRANDMA) HISTORY - DIALOGUE BETWEEN KEY HISTORICAL FIGURES (E.G. ROSA PARKS AND THE BUS DRIVER) MFL - HOW ABOUT ASKING PUPILS TO PROGRAM A CONVERSATION IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE? COULD USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO SUPPORT Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 8. MINI TASK: CHOOSE 2 BUILT IN SPRITES AND USE THE SAY AND WAIT BLOCKS TO PROGRAM A SIMPLE CONVERSATION Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 Differentiation: Support: Use the conversation algorithm planner sheet to structure first HA: Can extend more able pupils to import/paint their own background, have more than 2 sprites or perhaps add in more blocks (eg motion)
  • 9. SPRITE CONVERSATION: COVERS MANY OF THE KS2 CS OBJECTIVES PARTICULARLY AROUND USING REPETITION Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 10. ANIMATION: ASK PUPILS TO PROGRAM A SIMPLE ANIMATION THAT SHOWS THEIR LEARNING FROM A PARTICULAR TOPIC - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 11. USES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM? COULD BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE IN ANY CURRICULUM AREA HISTORY - FACTS ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE LITERACY - ANIMATED VERSION OF A TEXT BEING COVERED P.E. - USE OF 'MOTION' AND 'SAY' BLOCKS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO PERFORM A PARTICULAR SKILL GEOGRAPHY - COULD BE A WAY OF DEMONSTRATING KNOWLEDGE OF ANY GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPT (E.G. RIVERS) Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 12. ANIMATION COVERS A WIDER RANGE OF THE KS2 CS OBJECTIVES. NOW GREATER EMPHASIS ON SEQUENCE, REPETITION, DE-BUGGING... Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 13. QUIZ: ASK PUPILS TO PROGRAM A SIMPLE QUIZ BASED ON A PARTICULAR THEME OR TOPIC - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 14. USES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM? ANY MATHS TOPIC AREA SUCH AS X TABLES QUIZZES (BUT COULD CREATE A QUIZ ON ANY CURRICULUM THEME OR TOPIC AREA REALLY). Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 Tip: The program responds according to the users input for each question. Therefore data based answers or multiple choice selections will tend to run better.
  • 15. MINI TASK: CAN YOU MODIFY THE SCRIPT TO COME UP WITH YOUR OWN CROSS CURRICULAR QUIZ? TIP: RIGHT CLICK TO DUPLICATE BLOCKS OF CODE Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 https://scratch.mit.edu/ Search:  ­ JEcomputing ­ CROSS CURRICULAR QUIZ
  • 16. QUIZ: COVERS THE KS2 CS OBJECTIVE OF USING SELECTION, REPETITION AND ... Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 17. CREATING LISTS: ASK PUPILS TO PROGRAM A SIMPLE GAME USING A LIST - EXAMPLE - Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16
  • 18. USES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM? LITERACY (E.G. WORD CLASSES) Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 SCIENCE/HISTORY KEY VOCABULARY
  • 19. MINI TASK: CREATE A LIST OF SYNONYMS FOR 'BIG'. CAN YOU THEN CREATE A SCRIPT THAT INSTRUCTS THE HULK TO REVEAL A RANDOM ONE OF THESE WHEN THE 2 KEY IS PRESSED? Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 https://scratch.mit.edu/ Search:  ­ JEcomputing ­ Mavel­lous vocabulary remix
  • 20. RESOURCES Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 https://drive.google.com/open? id=0B0TNA_OIMCelY05iVWZDX0swRzA
  • 21. FURTHER LINKS Workshop presentation for Exabytes Technology in Education conference, Midland Hotel, Bradford 23.6.16 http://jecomputing.blogspot.co.uk/2016 /01/scratch-primary-progression.html https://www.youtube.com/user/JEcomputing http://www.jecomputing.co.uk/project-live.html