ECS Materials
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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 articles are brief and most are presented to inspire and teach computer science concepts...
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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. DEMO FILE: http://scratch.mit.edu/...
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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: See bit.ly/scratch2demo for a...
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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.) https://www.dropbox.com/sh...
Tags: ECS Lecture Video LO 5.3.2 - Develop a correct program Unit 4: Introduction to Programming Programming Scratch
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16 Oct 2013 - 11:51
I was interviewed about the ECS course and how I teach it. Check out the podcast here and let me know what you think: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/techstoryteller/2013/10/16/leslie-aaronson
Tags: Curriculum ECS Unit 1: Human Computer Interaction General Discussion Teaching strategy Unit 2: Problem Solving Creativity Unit 3: Web Design Student activity Unit 4: Introduction to Programming Scratch
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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 which...
