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Submitted by neil plotnick
Published: 15 Aug 2014 - 19:13

http://www.themagpi.com/

This free monthly magazine is focused on the Raspberry Pi. There are many articles on SCRATCH programming and other languages too. The...

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Submitted by William Starzyk
Published: 8 Feb 2014 - 17:02

SHow power point.

JOURNAL: Write algorithm  on how to move the cat down the hall and up the stairs? 

DEMO: goto, move and gulide

Project: Navagate the sprite down the hall and up the stairs.

 

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Submitted by Dale Reed
Published: 29 Jan 2013 - 19:56

Scratch 2.0 (currently in Beta as of today 1/29/2013) allows the user to have virtual objects and use their webcam to interact with them.  One example of this is a virtual piano keyboard which you can play:  

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Submitted by Mark Grammer
Published: 26 Oct 2013 - 17:00

Hello Utah ECS,

 

Here is a link to some of the things I use for Scratch in Computer Science 1A.

It includes a nice introductory unit from another teacher, and a few fun projects with HowTo videos (Pacman, Pong, etc.)...

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Submitted by Crystal Furman
Published: 28 Jun 2013 - 22:20

Students will learn about the major hardware inside the computer as well as peripherals.  Students will categorize hardware components based on their common level of abstraction.  For example, a video game can use a keyboard, touch...

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Submitted by Barbara Ericson
Published: 16 Jan 2013 - 14:44

In Scratch once conditionals and messages have been introduced you can ask the students to create an interactive story that has at least 2 different endings using at least one conditional (if).  You can use the ask "text" and wait block...

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