Questions tagged [scratch]
Questions about instruction specific to the programming environment Scratch. Scratch is a programming language for creating games and animations in a graphical interface. Use this tag only when the language used would affect the question significantly (if your question uses Scratch as an example, but does not focus on the language itself, you need not use the tag).
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Scratch-like environment for 3D game programming
I'm helping a 10-year-old learn to program simple games in Scratch. He's expressed interest in making a simple 3D game. Is there any Scratch-like environment or programming language for creating ...
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How to explain the concept of a variable to a 9-year old?
My 9 year old daughter is heavily interested in science, robots, computers, … She asked me if I could teach her how to program a computer. So, we started with Scratch, a programming language ...
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First Time teaching 6th & 7th grade computer science
I will be teaching 2 AP CS courses, along with 6th and 7th grade intro to computer science. I'm debating on whether teaching JavaScript (using CodeHS) to 7th graders would be an appropriate ...
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What can Snap! do that Scratch cannot?
I teach a short introductory unit in my course that uses Scratch to get students familiar with programming concepts before introducing the syntax of a text-based programming language. For context, we ...
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Programming language for teenagers
I have been asked to give an introductory programming course for kids between 14-15 years old. Scratch seems like a good option for young children, maybe up to 12 years old. Python, is also a good ...
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How important is it that I know all of the words for the technical terms when mentoring in my second language?
Every year for the past few years, I've been mentoring at Scratch Day, helping the kids with their projects during the course of the workshops. The problem? This takes place in my second language, ...
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Engagement advice on Creative computing
I'm preparing a course for next year, aimed at kids from ~6-16. It's based around the concept of creative computing:
http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/guide/index.html
I think it will be a great ...
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What kind of game (in Scratch) would require use of a list? [closed]
I teach an introductory Scratch class to a group of elementary-school students. Most of the focus is on having fun creating simple games, but i still try to introduce a little higher-level programming ...